Laid on the banks of Rapti River and in touch with the Nepal border, it attracts numbers of visitors because of its traditions. The city is additionally home to numerous notable Buddhist destinations and spots like Kushinagar, Lumbini and Kapilvastu are very little a long way from this spot. You can get other essential information or knowledge about the city by experiencing Gorakhnath Temple.
Gorakhpur station is the north eastern railways headquarter and in 2013 this station has become world’s longest platform. It provides a class services to visitors or travelers, very clean and tidy station. Waiting rooms, washrooms, food outlets, query counters, hotels, and restaurants everything is available at the station. Easily you can get conveyances from outside the station for anywhere in the city.
What You can Experience in the Gorakhpur?
The city is blessed with glorious temples which attracts visitors from all corner of world. One of the eminent and wonderful temples: Gorakhnath temple is just 4km away from railway station, located through the Nepal Road and the temple is mainly devoted to Yogi Gorakhnath. A very well-known carnival or fair takes place in this temple during Makarsankranti for one month.
Other than this there are many other places to visit like;
- Geeta Press- you will find this place amazing, all eighteen parts of “Bhagwat Geeta” is written on its walls along with this almost all kind of Hindu religious books can be purchased here.
- GeetaVatika- beautifully architect temple dedicated to Goddess Radha and Lord Krishna along with this the complete area is decorated with gardens and trees, only 3km away from station.
- Ramgarh Taal- a very natural and big lake occupied almost 1700 acres of land. Very beautiful, serene view and the beauty have been enhanced by the Tara Mandal.
- Imambara- very famous for silver and gold Tazia and the Imambarawas built by Hajrat Saint Roshan Ali Shah.
- Vishnu Temple- the sculpture of Lord Vishu is made of black stone, every year Ram-Lila is organized here.
What you can grab?
If you want to collect any specialty of this city then you may buy the decorative items that are made of soil/ mud (terracotta), you can find them near Gorakhnath Temple or Golghar (center of the city). Other than this you may also shop from malls or shops available at Golghar market.
What to Eat?
Tandoori Chicken near Cinema road and authentic Biryani is popular in the area other than this mouthwatering Rabdi and jalebi is also demandable in the city. If you are travelling through train then also you can order almost all these items from Travelkhana.There are many popular food outlets near station from where you can order your delicious meal.If you want to taste little bit of everything then without any doubt you may go with the option of Veg or Non Veg Thaali, very reasonable along with many options.
Trains Passing through Gorakhpur Railway Station –
| Train No. | Train Name | Arr. Time | Dep. Time |
