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{{Short description|Railway line in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Patna–Mughalsarai section
| color = 800000
| logo = 
| logo_width = 100 px
| image = Ara jun.jpg
| image_width = 300
| caption = [[Ara Junction railway station]] is an important railway station on Patna–Mughalsarai section
| type =
| system =
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| start = [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna Junction]]
| end = [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]]
| stations =
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 1862
| close =
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]
| character =
| depot =
| stock =
| linelength = {{convert|212|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| tracklength =
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| old_gauge =
| minradius =
| racksystem =
| electrification = [[25 kV AC railway electrification|25 kV 50 Hz AC]] [[Overhead line|OHLE]] during 1961–1965 and 1999–2000
| speed = up to 130 km/ h
| elevation =
| website =
| map = {{Patna–Mughalsarai section|inline=y}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
The '''Patna–Mughalsarai section''', officially '''Patna–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya section''', is a railway line connecting {{stnlnk|Patna Junction}} in the Indian state of [[Bihar]] and {{stnlnk|Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction}} in [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==History==
The first rail track between Howrah and Delhi was via what was later named as [[Sahibganj loop]] and the first through train on the route was run in 1864. The Patna–Mughalsarai sector was ready around 1862. A "shorter main line" connecting Raniganj and [[Kiul Junction railway station|Kiul]] was in position in 1871 and the opening of the [[Grand Chord]] in 1907 shortened the distance from Howrah to Delhi even further.<ref>''Indian Railway History Time line'' by R. P. Saxena</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html| title = IR History: Early days I (1832–1869)| publisher = IRFCA| access-date = 28 March 2014| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050307181407/http://irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html| archive-date = 7 March 2005| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title = IR History:Early days II (1870-1899)| access-date = 28 March 2014}}</ref>

==Electrification==
While the Mughalsarai area was electrified in 1961–65, the rest of the Patna–Mughalsarai section was electrified in 1999–2002. Sector-wise electrification was as follows: Fatuha–Danapur 1999–2000, Danapur–Dildarnagar 2001–2002, Kuchman–Dilarnagar 1999–2000.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title =History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 28 March 2014 }}</ref>

==Speed limit==
The entire Sitarampur–Patna–Mughalsarai line is classified as "B Class" line, where trains can run at speeds up to 130 km/h.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-pway.html |title=Permanent Way| work= Track Classifications|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref>

==Stations==
List of important railway stations on Patna-Mughalsarai section is as follows:

* [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]]
* Sakaldiha
* [[Zamania railway station|Zamania]]
* [[Dildarnagar Junction railway station|Dildarnagar Junction]]
* [[Gahmar railway station|Gahmar]]
* [[Buxar railway station|Buxar]]
* Dumraon
* Bihiya
* [[Ara Junction railway station|Ara Junction]] (Arrah)
* Koilwar
* [[Bihta railway station|Bihta]]
* [[Neora railway station|Neora]]
* [[Danapur railway station|Danapur]]
* [[Phulwari Sharif railway station|Phulwari Sharif]]
* [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna Junction]]

==Passenger movement==
[[Patna Junction railway station|Patna]] and [[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Mughalsarai]], on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<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=28 March 2014 |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>

==Railway reorganisation==
In 1952, [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]], [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] and [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]] were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]], east of Mughalsarai and [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]], Assam Railway and a portion of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone | title = Geography – Railway Zones | publisher = IRFCA | access-date = 28 March 2014 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070819043943/http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone | archive-date = 19 August 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/ | title = East Central Railway | publisher = ECR | access-date = 28 March 2014 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140112090715/http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/ | archive-date = 12 January 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

== Trains ==
The Following trains are famously serving this route.
* [[Ahmedabad-Asansol Weekly Express]]
* [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express]]
* [[Asansol–Mumbai CSMT Superfast Express]]
* [[Sikkim Mahananda Express]]
* [[Amritsar Mail|Howrah-Amritsar Mail]]
* [[Vibhuti Express]]
* [[Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express]]
* [[Dwarka Express]]
* [[Barmer–Guwahati Express]]
* [[Bikaner–Guwahati Express]]
* [[Farakka Express (via Sultanpur)]] & [[Farakka Express (via Ayodhya Cantt)]]
* [[Patna–Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express]]
* [[Jaynagar–Udhna Antyodaya Express]]
* [[Patna-Purna Express]]
* [[Archana Express]]
* [[Himgiri Superfast Express]]
* [[Patna-Ahmedabad Weekly Express]]
* [[Shramjeevi Superfast Express]]
* [[Indore-Patna Express]]
* [[Surat-Bhagalpur Express]]
* [[Patna-Kota Express]]
* [[Brahmaputra Mail]]
* [[Patna-Mumbai CSMT Superfast Express]]
* [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Dibrugarh Express]]
* [[Bhagat Ki Kothi–Kamakhya Express]]
* [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Guwahati Express]]
* [[Bhagalpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express]]
* [[Godda-Mumbai LTT Superfast Express]]
*[[Vasco da Gama–Patna Superfast Express]]
* [[Poorva Express (via Patna)]]
* [[Akal Takht Express]]
* [[Gurumukhi Superfast Express]]
* [[Baba Baidyanath Dham Deoghar Humsafar Express]]
* [[Baba Baidyanath Dham Deoghar Superfast Express]]
* [[Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express]]
* [[Ernakulam-Patna Superfast Express (via Nagpur)]]
* [[Kashi Patna Jan Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Vikramshila Express]]
* [[Magadh Express]]
* [[Malda Town–Anand Vihar Weekly Express]]
* [[Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express|Bhagalpur-Ajmer Weekly Humsafar Express]]
* [[Malda Town-New Delhi Express]]
* [[Pratham Swatrantata Sangram Express]]
* [[Ziyarat Express]]
* [[Jaynagar–Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express]] & [[Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express]]
* [[Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Sampoorna Kranti Express]]
* [[Rajendra Nagar Terminal-New Delhi Amrit Bharat Express]]
* [[Patna-SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express]]
* [[Bhagmati Express]]
* [[Kumbh Express]]
* [[Upasana Express]]
* [[Ananya Express]]
* [[Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Madhupur-Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express]]
* [[Agartala-Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Patna-Bandra Terminus Superfast Express]]
* [[Saharsa-Bandra Terminus Humsafar Express]]
* [[Azimabad Express]]
* [[Patna Jn.–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Janta Express]]

While There are also a lot of Passenger and Express trains that serves this section.

==See also==
* [[Patna–Digha Ghat line]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/patna-junction-pnbe/332 Trains at Patna]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/mughal-sarai-junction-mgs/333 Trains at Mughalsarai]

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[[Category:Danapur railway division|*]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Bihar]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1862]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in India]]
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