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| | #REDIRECT [[Prayagraj Junction railway station]] |
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| {{Infobox station
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| | name = Prayagraj Junction
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| | native_name = <hr/>{{small|Allahabad Junction}}
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| | type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
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| | style = Indian Railways
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| | image = Prayagraj Jn Railway Station.jpg
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| | address = [[List of streets and roads in Allahabad#Leader Road|Leader Road]], [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| | country = India
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|25.4460|N|81.8289|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| | elevation = {{convert|316.804|m|ft}}
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| | line = [[Howrah–Delhi main line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]]<br/>[[Allahabad–Jabalpur section]]<br/>[[Mughalsarai–Kanpur section]]<br/>[[Allahabad–Varanasi line]]<br/>[[Allahabad–Faizabad line]]<br/>
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| | structure = Standard on ground
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| | platform = 12
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| | tracks = 18
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| | parking = Yes
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| | bicycle = Yes
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| | opened = {{start date and age|1859}}
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| | closed =
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| | rebuilt =
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| | electrified = 1965–66
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| | code = {{Indian railway code
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| | code = PRYJ, formerly ALD<ref name="NewName"/>
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| | zone =
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| | division = Allahabad
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| | owned = [[Indian Railways]]
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| | operator = [[North Central Railway zone]]
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| | status = Functioning
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| | former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
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| | map_type = India Uttar Pradesh
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| | map_dot_label = Allahabad railway station
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| '''Allahabad Junction''', officially known as '''Prayagraj Junction''',<ref name="NewName">{{cite news |title=After new name, now code initials for Prayagraj Junction |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/allahabad/after-new-name-now-code-initials-for-prayagraj-junction/amp_articleshow/74246419.cms |access-date=26 February 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=21 February 2020}}</ref> is a railway station on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], [[Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line]] and [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]]. It is the headquarters of the North Central Railway Zone. It is located in [[Allahabad district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It serves [[Allahabad]] and the surrounding areas.
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| ==History==
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| The [[East Indian Railway Company]] initiated efforts to develop a railway line from Howrah to Delhi in the mid nineteenth century. Even when the line to Mughalsarai was being constructed and only the lines near Howrah were put in operation, the first train ran from Allahabad to Kanpur in 1859. For the first through train from Howrah to Delhi in 1864, coaches were ferried on boats across the [[Yamuna]] at Allahabad. With the completion of the [[Old Naini Bridge]] across the Yamuna through trains started running in 1865–66.<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 = 24 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,396,403,500| title = Allahabad Division: A Historical Perspective| publisher = North Central Railway| access-date = 24 May 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130601154617/http://www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C396%2C403%2C500| archive-date = 1 June 2013| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/patna/31330356_1_indian-railways-danapur-division-railway-board | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120822142843/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/patna/31330356_1_indian-railways-danapur-division-railway-board | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 August 2012 |title = Railways enter 159th year of its journey|date=12 April 2012| work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 24 May 2013}}</ref>
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| The opening of the Curzon Bridge, across the Ganges, in 1902, linked Allahabad to regions north of or beyond the Ganges.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=852 |title = India Office Select Materials |website=The British Library | access-date = 24 May 2013}}</ref>
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| The Varanasi–Allahabad City (Rambagh) line was constructed as a metre-gauge line by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1899 and 1913. It was converted to broad gauge in 1993–94.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf |title = Indian Railway History – North Eastern Railway| work= Former Bengal & North Western Railway lines|publisher= Wordpress| access-date = 24 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ner.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,338,637 |title=Varanasi Division |publisher=North Eastern Railway |access-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109151138/http://www.ner.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C338%2C637 |archive-date= 9 January 2014 }}</ref>
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| ==Electrification==
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| The Cheoki–Subedarganj section was electrified in 1965–66.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 24 May 2013}}</ref>
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| ==Workshops==
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| There are engineering workshops of Indian Railways at Allahabad.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 29 May 2013 }}</ref>
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| ==Passenger movement==
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| Allahabad is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=30 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref> The station has two entry sides i.e. City Side to the south and Civil Lines Side to the north.<ref>{{cite news |title=railway station: Intensive checking at railway station {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Intensive-checking-at-railway-station/articleshow/35585185.cms |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=25 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
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| ===Kumbh Mela===
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| The railways make special arrangements for the huge influx of pilgrims for the [[Kumbh Mela]] at Allahabad.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-25/allahabad/37288653_1_mela-specials-allahabad-railway-junction-special-trains |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130629122046/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-25/allahabad/37288653_1_mela-specials-allahabad-railway-junction-special-trains |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 June 2013 |title= Railways puts in place arrangements to check rush of Maha Kumbh pilgrims|date=25 February 2013|work= [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 29 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91540|title= Railways Make Adequate Arrangments [sic] to Ensure Maximum Facilities for Pilgrims of Kumbh Mela – 2013| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 13 January 2013| access-date = 29 May 2013 }}</ref>
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| ==Amenities==
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| Allahabad Junction is an 'A' grade railway station. Allahabad railway station has 3 double-bedded AC retiring rooms, 9 double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and a 20-bedded dormitory and is Wi-Fi enabled. The North Central Railways (NCR) have introduced airport like boarding facility so that the passengers will be issued boarding pass to avail facilities at the junction from new state of the art check-in counters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rajiv |first1=Mani |title=UP: Airport like check-in starts at Prayagraj junction |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/airport-like-check-in-starts-at-prayagraj-junction/articleshow/76447386.cms |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=18 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| ==References ==
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| ==External links==
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| *{{Wikivoyage-inline|Allahabad}}
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| {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Naini|next= Subedarganj|line= North Central Railway zone|branch=[[Howrah–Delhi main line]] }}
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| {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Naini|next= Naini|line= North Central Railway zone|branch= [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]] }}
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| {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Daraganj|next= |line= North Eastern Railway zone|branch= Varanasi–Allahabad link }}
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| {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Prayag|next= |line= Northern Railway zone|branch= Kanpur–Allahabad link }}
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| {{Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways}}
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| {{Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh}}
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| [[Category:Railway junction stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
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| [[Category:Railway stations in Allahabad district]]
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