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Moradabad was founded in 1625 by Mughal Prince “MURAD” son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

Moradabad city is famous for Brass Metal Handicrafts not only in India but also abroad since ancient times and thus it is a big market for it . This city is situated in western U.P. between 28°-21´ to 28°-16´ Latitude North and 78°- 4´ to 79° Longitude East. Presently it is an Administrative, Industrial and Commercial city.

After the establishment of Divisional Commissioner Office, its importance and status has further been elevated. This city lies on National Highway 24 and most important Railway Junction Station, also Divisional Headquarters of Northern Railways, on Howarah - Amritsar and Delhi-Gowahati main lines.

The Moradabad division was created in 1925 as a part of East Indian Railway. The Railway Division of Moradabad is spread over twin states of Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh, It has total route kilometrage of 1402.15 Kms. And track kilomerage of 2701.72 Kms, over which 103 pairs of Mail/Express and 53 pairs of passenger trains and 3 pairs of rail Bus run daily. There are 202 stations including 149 block stations. Approximately two lakhs passengers are booked daily from all stations of the Division.

The division caters to important religious and industrial centers of both the states. The religious piligrim centers of country like Haridwar, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Rishikesh etc are situated in the area serves by the Division,

The three major Fertiliser plants namely IFFCO/Aonla, Tata Chemical Limited/Babrala and Kribhco Shyam Fertiliser plant/ Shahjahanpur are located over this division. Major transportation need of these plants is meet by the division.

Similarly, number of important sugar factories are situated over the division. The sugar mills are Laksar, Seohara and Dhampur have their own independent sidings. Other plants which have been commissioned in recent past load their product from goodsheds of Hardoi and Thompsonganj.

The largest grain market of UP, i.e., Shahajahanpur also dispatched large volumes of food grain especially wheat to southern and North Eastern states.

Apart from above, the division provides number of Goods handling terminals where large volumes of Fertilizer, cement, Iron, coal , Foodgrains and other Misc. commodities are handled.

The Major Oil companies also unload their products at dedicated sidings at Aonla, Najibabad and Bantra.

From Freight operation point of view, this division serves as major trunk route for all food grain traffic loaded from Northern States to North Eastern states. In other direction, it serves as important route for transporting important raw materials like coal and steel from North Eastern and eastern regions of country to Northern states.

General Information
Headquarter	Moradabad
Route K.M.	1402.15 Kms.
Track K.M	2701.72 Kms.
Number of Station	202 (149 + 50 Halt + 3 Flag)
Staff on Roll as on 01st April 2008	19957
Civil District	25
Mail Express Trains	103 Pairs
Passenger Trains	53 Pairs
Rail Bus	03 Pairs
Passenger Booked in (09-10) / (10-11)	153.81 / 171.67 Lacs
Total Loading in (09-10) / (10-11)	0.89 / 0.92 MT
Throughput in (09-10) / (10-11)	3050 / 4059 Units
Wagon Turn Round in (09-10)/(10-11)	1.17 / 1.21 Days
Earnings in (09-10) / (10-11)	Rs. 64.12 / Rs. 74.29 Crores
Total Earning In (09-10) / (10-11)	Rs. 119.63 / Rs. 149.76 Crores
PRS	40
UTS	90
PRS Cum UTS	18
JTBS	23
Principal Commodities Outward	Fertilizer, Sugar Foodgrains, Deoiled Rice Bran & Timber Waste, Heavy Machines & Automobiles.
Principal Commodities Inward	Cement, Pol, Coal, Fertilizeer

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