Faizabad Jn renamed as Ayodhya Cantt

November 02, 2021 19:08

The Indian Railways on Tuesday changed the name of Faizabad Junction railway station to Ayodhya Cantt with immediate effect.

Earlier last month, the Uttar Pradesh government had decided to rename the Faizabad railway station.

It is notified for the information of the general public that the name of Faizabad railway station in Lucknow division of Northern Railway has been changed to Ayodhya Cantt (station code: AYC) with immediate effect, Northern Railway PRO Dipak Kumar said in Lucknow on Tuesday.

A tweet by the chief minister's office had said Faizabad station will be called the Ayodhya Cantt railway station.

In another tweet, the CMO had said the Centre too has granted its consent to the decision and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given the green signal to issue a notification in this regard. -- PTI

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