Pampur railway station is the railway station on the Jammu–Baramulla line in the Indian union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir. 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
Awantipora railway station,
Kakapora railway station and Panchgam railway station respectively.
Location
The station is situated in notified area of
Pampore,
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 ...
,
Jammu and Kashmir. It belongs to the North Central Railway Zone of
Indian Railways
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.
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
The station features Kashmiri wood architecture, with an intended ambiance of a royal court designed to complement the local surroundings of the station. Station signage is predominantly in
Urdu
Urdu (;["Urdu"](_blank)
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.
Reduced level
The
R.L. of the station is 1592 m above
mean sea level
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.
See also
*
Srinagar railway station
References
Railway stations in India opened in 2008
Railway stations in Pulwama district
Firozpur railway division
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