Longest Platforms
- Kharagpur, India: 1,072 m (3,517 ft) (longest in world)
- State Street Center subway station, Chicago, Illinois, USA: 1,067 m (3,501 ft) (longest in North America)
- Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) (longest in southern hemisphere)
- Cheriton Shuttle Terminal, Folkestone, United Kingdom: 791 m (2,595 ft) (longest in Europe except in Russia and neighbouring states)
- East Perth railway station, Perth, Western Australia: 770 m (2,526 ft) (longest in Australia)
- Kalgoorlie railway station, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: 760 m (2,493 ft) (longest platform without dead-end lines in southern hemisphere)
- Port Pirie, South Australia: 701 m (2,300 ft)
- East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong: longest platform with platform screen doors 300 m (984 ft)
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