JAMMU — The trial run on the Katra-Budgam railway track of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) was completed on Sunday as the 18-coach trial train started at 8 a.m. from Katra railway station towards Kashmir “The trial 18-coach train has reached Budgam now and this completes the final trial run on the USBRL”, officials of the […]
BANIHAL — A new chapter was written in the Indian Railways’ history with a successful rising grade speed trial in the challenging geography from Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra to Banihal along the USBRL project, a top official said on Wednesday. The remarks by the Northern Circle’s Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) Dinesh Chand Deshwal offers […]
JAMMU — The Commissioner of Railway Safety (Northern Circle) Dinesh Chand Deshwal on Tuesday started a two-day statutory inspection of the recently completed railway line along the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project, officials said. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the completion of the Reasi-Katra section last month, an important development which will connect Kashmir […]
JAMMU — The Railways has successfully conducted a trial run of a tower wagon on India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge, the Anji Khad Bridge, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, paving the way for the start of rail services to Kashmir in January next year. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared a video clip of […]