The Snowy Kashmir Railway
Images from the snow clad Baramulla - Banihal Section by Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat'
It is January and the approach to Srinagar Railway Station is lined with snow. (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The main station building at Srinagar, in traditional Kashmiri architectural form (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The view towards Banihal from the FoB at Srinagar (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The Banihal - Baramulla DMU service descends a grade to curve into Srinagar station (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The DMU pulls in to Srinagar Station (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
At Badgam station. The DMU Car Shed for the line is located here.
Completely snow covered Qazigund station.
Never has a penguin looked more at home in India, even if it is on a dustbin
DMU Crossing at Qazigund
Security men form a large part of the train's passenger complement. This is one of the most secured railway lines anywhere in the world.
Departing Qazigund - the snow is just everywhere. It is not a sight one would have ever associated with Indian Railways.
Arriving at Hiller Shah Abad station. The snow just gets thicker and thicker.
Hiller Shah Abad is now the highest station on the BG network in IR. It lies 1753.9m meters above sea level, nearly double the height of the previous record holder Simliguda.
Dashing through the snow... onward towards Banihal
More passengers board en route....
.... having trudged their way through deep snow
Arriving at Banihal (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The Pir Ranjal Range towers over Banihal. The line heads further into the mountains and into the longest tunnel on IR measuring 11km in length. (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
Another view of the scenic Banihal station (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The exterior of the Banihal station building (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
The road leading from Banihal station towards the Highway (Neeraj Kumar 'Jaat')
Recent comments
Its a commendable effort to compile these beautiful images! Kudos. Just curious to know whether you ran into any security issues?
Posted by Trayambak Ojha on 2014 Feb 25 06:56:02 +0000
Awesome set of pics and makes my desire even stronger to cover up this stretch soon.
Posted by Deepak Murali on 2014 Feb 23 15:50:10 +0000
I completely second what Praveen Sir has said. COmpletely unbelieveable, and just simply beautiful. Kudos to those Engineers and workers, who toiled to achieve this dream. And breath taking photos, Neeraj ji. HAts off to you for such lovely coverage.
Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2014 Feb 19 05:16:05 +0000