JAMMU — After starting the twin Vande Bharat trains on Srinagar-Katra route, marking the completion of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link in June, the northern railways is now eyeing to provide direct connectivity between Kashmir and the rest of country, an official said. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Jammu division Uchit Singhal said the work is underway […]
NEW DELHI — The communication system inside the escape tunnels between two sections of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link Project (USBRL) is incomplete and yet to be fine-tuned, the Northern Railway complained in a written communication to the Konkan Railway Communication Limited, its service provider. The final Katra-Sangaldan section of the 272-km USBRL project was to be […]
JAMMU — Northern Railway on Friday announced train timings for the Katra-Srinagar route, which is expected to be inaugurated after January 20. According to the timing schedule, the Vande Bharat Express train will depart from Katra at 8.10 a.m. and arrive in Srinagar at 11.20 a.m. Mail Express will run twice every day from Katra […]
SRINAGAR — In a major relief to train commuters, Northern Railways has reduced ticket fares to pre-COVID times in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Wednesday. A top railway official said that railways reinstated Second Class Ordinary Fares on passenger trains in Kashmir. “The fare charges have been dropped by nearly 40-50%, reverting to pre-COVID […]