Qazigund railway station

Qazigund railway station
Qazigund railway station
	Indian Railway Station
	Platform and sign of Qazigund station in 2010
Location	Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir
Coordinates	33.5886°N 75.1580°E
Elevation	1722.165 m
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Northern railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	QG[1]
Fare zone	Northern railway
History
Opened	2008
Electrified	Not yet

Qazigund railway station lies on Northern Railway network zone of Indian Railways. It is the main transport hub for the people of Qazigund.

Jammu–Baramulla line

km

338

Baramulla

Baramulla–Kupwara line
to Kupwara (planned)

330

323

315

307

292

Srinagar–Kargil–Leh line
(planned)

281

Srinagar

275

Pampore

Jhelum Bridge

269

Kakapora

259

Awantipora

252

Panzgom

245

Bijbehara

to Pahalgam (planned)

238

231

226

218

(

11.2 km

7 mi

)

208

Banihal

Charil

Repora

Laole

Kohli

Sangaldan Tunnel (

7 km

4 mi

)

Bakkal

Salal

78

53

44

Ramnagar

Tawi Bridge

22

Manwal

14

Sangar

10

Bajalta

Jammu-Poonch line
(proposed)

0

Jammu Tawi

Jalandhar–Jammu line

km

Location

The station is situated near Qazigund town in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.

History

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. On the inauguration day former PM of India, Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi enjoyed the 12-minute ride 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, 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]

Reduced Level

The RL of the station is 1671 m above mean sea level.

Design

Like every other station in this mega project, 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.

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References

"74627/Banihal Baramula DEMU". India Rail Info. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
Balchand, K. (27 June 2013). "Banihal-Qazigund rail link opened". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.

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[1] "74627/Banihal Baramula DEMU". India Rail Info. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[2] Balchand, K. (27 June 2013). "Banihal-Qazigund rail link opened". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.