Mughalsarai

Mughalsarai Deendayal Nagar
city
Mughalsarai Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°18′N 83°07′E / 25.3°N 83.12°ECoordinates: 25°18′N 83°07′E / 25.3°N 83.12°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	154,692
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	232101
Telephone code	5412

Mughalsarai is a city and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction in Uttar Pradesh.

Location

Mughalsarai is bisected by GT Road in three parts. The northern part mainly consists of railway colonies like (Vasant Vihar), New Central Colony, Diesel Colony, Haper Colony, Loco Colony and Roza Colony, Plant-Depot Colony. It starts after the parao road in Varanasi and continue till aliganj road which comes after railway colony on the south.

Railways

The Mughalsarai Railway Station is a famous and the fourth busiest station in India, with about 125 passenger trains pass through the Mughalsarai Junction. Two important railway lines meet at the junction: Main Line (Delhi–Kanpur–Allahabad–Patna–Howrah) and Detour Line (Ambala Cantt-Saharanpur–Moradabad–Bareilly–Lucknow–Varanasi––Howrah).Mughalsarai is one of the largest and busiest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

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