| 1047 | CSTM GKP SPL | 21:30 | destination |
| 1048 | Gorakhpur – Mumbai LTT Special | origin | 08:00 |
| 2015 | GKP PREMIUM SPL | 04:25 | destination |
| 2016 | GKP LTT PREMIUM | origin | 08:25 |
| 2017 | LTT-GKP PREMIUM SF EXP | 04:25 | destination |
| 2018 | GKP-LTT PREMIUM SF SPL | origin | 08:25 |
| 2527 | GKP-ANVT-PREMIUM-SF | origin | 20:55 |
| 2528 | ANVT-GKP-PREMIUM-SF | 04:10 | destination |
| 2529 | GKP-UHP-PREMIUM-SF | origin | 20:55 |
| 2530 | UHP-GKP-PREMIUM-SF | 23:20 | destination |
| 2533 | GKP BDTS SPL | origin | 07:00 |
| 2534 | BDTS GKP SUP SP | 14:40 | destination |
| 4024 | DEE DBG SPL | 01:05 | 01:20 |
| 4411 | BJU-NDLS PREMIUM SPL | 05:45 | 05:55 |
| 4412 | NDLS-BJU PREMIUM SPL | 09:35 | 09:45 |
| 4504 | CDG BSB SPL | 04:10 | 04:30 |
| 4975 | MFP-SVDK EXPRESS SPL | 14:15 | 14:30 |
| 4976 | SVDK-MFP-SVDK EXPRESS SPL | 17:40 | 17:55 |
| 5023 | GKP PUNE SPL | origin | 17:25 |
| 5024 | PUNE GKP SPECIA | 19:55 | destination |
| 5027 | GKP ANVT SPL | origin | 20:30 |
| 5028 | ANVT GKP SPL | 05:35 | destination |
| 5031 | GKP LTT SPL | origin | 11:00 |
| 5034 | BDTS GKP SPL | 18:45 | destination |
| 5035 | GKP ANVT SPL | origin | 13:00 |
| 5036 | ANVT GKP SPL | 04:00 | destination |
| 5058 | ANVT-GKP- SPL | 08:00 | destination |
| 5237 | DBG AII SPECIAL | 22:15 | 22:30 |
| 5610 | GKP-GHY WEEKLY SPL | origin | 23:30 |
| 5655 | Kamakhya – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Special | 14:15 | 14:30 |
| 5718 | FZR KIR SPL | 21:45 | 22:00 |
| 5903 | DBRG CDG SPECIA | 19:30 | 19:45 |
| 5904 | CDG DBRG SPL | 17:30 | 17:45 |
| 11015 | Kushinagar Express | 07:10 | destination |
| 11016 | Kushinagar Express | origin | 19:00 |
| 11037 | Pune-Gorakhpur Express | 01:15 | destination |
| 11038 | Gorakhpur-Pune Express | origin | 15:30 |
| 11055 | Godan Express | 20:30 | destination |
| 11056 | Godan Express | origin | 06:25 |
| 11123 | Barauni-Gwalior Mail | 04:50 | 05:05 |
| 11124 | Gwalior – Barauni Mail | 01:50 | 02:05 |
| 12203 | Saharsa – Amritsar Garib Rath Express | 00:30 | 00:45 |
| 12204 | Amritsar – Saharsa Garib Rath Express | 00:05 | 00:20 |
| 12211 | Muzaffarpur-Delhi Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express | 22:20 | 22:35 |
| 12212 | Delhi Anand Vihar – Muzaffarpur Garib Rath Express | 10:50 | 11:10 |
| 12407 | New Jalpaiguri Amritsar Karmabhoomi Express(NJP-ASR) | 21:50 | 22:05 |
| 12408 | Amritsar New Jalpaiguri Karmabhoomi Express(ASR-NJP) | 04:40 | 04:55 |
| 12491 | Maurdhwaj Express | 13:45 | 14:05 |
| 12492 | Maur Dhwaj Express | 17:30 | 17:45 |
| 12511 | Raptisagar SF Express | origin | 06:35 |
| 12512 | Raptisagar SF Express | 15:20 | destination |
| 12521 | Rapti Sagar SF Express | 06:20 | 06:35 |
| 12522 | Rapti Sagar SF Express | 15:10 | 15:30 |
| 12523 | New Jalpaiguri-New Delhi SF Express | 21:50 | 22:10 |
| 12524 | New Delhi-New Jalpaiguri SF Express | 04:30 | 04:45 |
| 12531 | Gorakhpur – Lucknow SF InterCity Express | origin | 06:05 |
