Burhanpur railway station

Burhanpur railway station is a main railway station in Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh. Its code is BAU. It serves Burhanpur city. The station consists of two platforms.

Popular culture
Indian-born Australian author Saroo Brierley became separated from his brother at this station after falling asleep on a decommissioned train heading to Kolkata, leading to a 25-year separation from his family. Brierley was later able to find his hometown and reunite with his mother by identifying the station on Google Earth, the subject of his book A Long Way Home and the 2016 film Lion.

Major trains
Some of the important trains that runs from Burhanpur are:


 * Sachkhand Express
 * Dadadham Intercity Express
 * Kolkata Mail
 * Mangala Lakshadweep Express
 * Pune–Danapur Superfast Express
 * Punjab Mail
 * Karnataka Express
 * Lashkar Express
 * Bhagalpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
 * Jhelum Express
 * Mumbai CST–Amritsar Express
 * Mahanagari Express