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{{short description|Railway station in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
|name = Kanpur Junction railway station<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
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|country = India<br />
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|elevation = <br />
|line = [[Mughalsarai–Kanpur section|Kanpur–Allahabad line]]<br />
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|structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
|platform = <br />
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|entrances = <br />
|parking = <br />
|baggage_check = <br />
|opened = 1859<br />
|closed = 1930<br />
|rebuilt = <br />
|electrified = Yes<br />
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|code = {{Indian railway code<br />
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| zone = [[North Central Railway]]<br />
| division = Allahabad<br />
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|status = Partially Defunct<br />
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'''Kanpur Junction''' (also known as '''Kanpur Purana''') was a former station in [[Kanpur]] on the [[Kanpur–Allahabad line]] opened in 1859 and closed after the opening of {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}, the present station.<br />
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==History==<br />
After the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bombay and Thane, this was the fourth railway line in India opened from Allahabad to Kanpur (180&nbsp;km) on 3 March 1859, which was the first passenger railway line in North India. This was followed in 1889, by the Delhi–Ambala–Kalka line.<ref name=irfcai>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History: Early History (1832–1869) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 4 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=irfcaii>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title = IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 24 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Kanpur]]<br />
[[Category:Railway junction stations in India]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1859]]<br />
[[Category:Allahabad railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway stations in India]]<br />
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