Kakori railway station
Express train and Passenger train station
General information
LocationState Highway 25, Kakori, Uttar Pradesh
India
Coordinates26°53′03″N 80°48′00″E / 26.8841°N 80.8001°E / 26.8841; 80.8001
Elevation130 metres (430 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Platforms2
Tracks4
ConnectionsAuto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeKKJ
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone
Division(s) Moradabad
History
Rebuilt2016 (2016)
ElectrifiedYes
Location
Kakori railway station is located in India
Kakori railway station
Kakori railway station
Location within India
Kakori railway station is located in Uttar Pradesh
Kakori railway station
Kakori railway station
Kakori railway station (Uttar Pradesh)

Kakori railway station is a small railway station in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is KKJ. It serves Kakori village.

History

On 9 August 1925, the station came into light of the world history when Indian revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta, Murari Lal Gupta (fake name of Murari Lal Khanna), Mukundi Lal (Mukundi Lal Gupta) and Banwari Lal snatched the government's treasury from a train. The incident is called as Kakori train robbery or the Kakori conspiracy case of British period.[1]

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