February 20, 2024, registered itself as a red-letter day in the history of Indian Railways, as country’s longest transportation tunnel namely ‘T-50’ on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) was dedicated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he flagged off the first electrified trains of the Kashmir valley.
Two electrified trains simultaneously, one from Srinagar to Sangaldan in the down direction and the other from Sangaldan to Srinagar in the up direction started service, a railway official said.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister mentioned the expansion work of connecting Kashmir to Kanyakumari by rail, and the new trains running from Srinagar to Sangaldan and Sangaldan to Baramulla.
