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{{short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]] {{font color|blue|Kharagpur Junction}}
| type = [[Regional rail]], [[Commuter rail]] & [[Inter-city rail]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image = Kharagpur Railway Junction Station - Kharagpur - West Midnapore 2015-01-24 4836.JPG
| image_size =
| image_caption = Kharagpur railway station
| address = [[Kharagpur]] – 721301, [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.339914|87.325016|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Kharagpur Junction
| map_size = 300
| elevation = {{cvt|29|m}}
| line = [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]] [[Howrah–Chennai main line]] [[Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line]] [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]] [[Kharagpur–Puri line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 12 (1,1A,2,2A,3,3A,4,4A,5,6,7,8) Total length: {{cvt|1,072|m}}
| tracks = 24
| entrances =
| parking = Available
| opened = 1898-99
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KGP
| zone = [[South Eastern Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Kharagpur}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = South Eastern Railway
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Jakpur |next=Hijli |line=South Eastern Railway zone|branch=[[Howrah–Chennai main line]]|rows1=1}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous=Jakpur |next=Nimpura |line=South Eastern Railway zone|branch=[[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]]|rows1=1}}
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Girimaidan |next=Jakpur |line=South Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Kharagpur line|Main line]] & [[Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line]]|type=Midnapore|rows1=1}}
| route_map = {{Howrah–Kharagpur line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
{{Kharagpur|collapse=y}}
'''Kharagpur Junction railway station''' is a railway station in [[Kharagpur subdivision]] of [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is also the third longest railway station by platform length after [[Gorakhpur Junction railway station]] and [[Kollam Junction railway station]].

==History==
Kharagpur Junction came up in 1898–99. On one side, Bengal Nagpur Railway's Kharagpur–[[Cuttack]] line was opened on New Year's Day in 1899. On the other hand, the opening of the bridge over the [[Rupnarayan River]] at [[Kolaghat]], on 19 April 1900, connected {{stnlnk|Howrah}} with Kharagpur. Kharagpur was also linked with [[Sini, Jharkhand|Sini]] the same year. The line was ready in 1898–99. The Kharagpur–[[Midnapore]] branch line was opened to traffic in 1901.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web| url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title = Indian Railway History timeline|first=R. P.|last=Saxena| access-date = 2012-01-21| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date = 14 July 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
After {{stnlnk|Gorakhpur}}, and {{stnlnk|Kollam Junction}} in [[Kerala]], Kharagpur has the [[Railway platform#Longest|world's third-longest railway platform]] with a length of {{convert|1072.5|m}}.<ref name=long>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html |title = Trivia|publisher=IRFCA| access-date = 2012-01-21 }}</ref><ref name="Indian Railway Facts">{{cite web| url = http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-railways/facts.html |title = Indian Railway Facts|publisher=iloveindia| access-date = 2012-01-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Gorakhpur-gets-worlds-largest-railway-platform/articleshow/23616764.cms?|title = Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform|work=The Times of India|date=7 October 2013| access-date = 7 October 2013}}</ref> Remodelling of Gorakhpur railway station was completed and the new platform inaugurated on 6 October 2013. Till then Kharagpur held the distinction of having the longest platform in the world for many years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dinda|first=Archisman|title=Uttar Pradesh gets world's longest railway platform|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/uttar-pradesh-gets-world-s-longest-railway-platform-1.1241468|access-date=9 October 2013|newspaper=GulfNews|date= 9 October 2013}}</ref> Kharagpur also has the Asia's largest Railway Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system.<ref>{{cite news|title=Asia's largest interlocking system at Kharagpur station|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/asias-largest-interlocking-system-at-kharagpur-station/articleshow/61651645.cms|access-date=23 November 2017|work=Times of India|date=15 Nov 2017}}</ref>

Platform nos. 1 and 3, and 2 and 4 of Kharagpur Junction are contiguous. The 24-coach [[Coromandel Express]] stops at the start of platform no. 3 and its tail extends some distance into platform no. 1.<ref name=long/> Aloo Khasa<ref>[http://www.thebackpackdiaries.in/alukhasa-kharagpur-railway-station-special/ AlOOKhasa – Kharagpur Railway Station Special]</ref> is one of the famous dish found at the Kharagpur railway platform.

==Background==
It is the busiest junction station in South Eastern Railway Zone after Howrah. Hence, it is termed as Gateway to South Eastern Railway. It is one of the fifty highest railway reservation in India. It is a junction which connects Howrah to Mumbai, Chennai, Adra/Purulia and New Delhi via Tatanagar as well. It also connects Bhubaneshwar to New Delhi. Everyday approximately 275 trains pass through this station which includes freight traffic. In terms of passenger traffic it handles 176 trains on a daily basis. So, in a bid to decongest Kharagpur station and speed up locomotives, South Eastern Railway has decided to develop [[Hijli]] (close to [[IIT Kharagpur]]) as an alternative station for Kharagpur.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hijli to ease congestion at Kharagpur station|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Hijli-to-ease-congestion-at-Kharagpur-station/articleshow/15286860.cms|work=Times of India|date=31 Jul 2012}}</ref> In future, most of the new trains coming from Balasore side and going towards Adra or Tatanagar will stop at Hijli and bypass Kharagpur. In order to increase passenger commute between Kharagpur and {{stnlnk|Hijli}}, new EMU services have been introduced between these two stations.

The [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]] is classified under Route A of Indian Railways which allows trains to run at maximum permissible speed of 160 km/hr. However, as a result of the automated block section between Howrah and Kharagpur, the speed is restricted to 120 km/hr. The Howrah–Kharagpur section has been identified as one of the high-density [[automatic block signaling]] routes on Indian Railways. Thus plans are to deploy [[Train Protection & Warning System]] (TPWS) on this section to mitigate the risk of [[signal passed at danger]] (SPAD) by train drivers leading to accidents.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Howrah-Puri Satabdi Express.png|The Howrah–Puri [[Shatabdi Express]] at Kharagpur
Image:Aerial view of Kharagpur station.png|An aerial view of the station
Image:EMU at Kharagpur.png|An [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] at Kharagpur
Image:Kharagpur Railway Station 2.JPG|The station
Image:KGP rail station shed.jpg|The station
Image:Entrance and Ticket booking office at night.png|Entrance and ticket booking office at night
Image:Coromandal Express at Kharagpur.jpg|[[Coromandel Express]] halted at Kharagpur Junction
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kharagpur}}
* [http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/ Kharagpur Railway Division]
* [http://www.iitkgp.ac.in Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]
* [http://www.kharagpurmunicipality.org/ Kharagpur Municipality]

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[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
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[[Category:Transport in Kharagpur]]
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