Uttarkashi-Palar Yamunotri Railway
| Uttarkashi-Palar Yamunotri Railway यमुनोत्री रेलवे |
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|---|---|
| Overview | |
| System | Broad Gauge |
| Status | Proposed |
| Locale | Uttrakhand |
| Termini |
Uttarkashi Palar |
| Services | Single track |
| Website | http://www.indianrailways.gov.in |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Track length | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6.0 in) |
| Highest elevation | 1,265 m (4,150 ft) |
The Uttarkashi-Palar Yamunotri Railway (Hindi:यमुनोत्री 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 22 km route starts from Uttarkashi and ends at Palar near Yamunotri.
The 22 km route starts from a “Y” fork at Uttarkashi off Doiwala-Dehradun-Uttarkashi-Maneri Gangotri Railway and ends near Yamunotri at Palar 1265 m above mean sea level.
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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