Have any marshalling yards been closed down?

Yes, many marshalling yards have been closed over the years, especially since the 1980s, with the move towards using block rakes that do not need to be broken up and re-classified all the time. A list of closed yards is given below.

Central Railway

Amla (BG) Agra Cantt (BG) Wardha (BG) Nishatpura (BG) Balharshah (BG) Bina (BG) Jabalpur (BG) Eastern Railway

Kiul (BG) Gomoh Dn (BG) Barwardih (BG) Barkakana (BG) Naihati Hump (BG) Jha Jha Hump (BG) Danapur Up (BG) Garhara Hump (BG) Burdwan Dn (BG) Malda Town (BG) Sahibganj (BG) Rampur Hat (BG) Howrah Goods (BG) Asansol East Hump (BG) Mughalsarai Up (BG) Garhara (Transhipment and sorting) (BG) Northern Railway

Prayag Ghat (BG) Jammu Tawi (BG) Chakki Bank (BG) Rewari (MG) Ratangarh (MG) Churu (MG) Sadulpur (MG) Sirsa (MG) Hanuman Garh (MG) Bhagat Ki Kothi (MG) Shakurbasti (MG) Khan Alampura (BG) Kanpur (GMC) (BG) Bhatinda (BG) Lucknow (BG) Firozepur (BG) Moradabad (BG) Allahabad (BG) Tundla (BG) Chheoki (BG) Jaunpur (BG) Faizabad (BG) Varanasi (BG) Bareilly (BG) Laksar (BG) Roza (BG) Shakurbasti (BG) Ghaziabad (BG) Jakhal (BG) Ludhiana (BG) Jallandhar City (BG) Amritsar (BG) Merta Road (MG) North Eastern Railway

Manduadih (MG) Chupra Key (MG) Kasganj (MG) Kanpur Anwarganj (MG) Mailani (MG) Aishbag (MG) Nakha Jungle (MG) Samastipur (MG) Saharsa (MG) Darbhanga (MG) Garahara (MG) Northeast Frontier Railway

Siliguri (MG) Southern Railway

Tondiarpet Up Hump (BG) Virudunagar Flat (MG) Jolarpettai (BG, mechanized hump yard with retarders) Baiyyappanahalli (MG) Yesvantpur (MG) Tambaram Flat (MG) South Central Railway

Vijayawada (BG, mechanized hump yard with retarders) Kazipet (BG) Guntakal (MG) Maula Ali (MG) South Eastern Railway

Bilaspur (BG) Western Railway

Vadodara (BG) Bandra (BG)

Source - IFRCA.org