Awantipora railway station is situated in notified area of Awantipora in the
Pulwama
Pulwama (known as Panwangam in antiquity, and later as Pulgam) is a City and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately south of the summer capital of ...
district. It is the headquarters of Pulwama division of Northern railway zone.
It is one of the four stations in
Pulwama district
The Pulwama district is located to the south of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. Its district headquarters are situated in the city of Pulwama. It is located in the central part of the Kashmir Valley.
Administration
In 1979 Anantnag d ...
, the others being
Pampore railway station,
Kakapora railway station and Panchgam railway station respectively.
History
The station has been built as part of the
Jammu–Baramulla line
The Jammu–Baramulla line is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence to the rest of the country. The 356 km railway track will star ...
megaproject, intending to link the
Kashmir Valley with
Jammu Tawi
Jammu Tawi (station code: JAT) is a railway station in Jammu city in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Background
Jammu Tawi is the largest railway station in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a major railhead for other places in the r ...
and the rest of the Indian railway network.
Design
Like every other station in this mega project, 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
Urdu (;["Urdu"](_blank)
'' Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
.
[See Banihal railway station]
See also
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Srinagar railway station
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Anantnag railway station
Anantnag railway station is a railway station on the Northern railway network. It is the headquarters of Anantnag division of Northern Railway zone. It lies in Firozpur division.
History
The station has been built as part of the Jammu–Bara ...
Notes
References
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Railway stations in Pulwama district
Railway stations opened in 2008
Kashmir