Uttarkashi–Palar Yamunotri Railway

Uttarkashi–Palar Yamunotri Railway
यमुनोत्री रेलवे
Overview
System Broad Gauge
Status Proposed
Locale Uttarakhand
Termini Uttarkashi
Palar
Services Single track
Website http://www.indianrailways.gov.in
Operation
Operator(s) Indian Railways
Technical
Line length 22 km (14 mi)
Track length 22 km (14 mi)
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6.0 in)
Highest elevation 1,265 m (4,150 ft)

The Uttarkashi–Palar Yamunotri Railway (Hindi: यमुनोत्री रेलवे), notified as the project of national strategic importance, is Indian Railways's one of the four constituent routes of the proposed Char Dham Railway connecting the holiest Chota Char Dham of Hinduism. This 22 km route starts from Uttarkashi and ends at Palar near Yamunotri.[1][2]

Railway routes

The 22 km route starts from a "Y" fork at Uttarkashi off Doiwala–Dehradun–Uttarkashi–Maneri Gangotri Railway and ends near Yamunotri at Palar 1265 m above mean sea level.[1]

Current status

Char Dham Railway project's 327 km long construction, costing INR ₹43,292 crore (USD $6.6 billion), began with the foundation stone laying and commencement of INR ₹120 crore Final Location Survey (FSL) in May 2017 by the Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu.[1][2]

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