Inauguration of Vande Bharat train service to Kashmir Valley postponed. Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) is the most challenging railway project ever built by the Indian railways. The 150 km distance between Udhampsur and Baramulla would be covered within two and a half hours. The initial swapping of trains at Katra will be dispensed with by August 15 when the Jammu railway station will be upgraded. The train has state-of-the-art facilities including fully air-conditioned coaches equipped with electric outlets, reading lights, CCTV cameras, automatic doors, bio-vacuum toilets, Sensor-based water taps and a Passenger information system. The world’s tallest railway bridge, taller than the Eiffel Tower of Paris, the Chenab Railway Bridge is 359 metres above the river bed. There are over a dozen tunnels on the railway route between U dhampur and Srinagar. The drivers’ windshield of the train’s driver has an advanced defrost system that allows clear vision in moist and high-humidity weather conditions. The coaches have wider windows with roller blinds and overhead racks for luggage.
