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North Eastern Railway Museum

273009 Gorakhpur, India (Uttar Pradesh.)
Address Railway Stadium Colony
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Railway
  • Model Railway
  • Clocks and Watches
  • Railway Technique
  • Mine- & Parc Railways
  • Building (Construction) machinery

Opening times
 Tuesday - Sunday: 12noon - 9pm

Admission
Status from 07/2020
 Rs. 5; for toy train (up 12 year old only): Rs. 10
Contact
Tel.:+91-84 178-68 395   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.easternuptourism.com/Gorakhpur/Railway-Museum.html
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Location / Directions
N26.752155° E83.387911°N26°45.12930' E83°23.27466'N26°45'7.7580" E83°23'16.4796"
Gorakhpur, also known as Gorakhshpur, is a city along the banks of Rapti river in the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located near the Nepal border, 273 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow.

Gorakhpur is also the headquarters of the North Eastern Railways Zone of the Indian Railways and has the worlds longest railway platform and also serves as a center for education and trade. The road route to Nepal from India passes through the city.

Gorakhpur Junction railway station

This station serves as the sole headquarters of India's North Eastern Railway zone and it also has the world's longest railway platform. It connects to almost every major city in India. Direct trains connect to Hyderabad, Chennai, Agra, Aligarh, Moradabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pune, Siwan, Jammu, Amritsar, Bilaspur, Raipur, and other distant parts of the nation. The station offers Class A railway station facilities.

Railway-Museum

1 km from Gorakhpur railway station, Near railway golf course, House No. 5,
Hire a cycle rickshaw from any part of the city.
Description

This rail museum & amusement park is a newly added attraction of the city, which was inaugurated on 2nd July 2007 and is one of its own kinds in U.P.

The museum, displays the development of NER economically, technically, as well as culturally. The major attraction of this museum is Lord Lawrence's Steam Engine, which was built in 1874, in London and brought to India by sea. It was the first engine that was used by NER, once it became operational. The museum also houses a gallery which has many significant articles, such as- clocks used in saloons, furniture, uniforms used by railway men at different times, a photo gallery, materials pertaining to railway traffic control, library etc. A toys train ride is also available for children. A unique Food Plaza housed in a railway compartment adds to the attraction of this place.
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