Mazhom railway station, also known as Mazhama railway station, lies on
Northern Railway Network Zone of
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...
. It is situated west of
Srinagar
Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its ...
on
Gulmarg
Gulmarg (), known as Gulmarag (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town, hill station, popular skiing destination, and notified area committee in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located at a distance of from Baramulla and from S ...
Road. It is the major railway stations in
Budgam district. The station connects
Magam town (3 km away from station) with rest of the parts of state. The station comes under Firozpur division of Indian railways and has an average elevation of above mean sea level.
Design
The station 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 ...
.
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 sta ...
mega project, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with and the rest of the Indian rail network.
Controversy
The railway station was named by Northern Railways as ''Rajwansheer railway station'' which led to the large scale controversy by the local population. The controversy was resolved in December 2009 by the intervention of
Omar Abdullah
Omar Abdullah (; born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a governme ...
and the station was renamed as Mazhom railway station.
See also
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Budgam railway station
Budgam railway station (also spelled Badgam) is a station on Northern Railway Network of Indian Railways. This station is the headquarter of Jammu–Baramulla line network. It is located in Ompora, a town in Budgam district nearly from main ...
References
Railway stations in Budgam district
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