Gorakhpur Junction railway station

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
Indian Railways Station
Gorakhpur Junction Railway Station
General information
Location	Station road near Dharamshala, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	26.7598°N 83.3818°E / 26.7598; 83.3818
Elevation	84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Lucknow–Gorakhpur line[1] Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Barauni–Gorakhpur line Chhapra–Gorakhpur Section
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 is a major railway station in the state of Uttar Pradesh, especially in the Purvanchal region (Eastern Uttar Pradesh). 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

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

Serial No.	Locomotive Class	Horsepower	Quantity
1.	WAP-4	5350	42
2.	WAP-7	6350	17
Total Locomotives Active as of July 2025[5]			59

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][6] This is world's second longest railway platform.^[7][8]

Passenger movement

Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian 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 are Kanpur Central,^[10] Varanasi Junction,^[11] Mathura Junction^[12] and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.^[13]