Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division, earlier known as Mughalsarai railway division, is one of the five railway divisions under
Sasaram . This station holds record for most number of stoppage of Rajdhani Express trains in India.[clarification needed
]
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
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 | 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.
- Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
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