Padrauna railway station

Padrauna railway station is on the Gorakhpur–Thawe line. It is about 77 km from Gorakhpur railway station and is situated towards its north-eastern part. It is situated about 20 km from Kushinagar, an international tourist and religious spot for Buddhists. It serves Padrauna city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.


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Railway station
Padrauna railway station is at an elevation of 89 m and was assigned the code – POU. Padrauna railway station is one of the important railway station of kushinagar district because of being the district headquarter.

History
Bengal and North Western Railway constructed the 79 mi long -wide metre-gauge line from Siwan to Kaptanganj in 1907.

The Kaptanganj–Thawe section was converted to broad gauge in 2011.

Passengers
Padrauna railway station handles around 18,000 passengers every day.