Kharagpur Junction Railway Station

Kharagpur Junction Railway Station is managed by the South Eastern Railways. The station is located about 5 km from the spacious campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Kharagpur Junction Railway Station has the longest platform in world. Computerized reservation facility provided. Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) is available. The railway workshop at Kharagpur is famous in the entire eastern region.

Gitanjali Express, Coromandel Express, Puri-New Delhi Express, Dhauli Express, Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express and Azad Hind Express touch this station. Suburban railway services to Kolkata are frequently available from this station.

Going north-east, Howrah Railway Station is the nearest main railhead. Traveling east, Panskura Railway Station is the main station next to Kharagpur. The city of Kolkata is about 120 km from Kharagpur.

Rickshaws and tempos are readily available from the station. Kharagpur Bus Station is the nearest bus terminal. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is the nearest international airport.

Station Code: KGP
Enquiry: +91-3222-255735
Reservation enquiry: Dial local line 136 (IVRS)