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IN PICS: First look of newly inaugurated Vande Bharat train in Jammu and Kashmir
Updated On: 06 June, 2025 02:28 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off a Vande Bharat train service between Katra and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, the first train connection between the Kashmir valley and the Jammu region. Pics/PTI and AFP
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off a Vande Bharat train service between Katra and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, the first train connection between the Kashmir valley and the Jammu region. Pics/PTI and AFP
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The PM flagged off the Vande Bharat train and interacted with the children on board the train at the Katra railway station
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Vande Bharat train has state-of-the-art facilities to suit the extremes of weather in the union territory
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Earlier in the day, PM Modi inaugurated the Chenab Railway Bridge, after which he visited the photo exhibition highlighting technical hardships faced during the construction of the Bridge
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Meanwhile, the Northern Railway (NR) on Thursday announced regular Vande Bharat Express train services between Srinagar and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra will begin from June 7, 2025
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The new trains will run six days a week, helping improve travel between the Kashmir Valley and the popular pilgrimage town of Katra, the Northern Railway said
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It said that there will be two pairs of Vande Bharat trains operating on the route. These are Train Numbers 26404/26403 and 26401/26402, with a stop at Banihal in both directions
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