GORAKHPUR RAILWAY STATION ENTERS LIMCA
BOOK OF RECORDS
FOR WORLD’S LONGEST
PLATFORM
The platform number one of Gorakhpur railway
station in Uttar Pradesh has been entered in Limca Book of Records as longest
rail platform in the world. The certificate given by the Limca Book of Records
was unveiled today.
The length of platform is 1,355.40 metres. The new platform was inaugurated on
Oct 06, last year. Earlier, the platform of Kharagpur railway station in West
Bengal having 1,072.5 m length had the distinction of being world’s longest
platform.
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