Gorakhpur Junction railway station

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Gorakhpur Junction
गोरखपुर जंक्शन
Indian Railway Junction Station
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Gorakhpur Railway Station
Location Station Road, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
 India
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Elevation 84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by North Eastern Railway, Lucknow NER Railway Division
Line(s)
Platforms 10
Tracks 26
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Available
Other information
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
Traffic
Passengers 365000
Location
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The Gorakhpur Railway Station is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway. The station offers Class A 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).

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.[1]

Conversion to broad gauge started with the Gorakhpur–Siwan section in 1981. The Gorakhpur–Paniyahwa section was converted in 1991.[2] 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 2006.[3] Now Gorakhpur would have[clarification needed] three new platforms.[4] At present, Gorakhpur has the world's longest platform. [5]

Passenger movement

Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.[6] It handles over 189 trains and about 270,000 passengers daily.[7] Some of the other railway stations in Uttar Pradesh handling large numbers of passengers are Kanpur Central (597,000 passengers daily),[8] Varanasi Junction (363,000),[9] Mathura Junction (381,000)[10] and Mughalsarai (417,000).[11]

Important Trains Originating From Gorakhpur Junction

TRAIN
NUMBER		 TRAIN NAME ORIGIN DESTINATION
12589 GKP-SC Express Gorakhpur Junction Secunderabad Junction
12591 GKP-YPR Express Gorakhpur Junction Yesvantpur Junction
12511 Raptisagar Express Gorakhpur Junction Thiruvananthapuram Central
12555 Gorakhdham Express Gorakhpur Junction Hissar
12541 Gorakhpur Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express Gorakhpur Junction LTT
15045 GKP-OKHA Express Gorakhpur Junction Okha
19410 GKP-ADI Express Gorakhpur Junction Ahmedabad Junction
15015 GKP-YPR Express Gorakhpur Junction Yeswanthpur
12531 Intercity Express Gorakhpur Junction Lucknow Junction
12597 Jansadharan Express Gorakhpur Junction CSTM
15023 GKP-YPR Express Gorakhpur Junction Yeswanthpur
19038 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Avadh Express Gorakhpur Junction Bandra Terminus
12587 Amarnath Express Gorakhpur Junction Jammu Tawi
11016 Kushinagar Express Gorakhpur Junction LTT
13508 GKP-ASN Express Gorakhpur Junction Asansol Junction
15048 Poorvanchal Express Gorakhpur Junction Kolkata
15050 GKP-KOAA Express Gorakhpur Junction Kolkata
15028 Maurya Express Gorakhpur Junction Hatia Junction
11056 Godaan Express Gorakhpur Junction LTT
15018 Kashi Express Gorakhpur Junction LTT
11080 Gorakhpur LTT Express Gorakhpur Junction LTT
11082 GKP-LTT Express Gorakhpur Junction LTT
15022 Shalimar (Howrah) Express Gorakhpur Junction Shalimar
11038 GKP-Pune Express Gorakhpur Junction Pune Junction
15004 Chauri Chaura Express Gorakhpur Junction Kanpur Awarganj
15103 Intercity Express Gorakhpur Junction Manduadih
15016 Intercity Express Gorakhpur Junction Chhapra

See also

References

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