INDIAN RAILWAYS

JAMMU TO BARAMULLA RAIL LINK |

An Update from Railfans Assam-

This line have total Distance of 356km.. The list of The stations are - Baramulla, sopore, Hamre, pattan, Mazhom, Budgam, Srinagar, pampore, Kaku pora, Panzgom, BijBehara, Anantnag, Sadura, Quazigund, Hillar Shahabad, Banihal, Sangaldan, Surukot, REASI, salal, Duggar, BasinDadhar, and Some other 8 stations..

This line is the most Challenging for the Engineers..

JAMMU - UDHAMPUR - KATRA - BANIHAL - SRINAGAR - BARAMULLA

OUT OF WHICH  THE KATRA - BANIHAL SECTION INLCUDES 38 TUNNELS OF 163KM ( 97 KM MAIN TUNNELS AND 66KM OF ESCAPE TUNNELS) 927 BRIDGES AND 203KM OF ACCESS ROADS. THE TOTAL APPROVED COST OF THE PROJECT IS RS. 27,949CRORE, OF THIS THE SANCTIONED COST KATRA - BANIHAL SECTION IS RS. 21,653 CRORE..

ACCORDING TO THE RAILWAY MINISTRY'S, the cummulative expenditure on this section up to spetember 2019 is RS 13,285 crore that is 61%

        WORK on the KATRA - Banihal Railway line is being undertaken by two Indian Railways, PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS ( PSUs), KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LIMITED ( KRCL) and IRCON - under the supervision of Northern Railways..