Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Project: The Indian Railways will function Vande Bharat Metro train between Jammu and Srinagar as soon as the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) turns into totally operational, stated Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday.
The Union Minister visited the mission web site in Kashmir valley to examine the world’s highest arch bridge over the river Chenab on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line.
Speaking to reporters, Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the Vande Bharat Metro train might be operated between Jammu and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir as soon as the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) turns into totally operational.
The Railways minister inspected the primary run of a track-mounted trolley on the world’s highest arch bridge.
Vaishnaw additionally introduced that the USBRL mission might be accomplished by December this yr or January 2024.
The deck top of the Chenab bridge is 359 metres, whereas its size is 1,315 metres. The arch bridge has 17 spans and the linear size of the principle arch span is 460 metres and it’s curvilinear, they stated. The codal lifetime of the bridge is 120 years and the bridge can face up to the wind velocity of 266 kmph, however the train can cross the bridge on the velocity of 100 kmph.
Vande Bharat Metro trains
Akin to Vande Bharat trains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had requested the Ministry of Railways to provide you with “Vande Metro”, a train idea to run between two close by huge stations, Ashwini Vaishnaw had stated final month.
“Honourable Prime Minister has given the goal this yr. After the success of Vande Bharat train, (he requested to) develop a brand new world-class regional train which might be Vande Metro,” he stated.
The Minister stated they’re planning to come out of a prototype inside the subsequent 12 to 16 months and then roll it out and run it for at the very least one yr.
Explaining the idea of “Vande Metro”, Vaishnaw earlier stated the trains might be run with high-frequency between two cities that are shut to lower than 100 km every. According to him, these sorts of trains are referred to as “Regional trans” in Europe.
Railways has plans to run 500 Vande Bharat trains within the subsequent three years.
The idea of Vande Metro train masking a radius of 50-60 kilometers has been included within the nation. It is proposed to manufacture 4,500 newly designed vehicle service coaches with aspect entry, 5,000 LHB coaches and 58,000 wagons.
(With inputs from PTI)
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