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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat train on 19 April. This will connect the Kashmir Valley to the rest of the country. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that work is going on at Jammu railway station. Therefore, the Vande Bharat train will start from Katra. This system is only for some time. On 23 January, Indian Railways tried the trial Vande Bharat train. This train was run from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) railway station to Srinagar railway station. This will pass through India’s first cable bridge figure bridge. It will also pass through the Chenab Bridge, which is the highest railway bridge in the world. This train is built keeping in mind the cold climate of Kashmir Valley. The first Vande Bharat Express train in the country was started on 15 February 2019 between New Delhi and Varanasi. At present, more than 50 Vande India are running in the country.
The 272 km long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link project from Vande India running between Jammu to Srinagar will be completed. This train will make the journey between Jammu and Srinagar easier and the long -standing demand of the people will be fulfilled. This train service will greatly reduce the travel time between the two cities. The project started in 1997 and was completed last month. There were many difficulties to complete it. It also included geological and geographical problems.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express train on 19 April. The Prime Minister will reach Udhampur on 19 April. He will then inaugurate the world’s highest railway bridge (Chenab Bridge). Then they will reach Katra and flag off the Vande Bharat train.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed that the repair work is going on at Jammu railway station, due to which the train service is being temporarily started from Katra. After the completion of the repair work, this train will also run from Jammu since August.
The trial of the train at Katra-Srinagar was done on 25 January, which was successful. The train left Katra at 8 am and reached Srinagar, the last station in Kashmir at 11 am. That is, the journey of 160 km was completed in 3 hours.
This train running in Jammu and Kashmir is specially designed according to the Kashmir season. It will also run easily in snowfall. The heating system installed in the train will prevent water tanks and bio-toilets from freezing.
The driver’s windshield and air brake will also work in minus temperature. On January 11, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said- Jammu-Srinagar Rail Link Project is like a dream come true.
Vande Bharat Express has been designed keeping in mind the weather of Kashmir. This train has anti-freeing features. Meaning this train can also run in temperatures up to 20 ° C. With this, this train will run in every season without any hassle throughout the year. This train is also equipped with devices measuring earthquakes. This is very important because this area is sensitive to earthquake. These devices reduce the tremors in the Himalayas. This will provide safe and comfortable journey to passengers.
Also the driver’s cabin has a hot windshield. This will not make fog or ice on the windshield. Train pipes and bio-toilets have heating elements. With this, they will work properly in the cold. There are 38 tunnels in this project. These include 12.75 km long tunnel T-49 which is the longest transport tunnel in India. There are also 927 bridges on this route, whose total length is 13 kilometers. The Chenab Bridge is the most special among them. The bridge is 359 meters above the bottom of the river and is the highest Arch railway bridge in the world. It is also 35 meters high than Eiffel Tower.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first train from Katra on 19 April. The train will run from Katra town in Reasi district and reach Srinagar crossing the Pir Panjal mountain range and then reaching its last destination in Baramulla in North Kashmir. According to officials, the railway link project was completed last month. The trial run of the train on Katra-Baramulla road has been successfully done. He said that the Railway Safety Commissioner had approved the train service between Katra and Kashmir in January. He said that Vande Bharat Express is expected to reduce the time of travel between Jammu and Srinagar, which will provide a modern and efficient rail service for this region.
It was announced by Union Minister Jitendra Singh. Is.
Why will service start from Katra, not from Jammu? Jitendra Singh informed that the repair work is going on at Jammu railway station, so the train service is being temporarily started from Katra. After the completion of the repair work, this train will also run from Jammu since August.
PM Modi’s program Prime Minister will first reach Udhampur on April 19. He will then inspect and inaugurate the world’s highest railway bridge (Chenab Bridge). Then they will reach Katra and flag off the Vande Bharat train.
