Mazhom railway station

34°06′38″N 74°37′09″E / 34.11068°N 74.61916°E / 34.11068; 74.61916Owned byMinistry of Railways, Indian RailwaysLine(s)Northern railwayPlatforms2Tracks3ConstructionStructure typeStandard on-ground stationParkingYesOther informationStatusActiveStation codeMZMAFare zoneNorthern railwayHistoryElectrifiedYes

Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link (USBRL)
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km 338 Baramulla Uri (inprogress) (inprogress) Kupwara Line (inprogress)   Kupwara Bandipora Line (proposed) 330 Sopore 323 Hamre 315 Pattan 307 Mazhom 297 Nadigam Budgam–Leh–Bhanupli line (planned) 292 Budgam 281 Srinagar 275 Pampore Jhelum Bridge 269 Kakapora 259 Awantipora 252 Panzgom Shopian Line (inprogress) 245 Bijbehara to Pahalgam (inprogress) 238 Anantnag 231 Sadura 226 Qazigund Hillar Shahabad Banihal-Qazigund Railway Tunnel ( 11.2 km 7 mi ) 208 Banihal Tunnel T74R ( 8.6 km 5.3 mi ) Khari Tunnel T49 ( 12.75 km 7.92 mi ) Sumber Tunnel T48 ( 10.2 km 6.3 mi ) Sangaldan Tunnels include T47-Br88-T46-Br 87-T44/45-Br85-T42/43, ( 7 km 4 mi ) Sangaldan Sawalkote Dugga Chenab Rail Bridge Bakkal Reasi Anji Khad Bridge 78 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 62 Chak Rakhwal Bhaderwah Line (planned) 53 Udhampur 44 Ramnagar Tawi Bridge 22 Manwal 14 Sangar 10 Bajalta Poonch line (planned) 0 Jammu Tawi Jalandhar–Jammu line km
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Mazhom Railway Station, also known as Mazhama railway station, lies on Northern Railway Network Zone of Indian Railways. It is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Srinagar on Gulmarg 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 1,581 meters (5,187 ft) above mean sea level.^[1]

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, English and Hindi.^{[citation needed]}

History

The station has been built as part of the Jammu–Baramulla line mega project, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with Jammu Tawi and the rest of the Indian rail network.^{[citation needed]}

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 and the station was renamed as Mazhom railway station.^[2]

See also

• Budgam railway station

References