<P> Kharagpur Junction railway station is a railway station in Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal . </P> <P> 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 Howrah with Kharagpur . Kharagpur was also linked with Sini the same year . The line was ready in 1898 - 99 . The Kharagpur - Midnapore branch line was opened to traffic in 1901 . </P> <P> After Gorakhpur, and Kollam junction in Kerala, Kharagpur has the world's third longest railway platform with a length of 1,072.5 metres (3,519 ft). Remodelling of Gorakhpur railway station was completed and the new platform inaugurated on 6 October 2013 . Till then Kharagpur boasted of the longest platform in the world for many years . Kharagpur also has the Asia's largest Railway Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system . </P> <P> 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 in to platform no . 1 . </P>

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