Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel
Pir panjal railway tunnel
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| Overview | |
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| Line | Jammu Tawi-Udhampur- Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link |
| Location | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Status | Operational |
| Start | Banihal |
| End | Hillar Shahabad |
| Operation | |
| Opened | June 2013 |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Indian Railways |
| Traffic | Train |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 11.21 km (6.97 mi) |
| No. of tracks | single track |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) (Broad gauge) |
| Operating speed | up to 75 km/h (47 mph) |
Coordinates: 33°30′45″N 75°11′50″E / 33.5124345°N 75.1970923°E
The Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel or Banihal railway tunnel is an 11.215 km (7 mile) railway tunnel located in Pir Panjal Range of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir, India, north of Banihal town.
The north portal of the railway tunnel is at 33°33′42″N 75°11′56″E / 33.5617942°N 75.1988626°E and its south portal is at 33°27′48″N 75°11′38″E / 33.463203°N 75.193992°E.
The average elevation of the 11.215 km long railway tunnel is 1,760 m (5,770 ft) or about 440 m (1,440 ft) below the existing road tunnel, the Jawahar Tunnel, which is at elevation of about 2,194 m (7,198 ft). The tunnel is 8.40 m wide with a height of 7.39 m. There is a three metre wide road along the length of the tunnel for the maintenance of railway tracks and emergency relief. It is India's longest railway tunnel and Asia's fourth longest railway tunnel (53.85-km long Seikan Tunnel in Japan is the longest; 28 km long Taihang Tunnel in China is the second longest and 21 km long Lulianghsan Tunnel in Shanxi, China is the third longest). It takes approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds for the train to cross the tunnel.
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