Tundla Junction railway station

Tundla Junction is an important rail head in Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Delhi–Kanpur main line. It is located just 25 km from Agra City. Tundla is a technical halt for changing drivers and guards for almost all trains the New Delhi–Mughalsarai / Lucknow sections. The station was built by the Britishers and still remains essentially unchanged. The railway station is a site in itself and takes one back to pre Independence era.ImportanceTundla Junction is very important rail head for people of Agra and also tourists providing connectivity to the east of the country i.e. Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna etc.History 1972 Electrification from Howrah reaches. 29 December 2002: Konkan Railway conducts a trial run of the Madgaon–Roha Express at 150 km/h (briefly touching 165 km/h at times) using a WDP-4 loco. Also in December (confirmation needed) NR is said to have run trials with a WDP-4 hauling at train at up to 180 km/h on the Ghaziabad–Tundla section. 13–21 December 2003 : Trials with weak field arrangement for MEMUs on the Tundla–Kanpur section of NCR. With a 'dense crush load' and stopping at all stations, a 4-car MEMU rake could decrease its total running time by 7% with a max. speed of 90 km/h and 10% with a max. speed of 100 km/h on the 228 km section, because of the improved acceleration.