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Gorakhpur Junction | |||||||
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  Gorakhpur Junction Railway Station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Station 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 | ||||||
| Elevation | 84 metres (276 ft) | ||||||
| System |  Indian Railways Station | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | North Eastern Railway | ||||||
| Lines |
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| Platforms | 10 platforms Length–1,366 m (4,482 ft) | ||||||
| Tracks | 28 | ||||||
| Connections | Auto stand, Bus stand | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | GKP | ||||||
| Zone(s) | North Eastern Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Lucknow NER | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1930; 95 years ago (1930) | ||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 200,000 per day | |||||||
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Gorakhpur Junction railway station (station code:GKP) is located in the city ofGorakhpur in the Indian state ofUttar Pradesh. It has the world's second longest railway platform afterHubballi Junction railway station[2] in Karnataka. It serves as the headquarters of theNorth Eastern Railway, part ofIndian 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 thePurvanchal region (Eastern Uttar Pradesh). It connects Eastern Uttar Pradesh toBihar,Nepal, and Northern India to Bihar.
The 135-mile (217 km)metre-gauge Gonda loop, running between Gorakhpur andGonda, was constructed by theBengal 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-gaugeNautanwa branch line was opened in 1925.[3]
Conversion to5 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]
| Serial No. | Locomotive Class | Horsepower | Quantity |
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| 1. | WAP-4 | 5350 | 42 |
| 2. | WAP-7 | 6350 | 17 |
| Total Locomotives Active as of September 2025[5] | 59 | ||
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][6] This is world's second longest railway platform.[7][8]
Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations ofIndian Railways.[9] 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 areKanpur Central,[10]Varanasi Junction,[11]Mathura Junction[12] andPandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.[13]
