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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{short description| Railway station in Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Banihal
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Banihal 2014-08-18 23-37.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = [[Banihal]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|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 = 2
| tracks = 3
| parking = Yes
| opened = 2013
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BAHL
| zone = [[Northern Railway zone]]
| division = Firozpur cantt
}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator =
| status =
| former =
| passengers =
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| map_state = collapsed
| route_map = {{Jammu–Baramulla line|inline=1}}
}}
'''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 (union territory)|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 Railway Tunnel|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.<ref name="Newspaper">{{cite web | url=http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/banihalqazigund-rail-link-opened/article4852785.ece/. | title=The Hindu Newspaper | 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 }}</ref>
{{stack|[[File:Banihal_railway_station_by_Mutahir_Showkat.jpg|thumb|Banihal Railway Station Aerial View]]}}
==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 [[Reduced Level|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]].

==See also==
* [[Srinagar railway station]]
* [[Udhampur railway station]]
* [[Anantnag railway station]]
* [[Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Jammu and Kashmir}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Ramban district]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2013]]
[[Category:Firozpur railway division]]

Banihal railway station - Revision history

Nasimahamad.vitaniya: minor edit

>Frietjes at 17:18, 15 March 2021