Varanasi railway division

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

Izzatnagar railway division (at Bareilly City) and Lucknow NER railway division are the other two railway divisions under NER Zone headquartered at Gorakhpur. [2] [3]

List of railway stations

The list includes the stations under the Varanasi railway division and their station category. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Category of stationNo. of stationsNames of stations
A-1 Category3 Chhapra Junction,

Mau Junction,Varanasi Junction [ citation needed ]

A Category5 Azamgarh, Ballia, Belthara Road, Deoria Sadar, Siwan Junction
B Category7Bhatni Junction, Ghazipur City, Khorasan Road, Mairwa, Banaras, Salempur and Suremanpur
C Category
(Suburban station)		0-
D Category27Aunrihar Junction, Varanasi City, Indara Junction, Thawe Junction, Yusufpur
E Category81Ahimanpur, Gopalganj, Ratansarai (Barauli), Phephna Junction
F Category
Halt Station		82Ghazipur Ghat, Kerakat Railway Station
Total204-

Stations closed for Passengers -

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References

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


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