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	\| image_caption = ~~Mughalsarai~~ Junction ~~entrance view~~		\| image_caption = Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction
	\| address = [[Mughalsarai]] – 232101, [[Uttar Pradesh]]		\| address = [[Mughalsarai]] – 232101, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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	== History ==		== History ==
	~~[[File:Mughalsarai Junction railway station.jpg\|thumb\|Mughalsarai Junction railway station]]~~
	The [[East Indian Railway Company]] started connecting Delhi and Howrah from the mid nineteenth century. This was the second biggest railway station after Gaddar, near Karachi (in Pakistan now) which was constructed during the British rule in 1862. Famously known as the gateway to east India, this junction was set up as part of a project to connect Delhi–Calcutta route by British railway company known as the East Indian Railways.		The [[East Indian Railway Company]] started connecting Delhi and Howrah from the mid nineteenth century. This was the second biggest railway station after Gaddar, near Karachi (in Pakistan now) which was constructed during the British rule in 1862. Famously known as the gateway to east India, this junction was set up as part of a project to connect Delhi–Calcutta route by British railway company known as the East Indian Railways.

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	What followed was a long and involved investigation into what the Sangh insisted was a politically motivated murder. A CBI probe called it an accident; two men confessed to pushing him out of the train in a robbery attempt but were acquitted for lack of evidence; there was no sign of struggle or injury on Upadhyay's person. And conspiracy theories about internal power battles in the Sangh still abound. In 1992, then government of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] attempted to rename Mughalsarai after [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya]]<ref name="Noorani">{{cite book \|last1=Noorani \|first1=A.G. \|title=Islam, South Asia and the Cold War \|date=2012 \|publisher=[[Tulika Books]]\|url=https://thewire.in/history/deen-dayal-upadhyaya-death-mystery \|access-date=5 June 2018\|author1-link=A. G. Noorani}}</ref> However, the plan was shelved when [[Kalyan Singh]], the chief minister was forced to resign after an outbreak of violence in the state following the [[Babri Masjid demolition]].<ref name="rename">{{cite news \|title=Mughalsarai station is now Deen Dayal Upadhyay station \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mughalsarai-station-now-deen-dayal-upadhyay-1305833-2018-08-05 \|access-date=21 August 2018 \|work=India Today \|date=5 August 2018}}</ref> In 2017, [[Government of India]] approved a fresh proposal forwarded by the [[Yogi Adityanath]]-led state government to rename the station.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Mughalsarai railway station renamed after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya: A look at stations that have been renamed recently \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/here-are-the-railway-stations-which-have-been-renamed-recently-4781759/ \|access-date=21 August 2018 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> The station was officially renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction on 4 June 2018.<ref name="rename"/>		What followed was a long and involved investigation into what the Sangh insisted was a politically motivated murder. A CBI probe called it an accident; two men confessed to pushing him out of the train in a robbery attempt but were acquitted for lack of evidence; there was no sign of struggle or injury on Upadhyay's person. And conspiracy theories about internal power battles in the Sangh still abound. In 1992, then government of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] attempted to rename Mughalsarai after [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya]]<ref name="Noorani">{{cite book \|last1=Noorani \|first1=A.G. \|title=Islam, South Asia and the Cold War \|date=2012 \|publisher=[[Tulika Books]]\|url=https://thewire.in/history/deen-dayal-upadhyaya-death-mystery \|access-date=5 June 2018\|author1-link=A. G. Noorani}}</ref> However, the plan was shelved when [[Kalyan Singh]], the chief minister was forced to resign after an outbreak of violence in the state following the [[Babri Masjid demolition]].<ref name="rename">{{cite news \|title=Mughalsarai station is now Deen Dayal Upadhyay station \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mughalsarai-station-now-deen-dayal-upadhyay-1305833-2018-08-05 \|access-date=21 August 2018 \|work=India Today \|date=5 August 2018}}</ref> In 2017, [[Government of India]] approved a fresh proposal forwarded by the [[Yogi Adityanath]]-led state government to rename the station.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Mughalsarai railway station renamed after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya: A look at stations that have been renamed recently \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/here-are-the-railway-stations-which-have-been-renamed-recently-4781759/ \|access-date=21 August 2018 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> The station was officially renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction on 4 June 2018.<ref name="rename"/>
	~~[[File:Deendayalmughalsaraijn.png\|thumb\|The officially renamed station]]~~

