Mughalsarai railway division

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 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 Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. Pt. 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 . Mughalsarai Junction holds most stoppage of Rajdhani express 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 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division on 19 January 2020 in honour of Jan Sangh party leader Deen Dayal Upadhyaya who died near Mughalsarai Junction railway station on 11 February 1968 after being pushed from a moving train by robbers.[3][4] The official name of Mughalsarai railway station was changed in 2018.[3]

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Mughalsarai railway division and their station category.[5][6]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
A-1 2 Pt. 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
  1. "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Railway Division" (PDF). Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. Dutta, Anisha (20 January 2020). "Mughalsarai railway division renamed". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. Pandey, Deepak K. (25 May 2015). "Probe murder of Deendayal Upadhyaya afresh: Swamy". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Statement showing Category-wise No. of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.


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