It is about 77 km from Gorakhpur railway station and is situated towards its north-eastern part.

It is situated about 20 km from Kushinagar, an international tourist and religious spot for Buddhists.

It serves Padrauna city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

|image= Padrauna railway station is at an elevation of 89 metres (292 ft) and was assigned the code – POU.

Bengal and North Western Railway constructed the 79 mi (127 km) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line from Siwan to Kaptanganj in 1907.