Karanprayag-Saikot-Sonprayag Kedarnath Railway
| Karanprayag-Saikot-Sonprayag Kedarnath Railway केदारनाथ रेलवे |
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| Overview | |
| System | Broad Gauge |
| Status | Proposed |
| Locale | Uttrakhand |
| Termini |
Karanprayag Sonprayag |
| Stations | Saikot |
| Services | Single track |
| Website | http://www.indianrailways.gov.in |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 99 km (62 mi) |
| Track length | 99 km (62 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6.0 in) |
| Highest elevation | 1,650 m (5,410 ft) |
The Karanprayag-Saikot-Sonprayag Kedarnath Railway (Hindi:केदारनाथ रेलवे), notified as the project of national strategic importance, is Indian Railways's one of the four constituent routes of the proposed Chota Char Dham Railway connecting the holiest Chota Char Dham of Hinduism. This 99 km route starts from Karanprayag and ends at Sonprayag 13 km before Kedarnath.
The 99 km route starts from a “Y” fork at Karanprayag off under construction Rishikesh-Karanprayag Railway, goes via Saikot and ends at Sonprayag where people can trek further 13 km to Kedarnath.
Rishikesh-Karanprayag Railway is also an under construction new railway link extension from the exiting Rishikesh railway station to Karanprayag.
Chota Char Dham Railway project's 321 km long construction, costing INR43,292 crore (US$6.6 billion), began with the foundation stone laying and commencement of INR120 crore Final Location Survery (FSL) in May 2017 by the Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu.
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