The Barabanki Junction railway station is on the Delhi– Basti– Gorakhpur main broad-gauge route in Uttar Pradesh.

Of the 301 miles of the Bengal and North Western Railway main line was 17 miles consisting of following section which was used to connect Barabanki from Burhwal: 18 miles of the Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway which was later renamed as Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway, was used to connect Barabanki from Daliganj: In 1981 Railway Budget two enhancements related to Barabanki were proposed:[6] Electrification of tracks at Barabanki Jn took place in two phases spread across span of almost ten years.

Phase I of electrification of tracks passing through Barabanki Jn took place in 2002–03 in two steps,[2] Electrification of tracks between Safedabad railway station and Barabanki Jn was completed on 29 September 2002.

This yard used for load and unload purpose of commodities mainly coal, fertilizer, cement, stone, food grains etc.

Normally around six thousand passengers pass through this railway station, this number can be higher on special occasions e.g. during season of Kumbh Mela 2013, on 7, 8 and 9 February 2013, 8500, 8700 and 8000 passengers travelled from Barabanki to Lucknow railway station to catch trains for Prayagraj as there is no direct train from Barabanki to Prayagraj.