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Moradabad Division of Northern Railway has its
Divisional Headquarter at Moradabad. It is an old city, established by the
Mughal prince ‘MURAD’ and is famous for its Brass Industry. Brass Wares,
Stainless steel utensils, Electro-Plated Nickel Silver (EPNS) and
lacquer-plated brasswares are well known specialties of this city.
The
Division serves a population of about 03 crores spread over 26 Civil Districts
in the Western part of Uttar Pradesh and in the newly created Uttaranchal. It
has a total Route kilometer average of 1403 Kms. and track kilometer of 2424 KM
over which 66 pairs of Mail/Express and 52/06 pairs of Passenger/Mixed trains
and 2 pairs of Rail Bus run daily. There are 208 Stations including halts.
Approx. 2.03 Lakh passengers are booked daily. The Division caters to the
transport requirements of a number of industries including fertilizers,
sponsored food grains, sugar, Iron & steel units & BHEL.
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