The Usmanabad (Osmanabad) railway station in central Maharashtra has been renamed as 'Dharashiv', Central Railway officials said on Friday, reported the PTI.

The station previously known as Usmanabad, with the station code UMD, has now been officially renamed Dharashiv, with the new station code DRSV, the Central Railway said in a release, according to the PTI.

The Maharashtra government has already changed the name of Osmanabad city and district (locally pronounced as 'Usmanabad') as Dharashiv and the proposal to change the name of the station was pending with the railways, as per the PTI.