	== Electrification ==		== Electrification ==

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{{Short description|Railway station in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Close paraphrasing|source=https://www.railwayrecruitment.co.in/railway-stations/mughalsarai-junction/|date=December 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mughalsarai Junction {{small|Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction}}
| native_name_lang =
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[Express train|Express]] and [[Passenger train|passenger]] station
| image = Mughalsarai sb.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Mughalsarai Junction entrance view
| address = [[Mughalsarai]] – 232101, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|25.2767|N|83.1173|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|79.273|m|ft}}
| line = [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], [[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]], [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]], [[Gaya–Mughalsarai section]], [[Mughalsarai–Kanpur section]], [[Grand Chord]], [[Patna–Mughalsarai section]], Mughalsarai–Varanasi–Lucknow section
| other = Auto stand
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 8
| tracks = 23
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1862}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1961–63
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = DDU (formerly MGS)
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd| Mughalsarai}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railways]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers = 3 lakh passengers per day
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| map_caption = Location in [[Uttar Pradesh]]##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Mughalsarai Junction
}}

'''Mughalsarai Junction''', officially known as '''Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction''',<ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiAugust 6|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last2=August 6|first2=2018UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2018 15:54|title=After 156 years, Mughalsarai station renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction: Know all about it|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/mughalsarai-station-renamed-1306483-2018-08-06|access-date=2021-06-17|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> (station code: '''DDU''', formerly '''MGS''') is a railway station in the town of [[Mughalsarai]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The station contains the largest railway [[Classification yard|marshaling yard]] in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-yard.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Freight Sheds and Marshalling Yards|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref> Mughalsarai yard cater to around 450–500 trains in a month.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sood |first1=Jyotika |title=Railways to invest Rs3,000 crore to mechanize, automate yards |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/JnG2X7OAKevymvTvGEthOK/Railways-to-invest-Rs3000-crore-to-mechanize-automate-yard.html|access-date=1 February 2021 |work=Mint |date=17 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Gaya–Mughalsarai section]] is the busiest section in the Indian Railways and in fact it is the life line of the country. All trains including premium category [[Rajdhani Express|east bound Rajdhani trains]] and Duronto trains halt (makes it unique in entire Indian Railway Network; which distinguishes it from other major railway stations like Prayagraj junction, Bhopal junction, Agra Cantt, Gwalior junction, Kharagpur, Nagpur etc.) at this station. Major installations in Mughalsarai include electric locomotive shed holding 147 locomotives, diesel locomotive shed holding 53 locomotives, wagon ROH shed and a 169-bed divisional hospital.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

== History ==
[[File:Mughalsarai Junction railway station.jpg|thumb|Mughalsarai Junction railway station]]
The [[East Indian Railway Company]] started connecting Delhi and Howrah from the mid nineteenth century. This was the second biggest railway station after Gaddar, near Karachi (in Pakistan now) which was constructed during the British rule in 1862. Famously known as the gateway to east India, this junction was set up as part of a project to connect Delhi–Calcutta route by British railway company known as the East Indian Railways.

The station is located on the Grand Trunk Road route. It was one of the busiest corridors during Mughal era which connected east India with the north. In 1862, the railway tracks crossed Mughalsarai and reached the western bank of the [[Yamuna]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dikshit |first1=Rajeev |title=Mughalsarai: The many names of Mughalsarai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/the-many-names-of-mughalsarai/articleshow/59924547.cms |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=5 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The through link to Delhi was established in 1866.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title=IR History: Early History (1832–1869) |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> The [[Grand Chord]] was commissioned in 1906.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title=IR History: Part III (1900–1947) |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

The [[Malviya Bridge|Dufferin Bridge]] across the [[Ganges]] was opened in 1887, connecting Mughalsarai to [[Varanasi Junction railway station|Varanasi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title=IR History: Part II (1870–1899) |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

== Name change ==
Established on the Grand Trunk Road, the station boasts of an interesting past. Built by Sher Shah Suri, this road served as a main course for a majority of caravans, during the medieval era and much later as well, travelling from East or South India towards North India. Being as busy as it was, and still is, there were several sarais (inns) on both sides of the road, and hence the name — Mughalsarai.
On the evening of 10 February 1968, barely two months after he was elected president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Deen Dayal Upadhyay boarded the Sealdah Express from Lucknow to Patna. A few hours later, his body was found near a pole a few hundred feet from the end of a platform at Mughalsarai station.

