Mughalsarai railway division, officially known as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division, is one of the five railway divisions under

East Central Railway zone The East Central Railway (abbreviated ECR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Hajipur and comprises Sonpur, Samastipur, Danapur, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, and Dhanbad divisions. History First set up on 8 S ...

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at

Mughalsarai Mughalsarai (; English: '' Mughal Tavern''), officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, is a city and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction ...

in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. Mughalsarai Junction and Gaya junction are most busiest station in term of passenger then followed by

Dehri-on-Sone Dehri also known as Dehri-on-Sone is a Nagar parishad and corresponding community development block in Rohtas district in the state of Bihar, India. Situated on the Son River, Dehri is a large industrial town and a railway hub. Etymology The n ...

, Anugrah Narayan Road and

Sasaram Sasaram ()sometimes also spelled as Sahasram, is an ancient historical city and a municipal corporation region in the Rohtas district of the Bihar state in eastern India, with a history that goes to thousands of years. During the prehistoric ag ...

. Mughalsarai Junction holds most stoppage of Rajdhani express in India.

Danapur railway division Danapur railway division is one of the five divisions of East Central Railway (ECR), a zone of the Indian Railways located at Danapur in Patna district of Bihar state in eastern India. The other railway divisions are Sonpur, Samastipur, Mughals ...

Dhanbad railway division Dhanbad railway division is one of the five railway divisions under East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. It stands No.1 in revenue earning among all the divisions in Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 an ...

Samastipur railway division Samastipur railway division is one of the five railway divisions under East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed in 1969 and its headquarter is located at Samastipur in the state of Bihar of India. Danapur ra ...

, and

Sonpur railway division Sonpur railway division is one of the five railway divisions under East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. History Sonpur division was established on 21 Oct. 1978 in North Eastern Railway zone. The ECR zone came into existence on 8 Se ...

are the other railway divisions under ECR Zone headquartered at

Hajipur Hajipur (, ) is the headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India. Hajipur is the 16th most populous city of Bihar, besides being the second-fastest developing city, next to Patna. It had a total population ...

. The official name was changed from Mughalsarai railway division to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division on 19 January 2020 in honour of

Jan Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...

party leader

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an Indian politician, proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

who died near Mughalsarai Junction railway station on 11 February 1968 after being pushed from a moving train by robbers. The official name of Mughalsarai railway station was changed in 2018.

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Mughalsarai railway division and their station category. Stations closed for Passengers -

References

Divisions of Indian Railways 1951 establishments in Uttar Pradesh * Transport in Mughalsarai {{India-rail-transport-stub