Sopore railway station is situated in the outskirts of
Sopore
Sopore, known as Suyyapur in antiquity, is a city in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is north-west of Srinagar, and north-east from the city of Baramulla.
Sopore Town has Asia's second largest fruit mandi (wholesale ...
town. It 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 one of the northernmost station of Indian Railways.
Location
The station is located at Amargrah about 2 km from
Sopore town
Sopore, known as Suyyapur in antiquity, is a city in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is north-west of Srinagar, and north-east from the city of Baramulla.
Sopore Town has Asia's second largest fruit mandi (wholesale ...
towards south on Srinagar-Sopore highway.
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 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 ...
.
Reduced level
The station is situated on R.L. of 1589 m above mean sea level.
See also
*
Baramulla railway station
*
Srinagar railway station
References
Railway stations in Baramulla district
Railway stations opened in 2008
Sopore
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