Faizabad Junction railway station (officially known as Ayodhya Cantt Junction railway station) is a junction railway station in
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
, India. It is located on the Lucknow-Varanasi section and is a part of the Northern Railway zone.
Faizabad Junction and are the two railway junctions in
Faizabad district
Faizabad district, officially Ayodhya district, is one of the 75 districts of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ayodhya, which is believed to be the birth place of Hindu deity Rama, is the administrative headquarters of the district. ...
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History
The station was established in 1874.
In October 2021, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh,
, decided to rename the station "Ayodhya Cantt railway station".
On 2 November 2021 Indian Railways consented to the change of name, which also changed the station code from FD to AYC.
Trains
The trains originating from this station are:
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Faizabad Delhi Express
The 14205 / 14206 Ayodhya - Delhi Express is a train which runs between Ayodhya and Delhi. Though there are several trains that run to Delhi via Ayodhya, Ayodhya – Delhi Express is the only train which starts at Ayodhya to Delhi. It runs daily ...
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Saket Express
Saket Express (11067/11068) is a train that runs twice per week between Faizabad junction (officially Ayodhya Cantt) and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai. The train was introduced in 1988 and the inaugural run took place on 7 May 1988.
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Rameswaram–Faizabad Shraddha Sethu Express
The 22613 / 22614 Shraddha Sethu Superfast Express is an Express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between in Tamil Nadu and in Uttar Pradesh, India, via Chennai Egmore. It is currently being operated with 22613/22614 train ...
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Faizabad Superfast Express
The Faizabad Superfast Express, officially known as the Mumbai Ltt Ayodhya Cantt Sf Express, is a train which runs weekly connecting (officially Ayodhya Cantt) to , Mumbai. It is one of the two trains connecting cities of Faizabad and Ayodhya
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Gallery
People thronging for boarding at NDLS.jpg, People boarding a train
Faizabad Junction railway station, Faizabad, Ayodhya district.jpg, Faizabad Junction platform with board
See also
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Lucknow Charbagh railway station
Lucknow Charbagh (officially Lucknow NR, station code: LKO) is one of the five main railway stations of Lucknow city for broad gauge trains, the other ones being , Gomti Nagar railway station, Aishbagh Railway Station and Lucknow City. In 1 ...
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Akbarpur railway station
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Rudauli railway station
Rudauli railway station is a railway station in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. And it is well connected with Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi. Rudauli is busiest station between Lucknow to Varanasi after Faizabad.
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References
External links
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Railway junction stations in Uttar Pradesh
Railway stations in Faizabad district
Lucknow NR railway division
Railway stations opened in 1874
Transport in Faizabad
Buildings and structures in Faizabad
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