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There is a three-metre-wide (9.8 ft) road along the length of the tunnel for the maintenance of railway tracks and emergency relief. It takes approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds for the train to pass through the tunnel. [2] [3] For a short time, Banihal-Qazigund Railway Tunnel was India's longest railway tunnel. [2]
USBRL Tunnel 50 (also known as T-50) is the longest transportation tunnel in India, with a length of 12.775 kilometers. It is located on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, between the Sumber and Khari stations in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The tunnel was completed in February 2024 and is part of the Katra ...
This is a list of the longest rail tunnels in India. In considering tunnels for this section, tunnels of underground metro railways have not been counted. Only tunnels on the main Indian Railways network longer than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) have been listed. Under construction and proposed tunnels have been listed separately.
Devprayag Rail Tunnel [87] India (Uttarakhand) 15.270 km (9.5 mi) 2025 Rishikesh–Karnaprayag Railway: Fengshuling Tunnel China 15.185 km (9.436 mi) 2026 Quzhou-Lishui Railway Huangzhuguan Tunnel China 15.164 km (9.422 mi) 2027 Tianshui-Longnan Railway: Guifengshan Tunnel China 15.155 km (9.4 mi) 2026
There is a 6.5-kilometer-long tunnel known as Karbude Tunnel located on the Konkan Railway, situated between UKSHI and Bhoke station. Karbude Tunnel is the longest tunnel on the Konkan railway line. It remained India's longest rail tunnel until the Indian Government approved the planning and construction of the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel. [2]
The stretch includes the 11.215-km (7-mile) Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel, also known as the Banihal railway tunnel. India's longest rail tunnel, it is 8.4 m wide and 7.39 m high. The tunnel includes a 3 m-wide service road for maintenance and emergency use. Its average elevation, 1760 m, is 440 m below the existing road tunnel. [49]
USBRL Tunnel 44 is the third longest rail tunnel in India at 11.13 km [1]. The tunnel lies between Katra-Banihal section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) near Sangaldan town of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir. Trial runs were conducted in June 2024 [2].
A railway line runs from Baramulla at the western end of the Kashmir Valley, to the south end of Srinagar, and reaches Qazigund north of the Pir Panjal Range via the Qazigund Railway Tunnel, India's longest railway tunnel, at 11.215 kilometres (6.969 mi). The railway has eased traffic on the highway.