One other feather within the cap of the Railways with the completion of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Hyperlink (USBRL) in January. Not solely this, Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh on Tuesday stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi will doubtless inaugurate Vande Bharat practice connecting Kashmir to New Delhi on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Hyperlink (USBRL) in January. Based on officers, the Vande Bharat Categorical practice will straight join the nationwide capital to the valley beginning January 2025. The practice will cross by way of the Chenab Rail Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge.
Singh additional stated the mixed efforts of IRCON Worldwide Restricted, answerable for the development, and Konkan Railway Company Restricted (KRCL) for its technical experience, have turned this engineering dream into actuality. The Delhi to Kashmir Vande Bharat Categorical can have 11 AC 3-tier coaches, 4 AC 2-tier coaches, and one First AC coach.
The USBRL venture, nearly full, will hyperlink Kashmir with the remainder of the nation. Of the entire 272 kilometers, 161 kilometers have been earlier commissioned in phases — the 118-km Qazigund-Baramulla part in October 2009, the 18-km Banihal-Qazigund part in June 2013, and the 25-km Udhampur-Katra part in July 2014.
The 48.1-km Banihal-Sangaldan stretch, a part of the USBRL venture, was devoted to the general public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2020.
The USBRL venture, declared a “Nationwide Mission” in 2002, spans 272 kilometers. The world”s highest railway bridge, positioned 359 meters above the Chenab riverbed, stands 35 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower. Spanning over 1.3 kilometers, it kinds a crucial a part of the 111-km stretch from Katra to Banihal, a phase of the Kashmir Railway venture.
The world highest railway bridge, positioned 359 meters above the Chenab riverbed, stands 35 meters larger than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Spanning over 1. 3 kilometers, it kinds an important hyperlink within the 111-km stretch from Katra to Banihal, which is a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla part of the Kashmir Railway venture, officers stated.