GKP Railway Station Information and Trains for GKP

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. Gorakhpur junction has many facilities like retiring rooms, waiting halls, (A/c) book stalls, Auro water machine, food stalls, restaurant, ATM, lift and cabway facilities. The cabway of Gorakhpur is longest in India it is located at both side of railway station.

Gorakhpur junction railway station is directly connected by all regions of India and has many long route trains originating and ending at the station such as Humsafar/Antyoday Express. The station is directly connected to all major railway stations of India and nearby districts of Nepal, New Delhi, Mumbai, Howrah(Kolkata) Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatanam, Lucknow, Asansol, Agra, Bhopal, Ayodhya, Amritsar, Darbhanga, Kamakhya, Jammu, Bareilly, Jhansi, Bangalore

Gorakhpur railway station is located at 89km from Nepal border namely (Sonauli) and 55km from Kushinagar international airport and 09 km from Gorakhpur airport.

The city of Gorakhpur serves 10 local railway stations known as Gorakhpur Junction, Gorakhpur cantt, Domingarh, Sahjanwa, Sihapar, Maniram, Nakaha jungle, Kushmi, Jagatbela, and Unaula.

The metre-gauge Gonda loop, running between Gorakhpur and Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, was constructed by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1886 and 1905. The Kaptanganj, India-Siwan, Bihar metre-gauge line was opened in 1913. The metre-gauge Nautanwa branch line was opened in 1925.

Conversion to Indian gauge started with the Gorakhpur-Siwan section in 1981. The Gorakhpur-Paniyahwa section was converted in 1991. 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. At present, Gorakhpur has the world's longest railway platform, measuring 1,366m.

Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways. It handles over 189 trains daily. Some of the other railway stations in Uttar Pradesh handling large numbers of passengers are Kanpur Central railway station, Varanasi Junction railway station, Mathura Junction railway station and Mughalsarai Junction railway station.