PM Modi likely to set in motion 1st train from Srinagar to Delhi in Jan
Hindustan Times Ludhiana|December 31, 2024
The long wait to see Kashmir getting all-weather connectivity with the rest of India via rail link project is all set to become a reality in January next year with the first Vande Bharat train reaching Srinagar from Delhi.
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria ravi.khajuria@htlive.com

JAMMU:

The railway safety commissioner (north) is expected to conduct a final inspection before January 15 ahead of the inauguration of the rail link connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the first Vande Bharat train from Delhi to Srinagar in January.

Northern railway chief public relations officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyaya said the trial runs on the 17-km-long Katra-Reasi section, locomotives, freight trains with concrete and testing load-bearing capacity of the cable-stayed bridge over Anji River were on.

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