| 12532 | Lucknow – Gorakhpur SF InterCity Express | 21:35 | destination |
| 12537 | Bapudham SF Express | 01:25 | 01:40 |
| 12538 | Bapudham SF Express | 11:45 | 12:00 |
| 12541 | Gorakhpur – Mumbai LTT Sant Kabir Dham SF Express | origin | 21:50 |
| 12542 | Mumbai LTT – Gorakhpur Sant Kabir Dham SF Express | 17:10 | destination |
| 12553 | Vaishali SF Express | 16:50 | 17:05 |
| 12554 | Vaishali SF Express | 09:00 | 09:15 |
| 12555 | Gorakhdham SF Express | origin | 16:35 |
| 12556 | Gorakhdham SF Express | 09:50 | destination |
| 12557 | Sapt Kranti SF Express | 18:20 | 18:40 |
| 12558 | Sapt Kranti SF Express | 03:50 | 04:05 |
| 12565 | Bihar Sampark Kranti Express | 15:50 | 16:10 |
| 12566 | Bihar Sampark Kranti Express | 02:40 | 02:55 |
| 12587 | Amarnath SF Express | origin | 14:05 |
| 12588 | Amarnath SF Express | 20:45 | destination |
| 12589 | Gorakhpur-Secunderabad Express | origin | 06:35 |
| 12590 | Secunderabad – Gorakhpur Express | 15:20 | destination |
| 12591 | Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur SF Express | origin | 06:35 |
| 12592 | Yesvantpur – Gorakhpur SF Express | 15:05 | destination |
| 13019 | Bagh Express | 17:45 | 18:05 |
| 13020 | Bagh Express | 12:15 | 12:40 |
| 13507 | ASN GKP EXPRESS(ASN-GKP) | 06:00 | destination |
| 13508 | GKP ASN EXPRESS(GKP-ASN) | origin | 20:55 |
| 14603 | Saharsa-Amritsar Jan Sadharan Express (UnReserved) | 04:10 | 04:25 |
| 14604 | JANSADHARAN EXP. | 07:55 | 08:15 |
| 14673 | Shaheed Express | 18:55 | 19:20 |
| 14674 | Shaheed Express | 11:55 | 12:15 |
| 15001 | Rapti Ganga Express | 20:50 | 21:15 |
| 15002 | Rapti Ganga Express | 07:55 | 08:15 |
| 15003 | Chauri Chaura Express | 06:50 | destination |
| 15004 | Chauri Chaura Express | origin | 22:45 |
| 15005 | Rapti Ganga Express | origin | 21:15 |
| 15006 | Rapti Ganga Express | 07:55 | destination |
| 15007 | Krishak Express | 22:40 | 23:05 |
| 15008 | Krishak Express | 06:15 | 06:35 |
| 15015 | Gorakhpur – Yesvantpur (Via Gonda) Express | origin | 06:35 |
| 15016 | Yesvantpur – Gorakhpur (Via Gonda) Express | 14:00 | destination |
| 15017 | Kashi Express | 19:10 | destination |
| 15018 | Kashi Express | origin | 05:30 |
| 15019 | Gorakhpur Nautanwa Express(GKP-NTV) | origin | 11:30 |
| 15021 | Bhojpuri Express(SHM-GKP) | 16:20 | destination |
| 15022 | Bhojpuri Express(GKP-SHM) | origin | 13:40 |
| 15023 | GKP YPR EXPRESS(GKP-YPR) | origin | 08:45 |
| 15024 | YPR GKP EXPRESS(YPR-GKP) | 05:05 | destination |
| 15027 | Maurya Express | 17:20 | destination |
| 15028 | Maurya Express | origin | 07:25 |
| 15045 | Gorakhpur-Okha Express | origin | 04:45 |
| 15046 | Okha-Gorakhpur Express | 20:00 | destination |
| 15047 | Purvanchal Express | 07:45 | destination |
| 15048 | Purvanchal Express | origin | 11:30 |
| 15049 | Purvanchal Express | 09:40 | destination |
| 15050 | Purvanchal Express | origin | 08:00 |
| 15051 | Purvanchal Express (via Narkatiaganj) | 08:10 | destination |
| 15052 | Purvanchal Express (via Narkatiaganj) | origin | 10:10 |
