Indian Railways draws up a big 100-day plan! Vande Bharat sleeper trains, a faster train ticket refund process, finally connecting Jammu and Kashmir with rest of India by railways (including world’s highest railway bridge over Chenab), expediting India’s first bullet train project, a super app and more - that’s on the top agenda list for the national transporter once the new government comes to power in June. There’s also India’s first vertical lift railway bridge! So, what can Indian Railways passengers look forward to? We take a look:
Indian Railways will soon connect Jammu & Kashmir to the rest of India! The national transporter is executing the extremely challenging Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail link Project, also called the USBRL in Jammu & Kashmir. The last 111 kilometres long stretch of the USBRL project includes the crucial Chenab river bridge - the world’s highest railway bridge, and the Anji Khad bridge which is Indian Railways’ first cable-stayed bridge. We take a look at some stunning images and facts about Indian Railways’ USBRL project that make it special:
The USBRL project is aimed at providing seamless and hassle-free connectivity to Kashmir Valley. The 272 km-long USBRL project was declared a National Project in 2002 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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