Banihal railway station
{{short description| Railway station in Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Banihal
| type = Indian Railways station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Banihal 2014-08-18 23-37.jpg
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| address = Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|33.4507|75.1892|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|1702|m|abbr=on}}
| line = Jammu–Baramulla line
| other =
| structure =
| platform = 3
| tracks = 4
| status = Functioning
| parking = Yes
| opened = 2013
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BAHL
| zone = Northern Railway zone
| division = {{rwd|Jammu}}
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| owned = Indian Railways
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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.{{cite web | url=http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/banihalqazigund-rail-link-opened/article4852785.ece/. | title=The Hindu Newspaper | website=The Hindu | access-date=19 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819233509/http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/banihalqazigund-rail-link-opened/article4852785.ece/ | archive-date=19 August 2014 | url-status=dead }}
{{stack|File:Banihal_railway_station_by_Mutahir_Showkat.jpg}}
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.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}
Services
The railway network in Kashmir from Banihal to Baramulla is now 137 km. Five trains run daily from Banihal to Baramulla. The services were paused for a prolonged period since 5 August 2019 after the 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 RL of the station is {{convert|1702|m|abbr=on}} 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.
=Platforms=
There are a total of 3 platforms and 4 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge. These platforms are built to accumulate 24 coaches express train.
= Station layout =
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|G |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=6 valign=top|P1
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right |
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| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Track 2
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| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Track 3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400| |
| style="border-top:solid 1px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|FOB, Island platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Track 4
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400| |
=Track layout=
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See also
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- Srinagar railway station
- Udhampur railway station
- Anantnag railway station
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station
- List of railway stations in India
}}
References
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External links
{{Commons|Banihal Railway Station}}
{{Wikivoyage|Rail travel in India}}
- [https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/banihal-bahl/10150#st Banihal station map]
- {{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Banihal/@33.4509336,75.1882988,182m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x391df03a088c7937:0x75347c1b726c511!8m2!3d33.4509336!4d75.1889914!16s%2Fm%2F011q5gdj?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|title=Banihal Railway station}}
{{Railway stations in Jammu and Kashmir}}
Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2013