Team Blitz India
THE Sangaldan-Reasi rail link in Jammu and Kashmir is expected to be flagged off by the end of June, according to officials.
The final inspection of the Sangaldan-Reasi section of USBRL, including the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab River, will be conducted later this month.
“Regular train service will start by the end of this month or in the first week of July from Baramulla to Reasi. Only a 17- km long section from Reasi to Katra remains to be made operational, which will be done within six months,” an official said. A trial run of the MEMU train (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) was conducted recently on the newly-constructed electrified line section (Reasi-Sangaldan), covering a route length of 46 km on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link (USBRL) project, at a speed of 40 kmph.
This was the first time that a full train crossed over the Chenab River bridge between Dugga and Bakkal stations. This bridge is the world’s highest railway bridge.
