CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Hubli Junction railway station in Karnataka has the world’s longest railway platform. It has a length of 1, 505m. Previously this record had been held by Gorakhpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh. It has a length of 1, 366m.

Detailed explanation-2: -The platform number 1 of Hubli Junction has a length of 1, 505 metres, making it the longest railway platform in the world as of March 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s longest station platform is at Hubbali Junction in India at 1, 505 metres (4, 938 ft). The Appalachian Trail station in the United States, at the other extreme, has a platform which is only long enough for a single bench.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today, new platforms are built as 160 metres, with the older existing platforms measuring around 150-160 metres, while most current trains are about 144 metres long.

Detailed explanation-5: -The World’s Longest Railway Platform at Shri Siddharooda Swamiji (SSS) Hubballi junction railway station will be inaugurated by January 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the World’s Longest Railway Platform built at Hubballi Railway Station.