Faizabad Junction railway station

Faizabad Junction railway station, officially known as Ayodhya Cantt railway station, is a railway station in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is on the Lucknow-Varanasi section and part of the Northern Railway zone. Faizabad Junction and are the two railway junction stations in the Ayodhya district.

History

The station was established in 1874. In October 2021, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, renamed the station Ayodhya Cantt railway station. On 2 November 2021 Indian Railways consented to the change of name, which also changed the station code from FD to AYC.