Connecting Kashmir and Kanyakumari by train a reality soon, special Vande Bharat trains to run on route

The dream of connecting Kashmir with Kanyakumari through train network is inching closer with each passing day with the Railways successfully installing all 96 cables on Anji Khad Bridge, country’s first cable-stayed railway bridge.

Last month Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced that the railway line connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country will be ready for passengers by the end of this year with special ‘Vande Bharat’ trains to carry them in the region.

Anji Khad Bridge which is part of the crucial Udampur-Srinagar-Baramulla (USBRL) railway project is being built in the challenging terrain of young fold mountains of Himalayas in extreme geographical conditions.