Vande Bharat train: A senior railway official said, ‘We have made all the preparations. Now this USBRL section is ready for the inauguration and flag-off ceremony. This entire area is very important in terms of religious, tourism and connectivity of Kashmir.’
Vande Bharat train: A trial run of the special Vande Bharat train was conducted on the Katra-Sangaldan section of Jammu and Kashmir, which was completely successful. This section is part of the 272 km long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail line (USBRL), which connects Kashmir to the rest of the country. Today the trial run took place as part of the final preparations for the inauguration of the bridge built on the Chenab river, which comes in the Katra-Sangaldan section. It is known that this is the world’s highest railway bridge. Officials said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat train from Jammu to Srinagar. During the inauguration, PM Modi will also travel in the train on this bridge. After this, he will flag off the first train from Katra to Kashmir, which will start the train service between Katra and Baramulla and Kashmir will be connected to the rest of the country.
According to the report, multi-layer security has been put in place at important places along the track and Katra-Sangaldan section as well as across Kashmir. A senior railway official said, “We have made all the preparations. Now this USBRL section is ready for the inauguration and flag-off ceremony. This entire area is very important in terms of religious, tourism and connectivity of Kashmir.” He said that on the day of inauguration, 2 Vande Bharat Express trains will run, one from Srinagar to Katra and the other from Katra to Srinagar.
Know how special is the Katra-Kashmir track
In the last three months, the railways have conducted 8 trials on different segments of the Katra-Kashmir track. These include India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge, Anji Khad Bridge and the world’s highest railway bridge built on Chenab at Kauri. Railway officials said that this 1,315 meter long bridge on Chenab river is built near Salal Dam. Its main arch span is 467 meters and it can withstand winds of 266 km/h. The special thing is that this bridge is higher than the Eiffel Tower and from the riverbed to the rail level, it is about 5 times higher than the Qutub Minar. More than 28,000 metric tons of steel was used to build this engineering marvel. For the first time, a special cable crane system has been used in it.
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