What followed was a long and involved investigation into what the Sangh insisted was a politically motivated murder. A CBI probe called it an accident; two men confessed to pushing him out of the train in a robbery attempt but were acquitted for lack of evidence; there was no sign of struggle or injury on Upadhyay's person. And conspiracy theories about internal power battles in the Sangh still abound. In 1992, then government of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] attempted to rename Mughalsarai after [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya]]<ref name="Noorani">{{cite book |last1=Noorani |first1=A.G. |title=Islam, South Asia and the Cold War |date=2012 |publisher=[[Tulika Books]]|url=https://thewire.in/history/deen-dayal-upadhyaya-death-mystery |access-date=5 June 2018|author1-link=A. G. Noorani}}</ref> However, the plan was shelved when [[Kalyan Singh]], the chief minister was forced to resign after an outbreak of violence in the state following the [[Babri Masjid demolition]].<ref name="rename">{{cite news |title=Mughalsarai station is now Deen Dayal Upadhyay station |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mughalsarai-station-now-deen-dayal-upadhyay-1305833-2018-08-05 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=India Today |date=5 August 2018}}</ref> In 2017, [[Government of India]] approved a fresh proposal forwarded by the [[Yogi Adityanath]]-led state government to rename the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mughalsarai railway station renamed after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya: A look at stations that have been renamed recently |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/here-are-the-railway-stations-which-have-been-renamed-recently-4781759/ |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 August 2017}}</ref> The station was officially renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction on 4 June 2018.<ref name="rename"/>
[[File:Deendayalmughalsaraijn.png|thumb|The officially renamed station]]

== Electrification ==
The Gaya–Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction sector was electrified in 1961–63. Mughalsarai yard was electrified in 1963–65.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title=History of Electrification |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

== Marshalling yard ==
Mughalsarai marshalling yard is the largest in Asia.<ref name="marshalling">{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-yard.html |title=Freight Sheds and Mashalling Yards |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1322119784210-Inf.pdf |title=General Information |publisher=East Central Railway |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?210638 |title=Mughalsarai: Tracks to Nowhere |publisher=Outlook India, 8 January 2001 |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> It is 12.5 km long and handles around 1,500 wagons daily. Wagon handling has come down after the railways discontinued piecemeal loading. At its peak, it handled 5,000 wagons a day. Of all divisions on Indian Railways, Mughalsarai Division deals the most intense train operations – both Goods and Coaching. It is the bridge between Eastern part and Northern part of India. It closes the distance between pit head coal and power house, finished steel product to user, food grain and fertilizer to eastern part of the country and other raw material to industries. The operational efficiency of the Division plays a pivotal role in determining the efficiency of the East Central Railway and any setback or inefficiency in operations on this Division is a sensitive matter which affects the overall operations of the Railways. Because of its crucial importance, the Railway Board keeps a special watch on Mughalsarai division's operations.<ref name="marshalling" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianrailwayemployee.com/node/6016 |title=Marshalling Yards |publisher=Indian Railway Employee |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

== Sheds and workshops ==
Mughal Sarai diesel loco shed is home to [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]], WDM-3A and WDS-5 diesel locos. The diesel shed also holds 50 electric locos, all of them [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]]. There was a Northern Railway diesel loco shed at Mughalsarai. It was decommissioned in 2001. Mughalsarai electric loco shed can hold more than 150 electric locos. Amongst them are [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] and more than 70 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]] locos. The electric shed has recently started holding [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]] locomotives.

The largest wagon repair workshop of Indian Railways is located at Mughalsarai.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web|title=Sheds and workshops|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html|access-date=19 June 2013|publisher=IRFCA}}</ref>

== Passenger movement ==
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction Junction is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=19 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

== Amenities ==
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station has 2 AC rooms, 4 non-AC retiring rooms, and a ten-bedded non-AC dormitory. It has a food plaza and a ‘Jan Aahar’ (affordable food) facility. The station has ATMs of nationalised banks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1327473148418-Organizational%20Information-JAN-12.pdf |title=Mughalsarai Division, Commercial Department |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Varanasi Junction railway station]]
*[[Varanasi City railway station]]
*[[Kashi railway station]]
*[[Banaras railway station]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IndiaRailInfo|333}}

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