Banihal railway station
Banihal | |
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| Indian Railway Station | |
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| Location |
Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir India |
| Coordinates | 33°27′03″N 75°11′21″E / 33.4507°N 75.1892°ECoordinates: 33°27′03″N 75°11′21″E / 33.4507°N 75.1892°E |
| 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 |
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Banihal railway station, a part of Kasmir 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 2 "Official Information website of Indian Railways". Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Hindu Newspaper". Retrieved 19 August 2014.