Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division, earlier known as Mughalsarai railway division, is one of the five railway divisions under East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction and Gaya Junction are most busiest station in term of passenger then followed by Dehri-on-Sone, Anugrah Narayan Road and Sasaram . This station holds record for most number of stoppage of Rajdhani Express trains in India.
Danapur railway division, Dhanbad railway division, Samastipur railway division, and Sonpur railway division are the other railway divisions under ECR Zone headquartered at Hajipur.[1][2]
The official name was changed from Mughalsarai railway division to Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division on 19 January 2020 in honour of Jan Sangh party leader Deen Dayal Upadhyaya[3] whose dead body was found near the railway station on 11 February 1968.[4] Upadhayay was travelling by train from Lucknow to Patna.[5] The official name of Mughalsarai Junction was changed to Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in 2018.[3]
List of railway stations and towns
The list includes the stations under the Mughalsarai railway division and their station category.[6][7]
| Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
|---|---|---|
| A-1 | 2 | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Gaya Junction |
| A | 3 | Anugraha Narayan Road, Dehri-on-Sone, Sasaram |
| B | 1 | Bhabua Road |
| C suburban station |
0 | - |
| D | - | |
| E | - | - |
| F halt station |
- | - |
| Total | - | - |
Stations closed for Passengers -
References
- ↑ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "Mughalsarai Railway Division" (PDF). Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- 1 2 Dutta, Anisha (20 January 2020). "Mughalsarai railway division renamed". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ↑ "Unsolved midnight murder mystery of Deendayal Upadhyaya at Mughalsarai Junction". Times Now. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ↑ Pandey, Deepak K. (25 May 2015). "Probe murder of Deendayal Upadhyaya afresh: Swamy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Statement showing Category-wise No. of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.