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Gorakhpur Junction railway station

Gorakhpur Junction railway station

Railway station in India

Gorakhpur Junction railway station (station code: GKP) is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has the world's second longest railway platform after Hubballi Junction railway station[2] in Karnataka. It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway, part of Indian Railways. The station offers Class A-1 railway station facilities.

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Gorakhpur Junction railway station is a major railway station in the state of Uttar Pradesh especially in the Purvanchal region (Eastern Uttar Pradesh) and it connects Eastern Uttar Pradesh to Bihar, Nepal and Northern India to Bihar.

History

A broad gauge class WDM-1 locomotive with an evening train at Gorakhpur Junction in December 1993
Metre gauge class YG 2-8-2 no. 4288, built by Nippon in 1956, departs from Gorakhpur with an evening train. These locomotives usually carried smoke deflectors

The 135-mile (217 km) metre-gauge Gonda loop, running between Gorakhpur and Gonda, was constructed by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1886 and 1905. The 79-mile (127 km) Kaptanganj–Siwan metre-gauge line was opened in 1913. The 25-mile (40 km) metre-gauge Nautanwa branch line was opened in 1925.[3]

Conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge started with the Gorakhpur–Siwan section in 1981. The Gorakhpur–Paniyahwa section was converted in 1991.[4] The Gorakhpur–Gonda loop was converted around 1985, and the Nautanwa branch line at about the same time. The Kaptanganj–Siwan line was converted around 2011 .[3]

Second longest platform in the world

A remodeling of the Gorakhpur railway station was launched in 2009. The remodeling work was completed on a war footing within the scheduled time. With the inauguration of the remodeled yard on 6 October 2013, Gorakhpur has a platform measuring 1,366.33 metres (4,482.7 ft) with ramp and 1,355.40 metres (4,446.9 ft) without it.[2][5] This is world's second longest railway platform.[6][7]

Passenger movement

Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.[8] The station handles 190~ trains daily. On some special occasions the number of trains increases up to 473.[citation needed] Some of the other railway stations in Uttar Pradesh handling large numbers of passengers are Kanpur Central,[9] Varanasi Junction,[10] Mathura Junction[11] and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "North Eastern Railway की लूप लाइनों पर भी दौड़ेंगी इलेक्ट्रिक ट्रेनें, मार्च तक पूरा हो जाएगा विद्युतीकरण का कार्य". Jagran Prakashan (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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    "Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform". The Times of India. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Indian Railways line history; 2. North Eastern Railway" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Varanasi Division at a Glance". North Eastern Railway. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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    "Gorakhpur railway station's remodelling in final stage". The Times of India. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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    Dinda, Archisman (9 October 2013). "Uttar Pradesh gets world's longest railway platform". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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    "Gorakhpur railway station has world's longest platform". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Kanpur Central (CNB)". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  10. [10]
    "Varanasi Jn (BSB)". Indian Rail Enquiry.
  11. [11]
    "Mathura". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  12. [12]
    "Mughalsarai Jn Railway Station (MGS)". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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