PM Modi to inaugurate train connecting Jammu to KashmirIn in February: Report

Train to run at the maximum speed of 85 km per hour on the Jammu-Kashmir route.

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
JANUARY 24 (STC): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the maiden train connecting Jammu to Kashmir in the first or second week of February, a section of media reported quoting Indian Railways sources.

The Prime Minister’s Office is yet to respond to the Railways with final date of inauguration.
As per the proposed plan, the Prime Minister will flag off the train from Katra, mentions media reports.
“The tentative plan for PM’s visit is that on the day of the inauguration, he will land at Jammu airport and fly in a chopper to Chenab bridge, the highest railway bridge in the world. After that he will fly to Katra railway station and will flag off the Vande Bharat train to Kashmir,” a source was quoted as saying by ETV Bharat.
Following the flagging-off ceremony, the Prime Minister is expected to address a public rally.
It’s worth mentioning that last week, Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS) of Norther Railways, Dinesh Chand Deshwal, gave a green signal to run the train at the maximum speed of 85 km per hour on the Jammu-Kashmir route.
Remarkably, durung the final trial run of the train, which the CRS monitored himself, the train chugged at the speed of 110 km per hour. (STC)