Varanasi railway division

Varanasi railway division is one of the three railway divisions under the jurisdiction of North Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. ^[1] This railway division was formed on 1 May 1969 and its headquarter is located at Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. ^[2]

Izzatnagar railway division (at Bareilly City) and Lucknow NER railway division are the other two railway divisions under NER Zone headquartered at Gorakhpur. ^{[3] [4]}

List of railway stations

The list includes the stations under the Varanasi railway division and their station category. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Category of station	No. of stations	Names of stations
A-1 Category	3	Chhapra Junction, Mau Junction, Varanasi Junction [ citation needed ]
A Category	5	Azamgarh, Ballia, Belthara Road, Deoria Sadar, Siwan Junction
B Category	7	Bhatni Junction, Ghazipur City, Khorasan Road, Mairwa, Banaras, Salempur and Suremanpur
C Category (Suburban station)	0	Ekma
D Category	27	Aunrihar Junction, Varanasi City, Indara Junction, Thawe Junction, Yusufpur
E Category	81	Ahimanpur, Gopalganj, Ratansarai (Barauli), Phephna Junction
F Category Halt Station	82	Ghazipur Ghat, Kerakat Railway Station
Total	204	-

Stations closed for Passengers -

References

1. "Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways (Government of India). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
2. "Varanasi Division" (PDF). North Eastern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
4. "Varanasi Railway Division". Railway Board . North Eastern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
5. "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
6. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
7. "Varanasi railway division - Division at a Glance". Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
8. "V aranasi Division N.E. Railway Commercial" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
9. "Commercial Varanasi Division at a Glance: Commercial- Varanasi Division at a Glance-Position as on 31.10.2014" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
10. "Varanasi railway division stations" (PDF). North East Railway Zone. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2020.