Gorakhpur Junction railway station
Gorakhpur Junction गोरखपुर जंक्शन | |||||
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| Regional rail and Light rail station | |||||
 Gorakhpur Railway Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Station Road, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 26°45′35″N 83°22′54″E / 26.7598°N 83.3818°E | ||||
| Elevation | 84 metres (276 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | North Eastern Railway, Lucknow NER Railway Division | ||||
| Line(s) | Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Muzaffarpur- Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur-Gorakhpur main line Gorakhpur-Lucknow Kanpur Delhi main line Gorakhpur-Nautanwa-Barhni line | ||||
| Platforms | 10 | ||||
| Tracks | 26 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | GKP | ||||
| Zone(s) | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Lucknow NER Railway Division, Varanasi Division & Izzatnagar Division | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 365000 | |||||
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The Gorakhpur Railway Station is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has the world's longest railway platform.[1] It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway. The station offers Class A-1 railway station facilities. On 6 October 2013, Gorakhpur became the world's longest railway platform, after inauguration of the remodelled Gorakhpur Yard, with a stretch of around 1.35 kilometres (0.84 mi).
Gorakhpur junction railway station is the mazor railway station in uttar pradesh specially in purvanchal (Eastern uttar pradesh) and it connect eastern uttar pradesh to bihar,Nepal and northern India to bihar. Gorakhpur junction has many facilities like retiring rooms,waiting halls (A/c) book stalls, auro water machine,food stalls,restaurant,atm,lift,and cabway facilities. the cabway of Gorakhpur is longest in India it is located at both side of railway station.
Gorakhpur jaunction railway station is directly connected by all regions of India and have many long routes trains originating and ending at Gorakhpur junction railway station such as Humsafar/Antyoday express the station is directly connected to all mazor railway stations of India and near by districts of Nepal -Newdelhi,Mumbai,Kolkata,Chennai,Hyderabad,Visakhapatanam,Howrah,Lucknow,Varanasi,Agra,Bhopal,and ayodhya,Amritsar,Darbhanga,kamakhya,Jammu tavi,Bareilly,jhansi and Banglore.
Gorakhpur railway station is located at 89km from nepal border namely (Sonauli) and 55km from Kushinagar international airport and 09 km from Gorakhpur anirport.
The city of Gorakhpur serves 10 local railway stations known as Gorakhpur Junction, Gorakhpur cantt, Domingarh, Sahjanwa, Sihapar, Maniram, Nakaha jungle, Kushmi, Jagatbela, and Unaula.
History
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.[2]
Conversion to broad gauge started with the Gorakhpur–Siwan section in 1981. The Gorakhpur–Paniyahwa section was converted in 1991.[3] 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 .[2]
Longest platform in the world
A remodeling of the Gorakhpur railway station was launched in 2009. The remodeling work was completed on 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.[1][4] At present, Gorakhpur has the world's longest railway platform, measuring 1,366m.[5]
Passenger movement
Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.[6] It handles over 189 trains daily.[7] Some of the other railway stations in Uttar Pradesh handling large numbers of passengers are Kanpur Central,[8] Varanasi Junction,[9] Mathura Junction[10] and Mughalsarai.[11]
Express trains starting from Gorakhpur Junction
| Train number | Train name | Origin | Destination |
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| 12555 | Gorakhdham Express | Gorakhpur | Hissar |
| 12511 | Raptisagar Express | Gorakhpur | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 12541 | Gorakhpur Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express | Gorakhpur | LTT |
| 12531 | Intercity Express | Gorakhpur Junction | Lucknow Junction |
| 19037 | Gorakhpur Bandra Terminus Avadh Express | Gorakhpur Junction | Bandra Terminus |
| 12587 | Amarnath Express | Gorakhpur Junction | Jammu Tawi |
| 11016 | Kushinagar Express | Gorakhpur Junction | LTT |
| 15048 | Purvanchal Express | Gorakhpur Junction | Kolkata |
| 15028 | Maurya Express | Gorakhpur Junction | Hatia Junction |
| 15018 | Kashi Express | Gorakhpur Junction | LTT |
| 11056 | Godaan Express | Gorakhpur Junction | LTT |
References
- ^ a b "Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform". The Times of India, 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Indian Railways line history; 2. North Eastern Railway" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Varanasi Division at a Glance". North Eastern Railway. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Gorakhpur railway station's remodelling in final stage". The Times of India. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ Dinda, Archisman (9 October 2013). "Uttar Pradesh gets world's longest railway platform". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Gorkhpur Jn (GKP)". India Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Kanpur Central (CNB)". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Varanasi Jn (BSB)". Indian Rail Enquiry.
- ^ "Mathura". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Mughalsarai Jn Railway Station (MGS)". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
