World's longest railway platform
Gorakhpur, a sleepy city in Uttar Pradesh not far from the Nepal border, is home to the world's longest railway platform at 1.355 km long. The previous record-holder was a platform at Kharagpur in West Bengal.
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Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta in Andhra Pradesh is the longest place and railway station name in India sans hyphen or space.
Ib and Od
Ib in Odisha (near Jharsuguda) and Od in Gujarat (between Anand and Godhra) have the shortest place and railway station names in India.