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{{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 =
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| image_caption = Banihal Railway Station
| address = [[Banihal]],[[Jammu]] ,[[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 = 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
| operator =
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| route_map = {{Jammu–Baramulla line|inline=1}}
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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]], of [[Jammu]][[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 | 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 }}</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 division]] 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 [[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]].

===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=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|[[foot overbridge|FOB]], <small>[[Side platform]], No-1 doors will open on the left/right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Track 1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Track 2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|
|-
|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|[[foot overbridge|FOB]], <small>[[Island platform]], No- 2 doors will open on the left/right </small>
|-
|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==
{{stack|{{Portal|India|Trains}}}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[Srinagar railway station]]
* [[Udhampur railway station]]
* [[Anantnag railway station]]
* [[Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station]]
* [[List of railway stations in India]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{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]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Ramban district]]
[[Category:Jammu railway division]]

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Nasimahamad.vitaniya at 23:52, 4 March 2026