Banihal railway station

Banihal railway station (station code: BAHL), a part of Jammu–Baramulla line, 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.[1]

Banihal
Indian Railways station
LocationBanihal, Jammu and Kashmir
India
Coordinates33.4507°N 75.1892°E / 33.4507; 75.1892
Elevation1,702 m (5,584 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Line(s)Jammu–Baramulla line
Platforms2
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeBAHL
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone
Division(s) Firozpur cantt
History
Opened2013
Location
Banihal Railway Station Aerial View
Jammu–Baramulla line
km
338
Baramulla
330
Sopore
323
Hamre
315
Pattan
307
Mazhom
292
Budgam
Srinagar–Kargil–Leh line
(planned)
281
Srinagar
275
Pampore
Jhelum Bridge
269
Kakapora
259
Awantipora
252
Panzgom
245
Bijbehara
to Pahalgam (planned)
238
Anantnag
231
Sadura
226
Qazigund
218
Hillar Shahabad
Pir Panjal
Railway Tunnel
(
11.2 km
7 mi
)
208
Banihal
Arpinchala
Sumber
Sangaldan Tunnel (
7 km
4 mi
)
Sangaldan
Basindadhar
Dugha
Salal
Reasi
78
Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi Katra
62
Chak Rakhwal
53
Udhampur
44
Ramnagar
Tawi Bridge
22
Manwal
14
Sangar
10
Bajalta
0
Jammu Tawi
km

Background

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

Services

The railway network in Kashmir from Banihal to Baramulla is now 137 km. Five trains run daily from Banihal to Baramulla. The services are paused since 5th august 2019 after the Abrogation of Article 35A and it were resumed only once for a special documentary shoot.

Design

The RL of the station is 1,702 m (5,584 ft) above mean sea level. 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. "The Hindu Newspaper". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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