10 Biggest Railway Stations in India

Howrah Junction Railway Station

It has 23 platforms covering 23 tracks, and it serves more than one million passengers daily. Howrah station also has the largest number of railway platforms in India and one of the busiest railway platforms too.

Sealdah Railway Station

Sealdah station holds 21 platforms covering 28 tracks, divided into two terminals, the northern terminal and southern terminal. The North terminals of Sealdah station has 14 platforms, and South terminal consists of 7 platforms.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

The Chhatrapati station holds 18 platforms covering multiple tracks. Eleven of those eighteen platforms are used for long-distance trains out of Mumbai and seven are for local suburban trains.

Chennai Central Railway Station

Chennai station has a total of 17 platforms covering 30 tracks. Five of these platforms are used for suburban trains and the rest 12 platforms to handle long-distance trains.

New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS)

The New Delhi station has 16 platforms covering 18 tracks, and serves more than 350 trains daily.

Ahmedabad Junction Railway Station

The Ahmedabad station has 12 platforms covering 16 tracks, and it serves around 340 trains daily.

Kharagpur Junction Railway Station

Kharagpur station has the world’s third-longest railway platform with a length of 1,072.5 metres. The Kharagpur station has 12 platforms covering 24 tracks, and it handles 176 trains daily.

Kanpur Central Railway Station

The Kanpur station has 10 platforms serving more than 2.3 million passengers daily. Around 611 trains serve this station every day.

Allahabad Junction Railway Station

Allahabad Junction Railway Station is the A-Grade railway station. It has ten platforms, and it serves more than 50,000 passengers daily.

Patna Junction Railway Station

The Patna Junction is one of the busiest railway stations in India and lies between Delhi and Kolkata, making it a commercially important station. The Patna railway station holds 10 platforms covering 15 tracks.

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