 These are reached by following the old NH 44 rather than taking the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel.A railway line runs from Baramulla at the western end of the Kashmir Valley, to the south end of Srinagar, and reaches Banihal south of the Pir Panjal Range via the Banihar Railway Tunnel, India's longest railway tunnel, at .The railway has eased traffic on the highway.