Indian Railways has a huge rail network spread across the country. It has an important contribution in the connectivity of the country. For this reason, Indian Railways is called the lifeline of the nation. Indian Railways operates thousands of trains in the country every day. Crores of passengers travel in these trains every day. Keeping in view the convenience of the passengers, Indian Railways has built train stations at major places in the country. At places where there is more crowd, big stations have been built by Indian Railways. The platforms at these stations are also very big. At the same time, do you know about where is the longest platform in the country? If not, then today through this news we are going to tell you about this. Let's know about it in detail -
Talking about the longest railway platform in India, it is in the South West Zone of Indian Railways. It is at Hubli Railway Station in the state of Karnataka. The total length of this platform is 1507 meters, that is, this platform is more than 1.5 kilometers long.
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You should know that the length of the loop line in the railway is about 650 meters. At the same time, the length of this platform is much more than this. This platform located at Hubli railway station is also counted among the longest railway platforms in the world.
About Rs 20 crore was spent in building this platform. This platform was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in March 2023.
You will be surprised to know that the name of this railway platform is also recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. Earlier, the longest railway platform in India was at Gorakhpur station.
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