The Patna–Mughalsarai section, officially Patna–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya section, is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Bihar and 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 was in position in 1871 and the opening of the Grand Chord in 1907 shortened the distance from Howrah to Delhi even further.Indian Railway History Time line by R. P. Saxena
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.
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.
Stations List of important railway stations on Patna-Mughalsarai section is as follows:
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction Sakaldiha Zamania Dildarnagar Junction Gahmar Buxar Dumraon Bihiya Ara Junction Koilwar Bihta Neora Danapur Phulwari Sharif Patna Junction
Passenger movement Patna and Mughalsarai, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.
Railway reorganisation In 1952, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway and 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. East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.
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 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 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
External links Trains at Patna Trains at Mughalsarai
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