Budaun railway station
Budaun railway station is a main railway station in Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is BEM. It serves Budaun city. The station consists of three platforms after guage conversion of bareilly to kaaganj railway line railway station was renovated.
The Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company started construction and working of a railway
line from Bhojeepura to Kathgodam under a contract dated 12 October 1882 This was the
main line, 53.92 miles in length sanctioned in 1882 and opened on 12 October 1884.
Later on, this line was extended from BareiIly to Soron in 1906. The railway line Kasganj -
Soron section was constructed by the Rajputana and Malwa Railways in 1885 when it was constructing
the Kanpur - Achnera section. Later on, when the R&KR constructed the Bareilly - Soron line in 1906
the short section Soron - Kasganj was given over to it. The MG extensions from Moradabad to
Kashipur, from Kashipur to Ramnagar and Lalkuan to Kashipur were completed by 1908. The
railway lines from Pilibhit to Carewganj Karuganj and Shahbaznagar were completed by 1916.
Powayan Light Railway, Narrow Guage rail line of a distance of about 40 miles from Shahjahanpur via Khutar and Powayan to
Mailani and Shahjhanpur To Farukhabad NG rail line 84 KM opened in 1899 both of which was taken over by the R&KR in 1900 was dismantled in 1915.16 and its
materials were carried to the Middle East theatre iraq of the First World War 1914 – 1919.
The Bareilly-Kasganj section, 63.95 miles, was opened in 1906.
The portion from Soron to Kasganj was taken over from the Rajputana Malwa Railway in the
same year. Under a contract dated 8 September 1890, the working and completion of the
Lucknow–Bareilly state Railway company was transferred to the Company The combined system continued
to expand until 1916 when the company's lines had total route mileage of 258.72 and the
State lines of 311.16.
For years the control of the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Including Lucknow– Bareiily
Railway, and that of the Bengal and North Western Railway including the Tirhoot Railway,
was under single management. This continued till 31 December 1942 when the two
company owned systems were acquired by Government, prior to their consolidation into
the Oudh and Tirhoot Railways
The first section of this tine was opened on 12 October 1884 when Bhojeepura–Kathgodam
was connected with Bareilly, a distance of 12 miles. The Lucknow–Bareilly Railway was
taken over by the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company in an unfinished state on I
January 1891.
The Lucknow-Bareilly Section was worked virtually as an integral part of the Rohilkund and
Kumaon Railway system.
In 1943 January 1, a new tributary emerged and was called Outh & Trihoot Railway
This was possible when the lines owned by the erstwhile and already merged identity of
Bengal and North Western Railway and Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway
companies were acquired by the State. Together with the Tirhoot State Railway, Mashrak
Thawe Extension on behalf of the state and Lucknow Bareilly
Railway were amalgamated as one State Railway System called
the Oudh and Tirhoot Railway.
From Kasganj the Meter guage line took a westerly direction upto Mathura from where
it went south for 34 kilometres and met at Achnera JN. From Kanpur there was a direct BG route
to Agra via Tundla. The construction of MG railway line from Achnera to Kanpur was, therefore,
considered important. It was not only to constitute an important feeder to Rajputana–
Malwa Railway but was also to serve the thickly populated area inhabiting near Ganga.
Rajputana–Malwa railway was made over to BB & CI railways in 1886.
Kanpur–Achnera MG section was constructed in phases viz., Kanpur–Farrukhabad, Farrukhabad–
Hathras and Hathras–Achnera sections. It was also made over to BB & CI.
The old telegraph line upto Fatehgarh was dismantled by the Telegraph Department and a
new line was put along the railway line. Every station was connected with this lines. During
1882–83, additional sidings, quarters were constructed.
