Yawar Hussain
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar-Jammu railway line would have 93 kilometres of tunnels across the Himalayas with the project slated to be completed in 2023.
A tunnel along Baramulla Jammu railway line. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
Sources in the Northern Railways said that among the 110 kilometres, under construction from Katra in Udhampur to Banihal in Ramban, 93 kilometres will comprise of tunnels.
They said many of the light systems to control the trains would also be inside the tunnels while a couple of railway stations have also been built inside the tunnels.
The stations whose route is being built around these series of tunnels include Reasi, Salal-A, Salal-B, Dugga, Bhasin Dadhar, Sangaldal, Sumbar and Arpinchala.