Pampore railway station explained

Pampur Railway Station
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Chinar Bagh, Pampore, Pulwama District, Jammu and Kashmir 192121
Country:India
Coordinates:33.9988°N 74.895°W
Map Type:India#India Jammu and Kashmir
Elevation:1592.867m (5,225.942feet)
Line:Jammu–Baramulla line
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Opened:2008
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northern Railway
Status:Active

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 others being Awantipora railway station, Kakapora railway station and Panchgam railway station respectively.

Location

The station is situated in notified area of Pampore, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. It belongs to the North Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.

History

See main article: Jammu–Baramulla line. The station has been built as part of the Jammu–Baramulla line megaproject, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with Jammu Tawi 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, English and Hindi.

Reduced level

The R.L. of the station is 1592 m above mean sea level.

See also