Gorakhpur Junction railway station

Gorakhpur Junction railway station is a major railway station in the state of Uttar Pradesh especially in the Purvanchal region (Eastern Uttar Pradesh) and it connects Eastern Uttar Pradesh to Bihar, Nepal and Northern India to Bihar.

The 25-mile (40 km) metre-gauge Nautanwa branch line was opened in 1925.

[3] Conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge started with the Gorakhpur–Siwan section in 1981.

The remodeling work was completed on a war footing within the scheduled time.

[6][7] Gorakhpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.

A broad gauge class WDM-1 locomotive with an evening train at Gorakhpur Junction in December 1993
A broad gauge class WDM-1 locomotive with an evening train at Gorakhpur Junction in December 1993
Metre gauge class YG 2-8-2 no. 4288, built by Nippon in 1956, departs from Gorakhpur with an evening train. These locomotives usually carried smoke deflectors