Tanakpur Champawat railway station is a small railway station in Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Its code is TPU. It serves Tanakpur city & Champawat.Tanakpur Now Broad gauge. The platform is well sheltered. It many facilities including water and sanitation.Rail ministry stalls Tanakpur-Bageshwar link project It is the terminus of the line in Eastern Uttarakhand.
Due to the steep slope of the line in that region, a train rolled backwards uncontrolled for 35 km after a brake failure, but was stopped at Khatima by putting sand on the tracks.
Major trains
12036 / Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi Express Tanakpur–Delhi Express (14555) Tanakpur–Singrauli Triveni Express (15074) Shaktinagar Terminal–Tanakpur Express (15076) Tanakpur–Pilibhit Passenger (55372)
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