Not only India, railways is the best means of connectivity in most of the countries of the world. Take Indian Railways only. Every day lakhs of passengers travel in it. Indian Railways is very convenient not only for the rich, but also for the poor. When it comes to railways, this question often arises in people’s mind that which is the longest train in the world or where is the biggest railway station in the world and How big is he?
More than 1 lakh passengers come to the station in a day. (Photo: Canva)
world’s longest train Today we will not talk about it because we have already told you about it. Today we are going to tell you about the biggest railway station in the world. The name of this railway station is also recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records (Guinness World Record largest railway station). The Grand Central Terminal railway station located in New York City, USA is the largest railway station in the world. It is not the largest railway station in the world in terms of area, but in terms of maximum number of platforms.
There are 44 platforms in this station. (Photo: Canva)
station with 44 platforms
According to the report of Guinness World Records, this railway station was built between 1903-1913. Talking about India, the largest railway station in terms of platforms is Howrah where there are a total of 23 platforms. You will be surprised to know that there are a total of 44 platforms at this New York railway station. That is, a total of 44 trains can stand here simultaneously. When there are so many trains, it is natural that the number of passengers will also be very high.
Lakhs of passengers travel in a day
According to the Guinness World Record, 1.25 lakh passengers come to travel at this station in a day. Not only this, about 660 trains pass through the station. The station is spread over a total of 48 acres. And it has two underground levels. The first level has 41 tracks while the second level has 26 tracks. There is also an intelligence platform, which is just below the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, built right next to the station. President Franklin Roosevelt landed directly on this intelligence platform with the help of a wheelchair so that he could avoid facing the public and the media. Every year about 19 thousand things are found lost from the station and about 60 percent of them are returned.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 21, 2023, 13:43 IST
