Normal rail traffic restored at Gorakhpur Junction

Normal rail traffic restored at Gorakhpur Junction

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Press Trust of India Gorakhpur (UP)
Last Updated : Oct 12 2018 | 1:18 PM IST
Normal rail traffic at the Gorakhpur Junction, which was affected due to the re-modelling work being carried out here, was restored today.

Due to re-modelling of Gorakhpur Junction's yard, several trains had been either cancelled, short-terminated or diverted since September 25.

The train services resumed this morning on the route, General Manager NER K K Atal said.

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However, some re-modelling work will continue for the next two days, officials said.

After the re-modelling, platform number one of the junction will be the world's longest platform having a length of 1300 metres.

Earlier the platform of Kharagpur railway station with a length of 1074 metres was the world's longest platform.

The Limca book of records has been notified while the Guinness Book of Records is processing the request to enter it as a world record, GM KK Atal had told reporters yesterday.

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First Published: Oct 07 2013 | 7:17 PM IST

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