August 14, 2012
Zafarabad Railway Junction is located in Jaunpur
district of Uttar Pradesh state. It is managed by Lucknow Junction of Northern
Railway Zone. Zafarabad Junction is perched on Jaunpur-Phaphamau rail line and
is served with number of trains. ZBD is the station code of Zafarabad Junction.
It lies just 6 km away from Jaunpur and has several places of interest around
it. Jaunpur was set up by Firoz Shah Tuglaq in memory of his cousin Jauna. The
town hosts several old Masjids and other religious sites.
Sarnath, the famous Buddhist site, is just about
60 km away from Zafarabad Junction. It is here that Lord Buddha first taught his
Dhamma. Sarnath is the place where Buddha Sangha came into existence. It hosts
several Buddhists Stupas and other religious structures. Sarnath is just 11 km away from the city of
Varanasi. Other major places of interest
nearby Zafarabad Junction include Varanasi, Vindhyachal and Pratapgarh. Kurla-Gorakhpur
Exp, Chhapra-Kurla Exp, Amritsar-Howrah Exp, Dehradun –Varanasi Exp,
Bareilly-Varanasi Exp, Malda town-Delhi Exp, Dhanbad-Firzopur Exp and many
other trains pass through Zafarabad Junction and connect it to other parts of
India. Varanasi Airport (60 km) is the nearest airbase to Zafarabad Junction.
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