Finally wiat is over The Jammu-Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express will start from April, initially it wuill run from Katra, owing to the renovation works taking place at the Jammu station.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag this new Vande Bharat to Kashmir from Jammu’s Katra on April 19. Union minister Jitendra Singh informed on Sunday.
The rail link project was completed last month, officials said, adding that trial runs of the train on the Katra-Baramulla link have also been conducted successfully.
PM Modi will arrive in Udhampur on April 19 where he will show flag to this train.
This project, which includes 38 tunnels, spans a total distance of 119 km. Of these, the longest tunnel stretches up to a distance of 12.75 km (Tunnel T-49). This is also India’s largest longest transportation tunnel, the report mentioned.