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	'''Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division'''~~, earlier known as~~ Mughalsarai railway division, is one of the five railway divisions under [[East Central Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at [[Mughalsarai]] in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]] and [[Gaya Junction]] are most busiest station in term of passenger then followed by [[Dehri-on-Sone railway station\|Dehri-on-Sone]], [[Anugraha Narayan Road railway station\|Anugrah Narayan Road]] and [[Sasaram railway station\|Sasaram]] . This station holds record for most number of stoppage of [[Rajdhani Express]] trains in India.{{Clarify\|date=November 2021}}		'''Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division''' (formerly '''Mughalsarai railway division''') is one of the five railway divisions under the jurisdiction of [[East Central Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="zones_and_divisions">{{cite web \|title=Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country \|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=168812. \|website=Press Information Bureau \|publisher=Ministry of Railways (Government of India) \|access-date=1 January 2025 \|date=21 July 2017}}</ref> This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at [[Mughalsarai]] in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]] and [[Gaya Junction]] are most busiest station in term of passenger then followed by [[Dehri-on-Sone railway station\|Dehri-on-Sone]], [[Anugraha Narayan Road railway station\|Anugrah Narayan Road]] and [[Sasaram railway station\|Sasaram]]. This station holds record for most number of stoppage of [[Rajdhani Express]] trains in India.{{Clarify\|date=November 2021}}

	[[Danapur railway division]], [[Dhanbad railway division]], [[Samastipur railway division]], and [[Sonpur railway division]] are the other railway divisions under ECR Zone headquartered at [[Hajipur]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways \|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf \|work=Indian Railways \|access-date=13 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf \|archive-date=19 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1441956713325-History%20of%20East-Central%20Railway.pdf \|title = Mughalsarai Railway Division\|access-date = 13 January 2016 \|website = [[Railway Board]]\|publisher = [[Western Railway zone]]}}</ref>		[[Danapur railway division]], [[Dhanbad railway division]], [[Samastipur railway division]], and [[Sonpur railway division]] are the other railway divisions under ECR Zone headquartered at [[Hajipur]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways \|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf \|work=Indian Railways \|access-date=13 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf \|archive-date=19 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1441956713325-History%20of%20East-Central%20Railway.pdf \|title = Mughalsarai Railway Division\|access-date = 13 January 2016 \|website = [[Railway Board]]\|publisher = [[Western Railway zone]]}}</ref>

	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]]<ref name=HT-20Jan20>{{cite news \|first1=Anisha \|last1=Dutta \|date=20 January 2020 \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mughalsarai-railway-division-renamed/story-kOoEvlN4Kt5WCiLUy4wuFJ.html \|title=Mughalsarai railway division renamed \|work=Hindustan Times \|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> ~~who's~~ dead body was found near the railway station on 11 February 1968.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Unsolved midnight murder mystery of Deendayal Upadhyaya at Mughalsarai Junction \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/unsolved-midnight-murder-mystery-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-at-mughalsarai-junction/236101 \|access-date=19 June 2023 \|work=Times Now \|date=5 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Upadhayay was travelling by train from Lucknow to Patna.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Pandey \|first=Deepak K. \|date=25 May 2015\|title=Probe murder of Deendayal Upadhyaya afresh: Swamy \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/probe-murder-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-afresh-says-subramanian-swamy/article7245045.ece \|access-date=5 June 2018 \|work=The Hindu \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118110342/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/probe-murder-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-afresh-says-subramanian-swamy/article7245045.ece \|archive-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> The official name of Mughalsarai Junction was changed to Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in 2018.<ref name=HT-20Jan20/>		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]]<ref name=HT-20Jan20>{{cite news \|first1=Anisha \|last1=Dutta \|date=20 January 2020 \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mughalsarai-railway-division-renamed/story-kOoEvlN4Kt5WCiLUy4wuFJ.html \|title=Mughalsarai railway division renamed \|work=Hindustan Times \|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> whose dead body was found near the railway station on 11 February 1968.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Unsolved midnight murder mystery of Deendayal Upadhyaya at Mughalsarai Junction \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/unsolved-midnight-murder-mystery-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-at-mughalsarai-junction/236101 \|access-date=19 June 2023 \|work=Times Now \|date=5 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Upadhayay was travelling by train from Lucknow to Patna.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Pandey \|first=Deepak K. \|date=25 May 2015\|title=Probe murder of Deendayal Upadhyaya afresh: Swamy \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/probe-murder-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-afresh-says-subramanian-swamy/article7245045.ece \|access-date=5 June 2018 \|work=The Hindu \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118110342/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/probe-murder-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-afresh-says-subramanian-swamy/article7245045.ece \|archive-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> The official name of Mughalsarai Junction was changed to Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in 2018.<ref name=HT-20Jan20/>

