It is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Srinagar on Gulmarg Road.
The station comes under Firozpur division of Indian railways and has an average elevation of 1,581 meters (5,187 ft) above mean sea level.
Station signage is predominantly in Urdu, English and Hindi.
[citation needed] The station has been built as part of the Jammu–Baramulla line mega project, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with Jammu Tawi and the rest of the Indian rail network.
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