 The township was named Mughalsarai when Indian railways established a junction here in 1883.Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is bisected by NH 19 / GT Road in three parts.The northern part mainly consists of railway colonies like Vasant Vihar, New Central Colony, Diesel Colony, Haper Colony, European colony, Shubhash Nagar, Loco Colony, and Roza Colony, Plant-Depot Colony and Saresar, Alampur.