Opening of different MG rail sections over ROHILKUND & KUMAON RAILWAY
Main Lines
Bhojeepura-Haldwani 12.10.1884
Haldwani-kathgodam 1894
Extension-
Kashganj Extension
Bareiily to Soron 29.01.1906
Soron to Kasganj 04.01.1885
Ramnagar MG Extension
Moradabad to Got 10.05.1908
Got to Kashipur 11.01.1908
Kashipur to Ramnagar 01.04.1907
Kashipur Extension
Lalkua to Kashipur 15.12.1907
Shahjahanpur MG Extension
Pilibhit to Bisalpur 24.02.1911
Bishaipur to Carewganj 13.01.1912
Shabhaznagar to Shahjahanpur 18.03.1916
Lucknow-Bareilly Railway Main Line
Lucknow to Sitapur 15.11.1886
Sitapur to Lakhimpur 15.04.1887
Lakhimpur to Gola Gokaran Nath 15.12.1887
Gola Gokarannath to Pilibhit 01.04.1891
Pilibhit to Bhojeepura 15.11.1884
Bhojeepura to BareiIly 12.10.1884
Branches & Extension
Bareilly Grain Siding MG Railway 01.04.1894
Kauriala Ghat MG Extension
Mailane to Sarda 01.01.1892
Sarda to Sohela 10.03.1893
Sohela to Sonaripur 18.03.1894
Sonaripur to Kaurilaghat 02.01.1911
Chandan Choki MG Extension
Dudhwa to Chandan Choki 01.04.1903
Gauri Phanta Extension
Dudhwa to Gauri Phanta 15.04.1914
Barmdeo branch line MG Extension
Pilibhit to Barmdeo 15.05.1912
Now many of these branch lines are closed and almost all network is BG by 2017
Many MG trains Expresses and Stopping passengers used halt at t badaun they werehauled initially by YG steam loco whose sheds were in kasganj, Bareilly city and pilibhit later YDM diesel locks later replaced it and continued to operate until MG was converted into BG
Some of MG trains that used to halt at badaun are
Gokul Express From Gorakhpur To Agra Fort used to cover 886 KM on MG via Anand nagar, Barhni, Balrampur, Gonda, Bahraich, Nanapara, Palia kalan, Mailani, Pilibhit, Bareilly, Kasganj, Mathura, Achnera
Started in year 1886 from Haldwani to Bareilly city Kumaon express used To run from Agra Fort To Kathgodam on it ran for about 127 years on MG
Lucknow Aishbagh To Agra Fort Rohailkhand Express was started in year 1892
Lucknow To Jodhpur Marudhar Express used to run via Sitapur, Mailani, Bareilly, Kasganj, Mathura, Jaipur
Kanyakubja Express used To run From Lucknow Jn To Lalkuan Via Kanpur, Farukhabad, Kasganj,
Bareilly
Some of Stopping MG Passenger trains that used to go through Badaun were Mathura to Ramnagar M.G Passenger, Agra Fort To Tanakpur M.G Passenger
Kasganj To Pilibhit Fast Passenger
Kasganj Pilibhit Passenger
There was overnight train for Aishbagh and early morning Train for Agra fort at 04:30
Lucknow To Kathgodam Nainital Express Had 2 slip coaches service one from Pilibhit to Tanakpur and another from Bhojeepura To Kasganj via Bareilly jn
Budaun railway station is well connected to Ujhani, Bareilly, Gonda, Soron, Bahraich, Ramnagar, Agra, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Lakhimpur, Sitapur, Gola Gokarannath, Tanakpur etc..
It is only fitting that one of the existing three divisions of NER, Izzatnagar has been named
after them. In addition, the bridge over River Ganga at Allahabad on the Varanasi-Allahabad
line is also called the Izat Bridge.
The first of the troika Alexandar Izat was the second Agent of BNWR from 1983 to 1904 and
it was in this period that the main line of this Railway from Sonepur via Chupra, Siwan,
Gorakhpur to Lucknow was laid. The Gonda-Gorakhpur loop and major portion of Chapra-
Benaras-Allahabad line was also laid.
Lt. Col. W.R. Izat who was the son of A. Izat was the Agent of BNWR from 1920 to I 927.
His son Sir J. Ronnie Izat was the Agent of BNWR from 1941 to 1944 and it was in his time
that the Oudh Tirhoot Railway came into existence in 1942 and he was the first Agent upto
1944.
The father-son-grandson troika saw over the destiny of this Railway for a Period of 131 years
which were important years of formation of North Eastern Railway. No wonder the lads are
an inseparable part of History of North-Eastern Railway.