No Alcohol No Drugs - the only addiction is Railfanning, to escape the negativity of the world. - Keshav Singh

yup but in all cases where a freight only route goes it isn't defined as junction on IR.
and you are right about our second point. one more example of that is Alnavar junction which is a junction because of a branch line towards the town of Dandeli, a line which was closed for many years, prompting similar queries like why it's a junction.

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