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Gorakhpur Junction | |||||||||
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| Indian Railways Station | |||||||||
  Gorakhpur Junction Railway Station | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Location | Station road near Dharamshala, 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 | ||||||||
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| Platforms | 10 platforms Length– 1,366 m (4,482 ft) | ||||||||
| Tracks | 28 | ||||||||
| Connections | Auto stand, Bus stand | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||
| Station code | GKP | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | North Eastern Railway zone | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Lucknow NER | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||
| 200,000/per day | |||||||||
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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.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform". The Times of India. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.