In a historic first, the Vande Bharat Express crossed the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab River and India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge at Anji at 100 kmph.
“How well the deliveries are being made — milk, foodgrains and other things. Uchit Singhal, senior divisional commercial manager, Jammu Division, Northern Railway, said that the maximum permissible speed on the 111-km-long Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Banihal section has been increased from 75 kmph to 100 kmph. He added that the Vande Bharat Express, train number 26401/26404, created a new record by crossing both the world’s highest Chenab Bridge and India’s first cable-stayed Anji Bridge at 100 kmph, according to the report. Officials noted that the railway ministry approved the increase in the maximum permissible speed to 100 kmph after the Railways complied with all prescribed safety conditions in August. Earlier on Friday, Union minister of state for railways V Somanna said the maximum permissible speed on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Banihal section has been increased from 75 kmph to 100 kmph. “What is 100 kmph? It should become 130 kmph; it should become 160 kmph. As far as Kashmir is concerned, look at the statistics: more than 25,000 tonnes are being sent from here to different parts of the country,” he said.
Speaking to reporters at Katra, Somanna said that the speed of trains in Jammu and Kashmir would be increased further. This is a very big resolve of Modi ji,” he said.
