Gorakhpur now has world’s longest railway platform

A newly constructed railway platform in Gorakhpur, U.P. entered into the Limca Book of World Records for being world’s longest railway platform.

·        Platform No. 1 of the Gorakhpur is 1366.33 metres with ramp and 11355.40 metres without it.

·        Gorakhpur is headquarter of North Eastern Railways zone.

The World’s longest railway platforms are:

1.      Gorakhpur railway station (Uttar Pradesh, India): 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft)

2.      Kollam Junction Railway Station (Kerala, India): 1,180.5 m (3,873 ft)

3.      Kharagpur (West Bengal, India): 1,072.5 m (3,519 ft)

4.      State Street Center subway station (Chicago, Illinois, USA): 1,067 m (3,501 ft) (longest in United States)

5.      Cheriton Shuttle Terminal (Folkestone, United Kingdom): 791 m (2,595 ft) (longest in Europe)

6.      Bilaspur railway station (Chhattisgarh, India): 790 m (2,592 ft)

7.      Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh, India): 770 m (2,526 ft)

8.      East Perth railway station (Perth, Western Australia): 770 m (2,526 ft) (longest in Australia)

9.      Kalgoorlie railway station (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia): 760 m (2,493 ft)

10.   Sonepur railway station (Sonepur, Bihar, India): 738 m (2,421 ft)

After Gorakhpur,and Kollam, Kharagpur has the world’s third longest railway platform in the world with a length of 1,072.5 metres (3,519 ft).

Zones and Headquarters of Indian Railways

Indian Railways has 17 zones and each zonal railway is made up of a certain number of divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of 68 divisions.

Zones	Headquarters	Divisions
Central (CR)	Mumbai	Bhusawal, Nagpur, Mumbai(CST), Solapur, Pune
East Central (ECR)	Hajipur	Danapur, Dhanbad, Sonepur, Mughalsarai, Samastipur
Eastern Coast (ECoR)	Bhubaneswar	Khurda Road, Waltair, Sambalpur
Eastern (ER)	Kolkata	Malda, Howarh, Sealdah, Asansol
North Central (NCR)	Allahabad	Allahabad, Jhansi, Agra
North-Eastern (NER)	Gorakhpur	Lucknow, Varanasi, Izatnagar
North-Western (NWR)	Jaipur	Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer
Northeast Frontier (NFR)	Guwahati	Katihar, Lumding, Tinsukhia, Alipurduar, Rangiya
Northern (NR)	Delhi	Ambala, Ferozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, Delhi
South-Central (SCR)	Secunderabad	Secunderabad,Hyderabad, Guntakal, Vijaywada, Guntur, Nanded
South-East Central (SECR)	Bilaspur	Nagpur, Bilaspur, Raipur
South-Eastern (SER)	Kolkata	Kharagpur, Chakradharpur, Adra, Ranchi
South-Western (SWR)	Hubli	Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli
Southern (SR)	Chennai	Chennai, Madurai, Palghat, Trichy, Trivandrum
West Central (WCR)	Jabalpur	Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
Western (WR)	Mumbai	Bhavnagar, Mumbai Central, Ratlam, Rajkot, Vadodara*, Ahemdabad
Kolkata Metro Railway (KMR)	Kolkata	Kolkata metropolitan area, South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas