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

• Srinagar railway station
• Udhampur Railway Station
• Anantnag railway station
• Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station

References