Gorakhpur Junction railway station

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Gorakhpur Junction
Indian Railways Station
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Gorakhpur Junction Railway Station
General information
LocationStation road near Dharamshala, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
India
Coordinates 26°45′35″N83°22′54″E / 26.7598°N 83.3818°E / 26.7598; 83.3818
Elevation84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by North Eastern Railway
Line(s)
Platforms10 platforms
Length–1,366 m (4,482 ft)
Tracks28
ConnectionsAuto stand, Bus stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeGKP
Zone(s) North Eastern Railway zone
Division(s) Lucknow NER
History
Opened1930;94 years ago (1930)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
200,000/per day
Location
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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+ 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 889 IndiaGorakhpur 19931228.jpg
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 888 IndiaGorakhpur 19931228.jpg
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]

Electric Loco Shed, Gorakhpur

SNLocomotivesHPQuantity
1. WAP-7 63505
2. WAP-4 535044
Total Locomotives Active as of July 202449

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]

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