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The 54.85 km long Jammu-Udhampur Rail line, is part of the ambitious Jammu-Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail link. It is a unique gift and a fulfillment of the Government’s promise to the people. Jammu-Udhampur new broad gauge rail line connects Jammu, the winter capital of J&K State, with Udhampur, an important district headquarters of the State. The completion cost of the project is likely to be Rs. 515 crore.
This railway line will give a boost to tourist traffic for the valley, as the travelling time by road beyond the proposed railhead at Udhampur will be reduced. In addition to the economic gains the proposed extension of the railway line up to Baramulla would add to the social and cultural benefits and contribute towards strengthening the existing bonds that knit the people of the State with the rest of the Nation. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh dedicated the Jammu Tawi-Udhampur Rail line to the Nation at Udhampur on April 13 this year by flagging off the Uttar Sampark Kranti Express.
The challenges of construction of this prestigious project in the mountainous terrain included the building of high embankments, long and tall bridges across deep gorges, long tunnels and deep cutting of the mountains. The challenge increased multi-fold as the project was executed in the highly difficult and varying hilly region of the young Himalayas, which are seismologically sensitive. An engineering marvels with state-of-art-technology included hollow tapering pier shafts raised on well/raft foundation in seismic zone of Himalayan regions, Cantilever construction of pre-stressed concrete high rise box girders, encompassing rivers, nallahs and unstable hill tops, tunnels through soft and medium fragile sedimentary rocky strata, further accentuated by the fact that the terrain is tough, approaches are difficult and overall un-favourable working environment.
The project links Jammu to Udhampur connecting on way four stations i.e. Bajalta, Sangar, Manwal and Ramnagar and crossing the mighty Tawi river and its tributaries Sardan, Ringhal, Gambhir and Dudhar. Completion of Jammu-Udhampur rail link is a first major step forward to the ambitious project of “Bridging Kashmir valley from Jammu to Baramulla” by rail.
TAWI BRIDGE (71.4M+102M+71.4M - PSC CONTINUOUS) LONGEST PSC SINGLE SPAN ON INDIAN RAILWAYS - 102 M
DUDHAR BRIDGE (64M+92M+64M - PSC CONTINUOUS)
GAMBHIR FINALLY TURNS SARAL
2.45 Km. LONG TUNNEL
TRAIN AT UDHAMPUR : MILESTONE ACHIEVED
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurating the Jammu Tawi-Udhampur Railway Line by pushing the button at Udhampur (Jammu & Kashmir) on April 13, 2005.
*DPR( Railways), PIB, New Delhi
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