Mughalsarai Junction railway station


Mughalsarai Junction, officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, is a railway station in the city of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The station contains the largest railway marshaling yard in Asia. The yard caters to around 450-500 trains in a month. All east bound Rajdhani trains halt at this station.

History

The East Indian Railway Company started connecting Delhi and Howrah from the mid nineteenth century. In 1862, the railway tracks crossed Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar and reached the western bank of the Yamuna. The through link to Delhi was established in 1866. The Grand Chord was commissioned in 1906.
The Dufferin Bridge across the Ganges was opened in 1887, connecting Mughalsarai to Benares.
In 1992, the BJP led government of the state of Uttar Pradesh attempted to rename Mughalsarai after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a Jan Sangh leader who was killed in a train theft incident and was found dead on 11 February 1968 on a railway track near Mughalsarai station. 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. In 2017, the Indian government approved a fresh proposal forwarded by the Yogi Adityanath-led government to rename the station. The station was officially renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar junction in August 2018.

Electrification

The Gaya-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar sector was electrified between 1961–63 and the yard was electrified between 1963–65.

Marshalling yard

The station's marshalling yard is the largest in Asia. 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.

Sheds and workshops

The Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar diesel loco shed is home to WDM-2, WDM-3A and WDS-5 diesel locos. There was a Northern Railway diesel loco shed at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar. It was decommissioned in 2001. The Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar electric loco shed can hold more than 150 electric locos. Amongst them are WAM-4, WAP-4 and more than 70 WAG-7 locos. Kanpur Central electric loco shed accommodates WAP-4 and WAG-7 electric locos.
The largest wagon repair workshop of Indian Railways is located at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.

Passenger movement

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Junction is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.

Amenities

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Junction 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’ facility. The station has ATMs of nationalised banks.