Mughalsarai is most famous for its railway yard and its railway colonies. There are about 16 railway colonies. The Mughalsarai Railway Division belongs to East Central Railway (ECR) Zone of the Indian Railway. About 125+ passenger trains pass from Mughalsarai Junction. The Divisional Rail Manager (DRM) office of Mughalsarai Division is situated here. At Mughalsarai Junction, two important railway lines meet: Main Line (Delhi–Kanpur–Allahabad–Patna–Gaya–Howrah) and Detour Line (Delhi–Moradabad–Bareilly–Lucknow–Varanasi–Gaya–Howrah).
Varanasi City is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the Mughalsarai Railway Station via GT Road. The Malviya Bridge (Lord Duffrin Bridge Double Deck Rail cum Road, built in 1888), in Kashi (Varanasi) is situated between Mughalsarai and Varanasi on the river Ganges. Yard of Mughalsarai Railway Junction is the longest Railway freight yard in India and 2nd longest in world.
Road
Mughal Sarai is on National Highway No. 2, which is known as Grand Trunk Road made by the emperor Sher Shah Suri. Sher Shah Suri had named this road as Sadak-e-Azam. In ancient times this road was known as Uttarapath. Jarasandh adopted this very route to attack Mathura under the Kingship of Lord Krishna. Mughalsarai is located 667 kilometres (414 mi) far from Kolkata by road