	==List of railway stations and towns ==		==List of railway stations and towns ==
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{{short description|Railway division of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

'''Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division''', earlier known as Mughalsarai railway division, is one of the five railway divisions under [[East Central Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at [[Mughalsarai]] in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]] and [[Gaya Junction]] are most busiest station in term of passenger then followed by [[Dehri-on-Sone railway station|Dehri-on-Sone]], [[Anugraha Narayan Road railway station|Anugrah Narayan Road]] and [[Sasaram railway station|Sasaram]] . This station holds record for most number of stoppage of [[Rajdhani Express]] trains in India.{{Clarify|date=November 2021}}

[[Danapur railway division]], [[Dhanbad railway division]], [[Samastipur railway division]], and [[Sonpur railway division]] are the other railway divisions under ECR Zone headquartered at [[Hajipur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |work=Indian Railways |access-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1441956713325-History%20of%20East-Central%20Railway.pdf |title = Mughalsarai Railway Division|access-date = 13 January 2016 |website = [[Railway Board]]|publisher = [[Western Railway zone]]}}</ref>

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]]<ref name=HT-20Jan20>{{cite news |first1=Anisha |last1=Dutta |date=20 January 2020 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mughalsarai-railway-division-renamed/story-kOoEvlN4Kt5WCiLUy4wuFJ.html |title=Mughalsarai railway division renamed |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> who's dead body was found near the railway station on 11 February 1968.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unsolved midnight murder mystery of Deendayal Upadhyaya at Mughalsarai Junction |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/unsolved-midnight-murder-mystery-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-at-mughalsarai-junction/236101 |access-date=19 June 2023 |work=Times Now |date=5 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Upadhayay was travelling by train from Lucknow to Patna.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pandey |first=Deepak K. |date=25 May 2015|title=Probe murder of Deendayal Upadhyaya afresh: Swamy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/probe-murder-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-afresh-says-subramanian-swamy/article7245045.ece |access-date=5 June 2018 |work=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118110342/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/probe-murder-of-deendayal-upadhyaya-afresh-says-subramanian-swamy/article7245045.ece |archive-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> The official name of Mughalsarai Junction was changed to Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in 2018.<ref name=HT-20Jan20/>

==List of railway stations and towns ==
The list includes the stations under the Mughalsarai railway division and their station category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement showing Category-wise No. of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI&ACategoryStns.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations|url=http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045206/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background:#ffd750;" | Category of station
! style="background:#ffd750;" | No. of stations
! style="background:#ffd750;" | Names of stations
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | A-1
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction}}, {{rws|Gaya Junction}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | A
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Anugraha Narayan Road}}, {{rws|Dehri-on-Sone}}, {{rws|Sasaram}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | B
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Bhabua Road}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | C<br />suburban station
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | D
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | E
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | F<br />halt station
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Total'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''-'''
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|}
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==References==
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[[Category:Mughalsarai railway division| ]]
[[Category:Divisions of Indian Railways]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:East Central Railway zone|*]]
[[Category:Transport in Mughalsarai]]

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