| 15097 | Amarnath Express | 13:45 | 14:05 |
| 15098 | Amarnath Express | 20:45 | 21:00 |
| 15101 | Chhapra-Mumbai Jansadharan Express(CPR-CSTM) | 00:30 | 00:45 |
| 15102 | Mumbai CST Chhapra Jansadharan Express(CSTM-CPR) | 00:45 | 01:00 |
| 15103 | Gorakhpur Manduadih Intercity Express | origin | 16:00 |
| 15104 | Manduadih Gorakhpur InterCity Express | 11:10 | destination |
| 15105 | INTERCITY EXP | 10:35 | destination |
| 15106 | INTERCITY EXP | origin | 17:10 |
| 15107 | Chhapra – Mathura Express | 08:10 | 08:25 |
| 15108 | Mathura – Chhapra Express | 13:20 | 13:40 |
| 15203 | Barauni-Lucknow Express | 05:25 | 05:45 |
| 15204 | Lucknow-Barauni Express | 22:15 | 22:30 |
| 15209 | SHC-ASR JANSEWA EXP | 19:55 | 20:10 |
| 15210 | ASR-SHC JANSEWA EXP | 03:35 | 03:50 |
| 15211 | DBG-ASR JANNAYAK EXP | 03:30 | 03:45 |
| 15212 | ASR- DBG JANNAYAK EXP | 15:55 | 16:15 |
| 15269 | MFP-ADI JANSADHARAN EXP | 04:10 | 04:25 |
| 15270 | ADI-MFP JANSADHARAN EXP | 20:45 | 21:00 |
| 15273 | Satyagraha Express | 15:15 | 15:35 |
| 15274 | Satyagraha Express | 10:15 | 10:25 |
| 15279 | Poorbiya Express(SHC-ANDI) | 21:50 | 22:10 |
| 15280 | Poorabiya Express | 07:55 | 08:15 |
| 15609 | Awadh Assam Express(GHY-LGH) | 23:25 | 23:45 |
| 15610 | AVADH ASSAM EXP(LGH-GHY) | 23:30 | 23:50 |
| 15621 | Kamakhya – Delhi Anand Vihar T Weekly Express | 02:30 | 02:45 |
| 15622 | GD | 14:40 | 14:55 |
| 15651 | Lohit Express | 13:45 | 14:05 |
| 15652 | Lohit Express | 20:45 | 21:00 |
| 15653 | Amarnath Express | 13:45 | 14:05 |
| 15654 | Jammu Guwahati Express(JAT-GHY) | 20:45 | 21:00 |
| 15707 | Amrapali Express | 12:35 | 12:50 |
| 15708 | Amrapali Express | 05:45 | 06:00 |
| 15903 | Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Weekly Express | 19:30 | 19:45 |
| 15904 | Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Weekly Express | 17:30 | 17:45 |
| 15909 | AVADH ASSAM EXPRESS | 23:35 | 23:50 |
| 15910 | AVADH ASSAM EXPRESS | 23:35 | 23:50 |
| 18201 | Durg-Nautanwa (Via Varanasi) Express | 19:40 | 19:55 |
| 18202 | Nautanwa – Durg (Via Varanasi) Express | 13:25 | 13:40 |
| 18205 | Durg -Nautanwa Express(via Faizabad) | 19:25 | 19:55 |
| 18206 | Nautanwa-Durg Express (via Faizabad) | 10:05 | 10:35 |
| 19037 | Avadh Express | 13:40 | destination |
| 19038 | Avadh Express | origin | 13:20 |
| 19039 | Avadh Express | 13:40 | 13:55 |
| 19040 | Avadh Express | 13:05 | 13:20 |
| 19269 | Porbandar – Muzaffarpur Express | 10:50 | 11:10 |
| 19270 | Muzaffarpur-Porbandar Express | 22:20 | 22:35 |
| 19409 | GORAKHPUR EXP | 20:00 | destination |
| 19410 | GKP ADI EXP | origin | 04:45 |
| 19601 | Ajmer-NewJalpaiguri Weekly Express(AII-NJP) | 04:30 | 04:45 |
| 19602 | NewJalpaiguri-Ajmer Weekly Express(NJP-AII) | 21:50 | 22:10 |
| 19709 | KAVI GURU EXPRESS(JP-KYQ) | 20:45 | 21:00 |
| 19710 | KYQ JP KAVIGURU(KYQ-JP) | 19:30 | 19:45 |
| 55149 | Gorakhpur Manduadih Passenger | origin | 23:10 |
| 55150 | Manduadih-Gorakhpur Passenger | 07:20 | destination |