What is the biggest railway station in india? and also where is it?

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Manish K

Dear Krupal,

Please specify you question further.

Biggest in terms of what ? train handling or in passenger volume or longest or busiest or yard or freight movement.....and so on.

Indian railways is one of the worlds biggest organisation in terms of area of operations or the manpower involved or the movement of goods and passenger.

so a specific questions would be easier to answer and also give you the right Information you are looking for.

Cheers and happy questioning

EquityCraft

The biggest railway junction in India is Mughalsarai in U.P. and the second biggest junction is Vizag in A.P.

Rekha

Khargpur, West Bengal

rinipaedia

Khragpur in West bengal has the longest railway platform in the world
With respect to the largest station, Howrah in West Bengal is one of the largest in the world.

Samir Roych

Kharagpur in West Bengal in India.

mohit

The biggest railway station in india is Mumbai central. Kharagpur railway station also has the distinction of being the world's longest railway platform at 1072 m (3,517 ft).

-mohit

World Citizen

Longest Railway Platform in the World: Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)

Busiest Railway Station: Lucknow (64 trains everyday)

Other Indian Railway Facts
Indian Railway is certainly the 'Lifeline of the Nation' with its commendable performance since the last 150 years. Indian Railways is known to be the largest railway network in Asia and world's largest railway system under a single management. IR employs about 1.6 million people, making itself the second largest commercial or utility employer in the world.

IR boasts of more than 7,500 railway stations in its periphery. It has a fleet of not less than 7800 locomotives, 40,000 coaches & 3,26,000 wagons. 9 pairs of Rajdhani and 13 pairs of Shatabdi Express Trains run on the rail tracks of India. In 1977, the National Rail Museum was established at New Delhi. Given here is a list providing some interesting and amazing facts about Indian Railways.

First Passenger Train Ran On: 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
First Railway Bridge: Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route
First Rail Tunnel: Parsik Tunnel
First Ghats Covered by the Rail lines: Thal and Bhore Ghats
First Underground Railway: Calcutta METRO
First Computerized Reservation System started in: New Delhi (1986)
First Electric Train ran on: 3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)
Toilets on Trains were introduced in: 1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
Shortest Station Name: Ib (Orissa)
Longest Station Name: Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
Busiest Railway Station: Lucknow (64 trains everyday)
Longest Run (Time): Himsagar Express (3751 km in 74 hrs and 55 min)
Shortest Run: Route between Nagpur to Ajni (3km)
Longest Run for Daily Train: Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance): Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)
Longest Railway Platform in the World: Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)
Longest Railway Bridge: Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)
Longest Tunnel: On Konkan Railway between Monkey hill & Khandala (6.5 km)
Oldest Preserved Locomotive: Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
Gauges of Track: 4 Gauges; BG (5'6"), MG (1 metre), NG (2)
IR Daily Runs: About 14,000 trains
IR Daily Carries: More than 11 million passengers & 1 million tonnes of freight
IR's only line with Rack & Pinion system: From Mettupalayam to Conoor
IR's Fastest Train: Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)
Railway Station with all the Three Gauges: Siliguri Railway Station
Route Kilometers of Track: More than 62,000 kms
People Employed in IR: About 1.6 million people
Train with Maximum Number of Halts: Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)
Trains without Commercial Halts: Sampoorna Kranti Express, Howrah Rajdhani, Bombay Rajdhani, Pragati Express and Pune Shatabdi
Stations across State Lines: Navapur (Maharashtra and Gujarat), Bhawani Mandi (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Classes of travel on Indian Railway: Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car IInd sleeper & IInd ordinary

Note: The above information was last updated on 30-09-2007

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