TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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Gorakhpur Railway Station
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Bilaspur Railway Station
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Trivandrum Central, Kerala
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 Hubli Junction railway station.
Detailed explanation-2: -India’s biggest platform With a length of 1, 366 metres, the platform at Gorakhpur Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh is the world’s longest. At 1, 072 metres, the platform at Kharagpur station in West Bengal held the previous record.
Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s longest station platform is at Hubbali Junction in India at 1, 507 metres (4, 944 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: -The platform is 1, 072.5 metre long.
Detailed explanation-5: -Infrastructure. After Hubballi Junction, Gorakhpur, and Kollam Junction in Kerala, Kharagpur has the world’s fourth-longest railway platform with a length of 1, 072.5 metres (3, 519 ft).