Sunday, July 10, 2011

Do you know the longest railway bridge and Station ?

  1. Nehru Setu Bridge near Dehri on the river Sone is the longest railway bridge in India.
  2. The bridge is near Sasaram on Kolkata-Delhi Line. It is 3.065km long and has 93 spans of 30.5m each.
  3. Next to Nehru Setu is the Narnarayan Setu bridge over the Brahmaputra.
  4. The bridge links Jogighopa to Pancharatna (in Assam).
  5. It has a total length of 2.3km and has 18 spans, each about 120m, with 2 spans of 30.5m. The bridge over Ganga near Patna is 2km long.
  6. The platform of Kharagpur Railway Station is the longest railway platform in India. The length of the Kharagpur Railway platform is 1072.5m.
  7. The platform was originally 716m long. It's length was extended twice, once to 833m and then to its present length.
  8. Excluding subway platforms (the Chicago subway has the longest one), Kharagpur has the longest railway platform in the world. Kharagpur is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.
  9. It is famous as the place where the first Indian Institute of Technology was established. Kharagpur also has one of the biggest railway workshops in India.