| Gorakhpur Junction | |
| Type: | Indian Railways Station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Station road near Dharamshala, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 26.7598°N 83.3818°W |
| Map Type: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Map Dot Label: | Gorakhpur Junction |
| Line: |
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| Other: | Auto stand, Bus stand |
| Elevation: | 84m (276feet) |
| Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
| Platform: | 10 platforms Length– |
| Tracks: | 28 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | North Eastern Railway |
| Passengers: | 200,000/per day |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
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.
The 1350NaN0 metre-gauge Gonda loop, running between Gorakhpur and Gonda, was constructed by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1886 and 1905. The 790NaN0 Kaptanganj–Siwan metre-gauge line was opened in 1913. The 250NaN0 metre-gauge Nautanwa branch line was opened in 1925.[3]
Conversion to 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]
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6350 | 5 | ||
| 2. | 5350 | 44 | ||
| Total Locomotives Active as of July 2024 | 49 | |||
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 with ramp and without it.[2] [5] This is world's second longest railway platform.[6] [7]
Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.[8] The station handles 190~ trains daily. On some special occasions the number of trains increases up to 473. Some of the other railway stations in Uttar Pradesh handling large numbers of passengers are Kanpur Central,[9] Varanasi Junction,[10] Mathura Junction[11] and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.[12]