What is the essential rule before traveling in train is that we have to take a ticket and with that we can complete our journey. If we don’t have tickets, we can either be fined or TTE can remove us from the train. But have you ever heard about such a unique railway station, in which people buy tickets by investing money, but do not travel by that train.
Yes, the name of this railway station located in Prayagraj is Dayalpur, where people buy tickets but do not consider it necessary to travel. You must also be wondering, what is the reason for this, so let us give you some more information about this railway. (All representative photos)
Where is Dayalpur railway station?
After hearing this, many questions must be coming in your mind, why do people do this? So first of all tell that this railway station is located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The name of this railway station is Dayalpur. Dayalpur railway station is the only railway station in India, the process of construction of this railway station took place in the year 1954. The biggest contribution in making it was given by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
This railway station was built by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
In 1954, the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, after talking to the then Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, demanded the construction of a railway station in Dayalpur. After the construction of this railway station, everything was fine for about 50 years. During this time the people of the village also started traveling by railway, they did not face any kind of problem in commuting.
The railway station was closed in 2006.
Let me tell you, Dayalpur railway station was closed in 2006. It is said that people used to take very less tickets from this railway station. In such a situation, the railways started suffering losses. Later this station was closed. But again in 2020 this railway station was started. According to the people, this railway should not be closed again, in such a situation, the people here buy tickets according to their capacity, but they never travel.
People buy tickets for Rs 700 every month
Local people buy tickets worth about Rs 700 every month, so that the station does not get closed for two weeks. The local people here say that at present only one train stops at Dayalpur railway station, and there has been a demand by the people for a long time for the stoppage of trains.