A newly constructed railway platform in Gorakhpur, U.P. entered into the Limca Book of World Records for being world’s longest railway platform.
- Platform No. 1 of the Gorakhpur is 1366.33 metres with ramp and 11355.40 metres without it.
- Gorakhpur is headquarter of North Eastern Railways zone.
The World’s longest railway platforms are:
- Gorakhpur railway station (Uttar Pradesh, India): 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft)
- Kollam Junction Railway Station (Kerala, India): 1,180.5 m (3,873 ft)
- Kharagpur (West Bengal, India): 1,072.5 m (3,519 ft)
- State Street Center subway station (Chicago, Illinois, USA): 1,067 m (3,501 ft) (longest in United States)
- Cheriton Shuttle Terminal (Folkestone, United Kingdom): 791 m (2,595 ft) (longest in Europe)
- Bilaspur railway station (Chhattisgarh, India): 790 m (2,592 ft)
- Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh, India): 770 m (2,526 ft)
- East Perth railway station (Perth, Western Australia): 770 m (2,526 ft) (longest in Australia)
- Kalgoorlie railway station (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia): 760 m (2,493 ft)
- Sonepur railway station (Sonepur, Bihar, India): 738 m (2,421 ft)
After Gorakhpur,and Kollam, Kharagpur has the world’s third longest railway platform in the world with a length of 1,072.5 metres (3,519 ft).
Zones and Headquarters of Indian Railways
Indian Railways has 17 zones and each zonal railway is made up of a certain number of divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of 68 divisions.
| Zones | Headquarters | Divisions |
| Central (CR) | Mumbai | Bhusawal, Nagpur, Mumbai(CST), Solapur, Pune |
| East Central (ECR) | Hajipur | Danapur, Dhanbad, Sonepur, Mughalsarai, Samastipur |
| Eastern Coast (ECoR) | Bhubaneswar | Khurda Road, Waltair, Sambalpur |
| Eastern (ER) | Kolkata | Malda, Howarh, Sealdah, Asansol |
| North Central (NCR) | Allahabad | Allahabad, Jhansi, Agra |
| North-Eastern (NER) | Gorakhpur | Lucknow, Varanasi, Izatnagar |
| North-Western (NWR) | Jaipur | Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer |
| Northeast Frontier (NFR) | Guwahati | Katihar, Lumding, Tinsukhia, Alipurduar, Rangiya |
| Northern (NR) | Delhi | Ambala, Ferozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, Delhi |
| South-Central (SCR) | Secunderabad | Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Vijaywada, Guntur, Nanded |
| South-East Central (SECR) | Bilaspur | Nagpur, Bilaspur, Raipur |
| South-Eastern (SER) | Kolkata | Kharagpur, Chakradharpur, Adra, Ranchi |
| South-Western (SWR) | Hubli | Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli |
| Southern (SR) | Chennai | Chennai, Madurai, Palghat, Trichy, Trivandrum |
| West Central (WCR) | Jabalpur | Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota |
| Western (WR) | Mumbai | Bhavnagar, Mumbai Central, Ratlam, Rajkot, Vadodara*, Ahemdabad |
| Kolkata Metro Railway (KMR) | Kolkata | Kolkata metropolitan area, South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas |