Rishikesh-Karanprayag Railway ऋषिकेश-करणप्रयाग रेलवे |
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Overview | |
System | Broad Gauge |
Status | Proposed |
Locale | Uttrakhand |
Termini |
Rishikesh railway station Karanprayag |
Services | Single track |
Website | http://www.indianrailways.gov.in |
Operation | |
Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
Technical | |
Line length | 75 km (47 mi) |
Track length | 75 km (47 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6.0 in) |
Highest elevation | 1,733 m (5,686 ft) |
The Rishikesh-Karanprayag Railway (Hindi:ऋषिकेश-करणप्रयाग रेलवे), runs from . Rishikesh railway station to Karanprayag. It is Indian Railways's proposed route for the Chota Char Dham Railway to connect to the Chota Char Dham.
This 125 km route starts at Rishikesh railway station and ends at Karanprayag 1451 m from mean sea level. INR 16,200 crore 125 km project, will reduce Rishikesh to Karnprayag travel time from 7 hours to 2 hours. It will have 16 bridges and 105 km or 85% of the project inside tunnels. A 15.1 km tunnel, reported to be the country's longest, will be built between Devprayag and Lachmoli on the route.
The track laying work for the INR 16,200 crore project commenced from the March 2017.