Banihal railway station

Coordinates: 33°27′03″N 75°11′21″E / 33.4507°N 75.1892°E / 33.4507; 75.1892
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Banihal
Indian Railways station
General information
LocationBanihal, Jammu and Kashmir
India
Coordinates33°27′03″N 75°11′21″E / 33.4507°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
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBAHL
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone
Division(s) Firozpur cantt
History
Opened2013
ElectrifiedYes
Location
Map

Banihal railway station (station code: BAHL), a part of

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 Railway Station Aerial View

Background

The station has been built as part of the

Jammu Tawi
and the rest of the Indian railway network.

Services

The railway network in Kashmir from Banihal to

Abrogation of Article 35A
and at that period it were resumed only once for a special documentary shoot. However later the services were introduced from January 2020 onwards.

Design

The

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". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.