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Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, formerly known as Mughalsarai Junction, (station code: DDU, old code MGS) is a railway station in the town of Mughalsarai in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [1] The station contains the largest railway marshaling yard in Asia. [2] This yard caters to around 450–500 trains in a month. [3]
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 [4] whose dead body was found near the railway station on 11 February 1968. [5] Upadhayay was travelling by train from Lucknow to Patna. [6]
Due to severe Indo-Nepal earthquake on 15 January 1934 (and regular flooding by river Kosi which was changing course towards West) this rail link along with Raharia railway station washed away in heavy flood owing to meandering nature of river Kosi thus from 1934 to 1956 railway section from Supaul-Pratapganj & Nirmali become non existent.
Mughalsarai (/ ˌ m uː ɡ h æ l ˈ s ɑːr eɪ ɪ /; English: Mughal Tavern [5]), officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, [6] is a city and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction. [7]
Deen Dayal Upadhyay (CNB-DDU) section, [1] is a railway line connecting Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction (DDU) and Kanpur Central (CNB) stations. This 347 km (216 mi) track is part of the Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line .
The station consists of four platforms. The station is named after freedom fighter and first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–1957) Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha. Anugraha Narayan is an A grade station which falls under Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya division (formerly known as Mughalsarai).
The Patna–Mughalsarai section, officially Patna–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya section, is a railway line connecting Patna Junction in the Indian state of Bihar and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in Uttar Pradesh .
The Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section, formerly Gaya–Mughalsarai section , is a railway line connecting Gaya Junction and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction. This 197-kilometre (122 mi) track is part of the Grand Chord, Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line. This section includes Arrah-Sasaram and ...