Banihal railway station

Banihal
Indian Railway Station
Location Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir
India
Coordinates 33°27′03″N 75°11′21″E / 33.4507°N 75.1892°E / 33.4507; 75.1892Coordinates: 33°27′03″N 75°11′21″E / 33.4507°N 75.1892°E / 33.4507; 75.1892
Elevation 1,702 m (5,584 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Kashmir Railway
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code BAHL[1]
Zone(s) Northern Railway
Division(s) Firozpur cantt[1]
History
Opened 2013

Kashmir Railway route map

Legend
0Baramulla
to Kupwara (planned)
8Sopore
15Hamre
23Pattan
31Mazhom
46Budgam
Srinagar-Kargil-Leh railway (planned)
57Srinagar
63Pampore
Jhelum Bridge
69Kakapora
79Awantipora
86Panchgam
93Bijbehara
to Pahalgam (planned)
100Anantnag
107Sadura
112Qazigund
120 Hillar Shahabad
Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel
(11 kilometres (6.8 mi))
130Banihal
Charil
Repora
Laole
Kohli
Sangaldan Tunnel
(7 kilometres (4.3 mi))
Sangaldan
Baralla
Surukot
Bakkal
Chenab Bridge
Salal
Anji Khad Bridge
Reasi
260Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
Chakarwah
285Udhampur
294Ramnagar
Tawi Bridge
316Manwal
324Sangar
328Bajalta
to Poonch (planned)
338Jammu Tawi
To Jalandhar-Jammu line

Banihal railway station, a part of Kashmir Railway, is situated in notified area of Banihal in Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir. It was commissioned on 26 June 2013 and passenger trains run from Banihal to Qazigund. The station was inaugurated by former prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on the same day at 2.22 pm. They enjoyed the 12-minute ride in train through Pir panjal tunnel up to Qazigund with 100 students, mostly girls, of the Banihal Higher Secondary School, and made the 17.8-km ride back to Banihal, passing through the tunnel again, the second longest in Asia. Those who accompanied them were Governor N.N. Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.[2]

Train schedule

The railway network in Kashmir from Banihal to Baramulla is now 137 km. Five trains run daily from Banihal to Baramulla. Until the 148 km Katra-Banihal section of Kashmir railway gets constructed in another five years in 2018, people can travel from Jammu Tawi or Udhampur to Banihal by road and take the train from Banihal to Srinagar.

Reduced Level

The RL of the station is 1,702 m (5,584 ft) above mean sea level.

History

The station has been built as part of the Kashmir Railway megaproject, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with Jammu Tawi and the rest of the Indian railway network.

Design

Like all the other stations in this megaproject, this station also features Kashmiri wood architecture, with an intended ambience of a royal court which is designed to complement the local surroundings to the station. Station signage is predominantly in Urdu, English and Hindi.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Information website of Indian Railways". Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. "The Hindu Newspaper". Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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