10 LINES ON GORAKHPUR JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION

 1) The Gorakhpur Railway station is situated in the City Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh India.

2) GKP is the station code of the Gorakhpur Railway Junction.

3) It is located at a distance of 7 km from Gorakhpur airport.

4) Gorakhpur Railway junction is stated to have the world’s longest railway platform.

5) Platform 1 of Gorakhpur Railway Junction is the longest measuring 1,366m.

6) The name of Gorakhpur railway station for having the world’s longest railway platform was recorded in the Guinness book of the world on 6 October 2013.

7) It is the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway Zone.

8) The railway station is equipped with facilities like waiting rooms, water machines, restaurants, escalators, lifts, ATMs, etc.

9) There are 11 express trains starting from this junction and most of them are destined to Mumbai.

10) This railway station provides trains with connectivity to almost major cities in India.

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