Konkan Railway engineer Deepak Kumar told ANI that the train service will start soon. He said, “Today the wagon tower has reached Resai station. We are very happy and proud that we have succeeded. The labourers and engineers were working hard for a long time and today they have finally succeeded.
Railway officials conducted a comprehensive inspection of the newly built world’s highest railway bridge over Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir. Northern Railway is set to start train services on the world’s highest rail bridge, which is built between Sangaldan and Reasi in Ramban district.
Konkan Railway engineer Deepak Kumar told ANI that the rail service will start soon. He said that “Today the wagon tower has reached Reasi station. We are very happy and proud that we have succeeded. The labourers and engineers were working hard for a long time and today they finally succeeded. Rail service will start soon on this bridge.’ …,” Currently, trains run on the railway line from Kanyakumari to Katra, while in the Kashmir Valley, rail service runs from Baramulla to Sangaldan.
🚨 First trial run conducted on the world’s highest railway bridge over Chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir, India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/tSCiXFZ5jh
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The project will be completed by the end of the year
The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project will be completed by the end of the year. The USBRL project, including the 48.1 km long Banihal-Sangaldan section, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20, 2024. The first phase of the project covering the 118 km long Qazigund-Baramulla section was inaugurated in October 2009.
The 18 km-long Banihal-Qazigund section was inaugurated in June 2013 and the 25 km-long Udhampur-Katra section in July 2014. The Chenab Rail Bridge, built 359 metres (about 109 feet) above the Chenab River in the Jammu and Kashmir region, is about 35 metres higher than the Eiffel Tower. The 1,315-metre-long bridge is part of a wider project aimed at making the Kashmir Valley accessible by the Indian railway network.
