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[IRI] Jammu - Udhampur - Katra Rail Route By Uttar Sampark Kranti at good speed

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Channel: Mohd Arif · 2016 · Travel & Events

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12445 Uttar Sampark Kranti Express(  اتر سامپآرک کرنٹا ایکسپریس    /   उत्तर संपर्क क्रांति एक्सप्रेस ) with its regular loco link TKD WDP4B ( #40070 ) skipping Manwal and going towards Ram Nagar JK for its next halt ,, in this 14mins video you can see most famous curved rail bridge  of this route , many  big/small bridges , viaducts , tunnels  etc 

few Info about Kashmir Railway Projects:-
  The Kashmir Railway in India is a broad gauge rail line  which is being built to connect the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country. Officially termed the Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Railway Link, the railway line starts from Jammu and will travel for 345 km (214 mi) to Baramulla on the northwestern edge of the Kashmir Valley. The route crosses major earthquake zones, and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat and inhospitable terrain, making it an extremely challenging engineering project.

Forming a part of Firozpur division of the Northern Railway zone, the line has been under construction since 1983 by various railway companies. It will link the state's winter capital, Jammu, with the summer capital, Srinagar, and beyond. The project has had a long and chequered history but serious progress was made only after it was declared a National Project in 2002. The scheduled date of completion was 15 August 2007. However, unforeseen complications have pushed back the deadline to 2017 at the earliest. The rail-link from Banihal to Katra, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of India, would be completed by 2020, as per the latest (optimistic) update from the railways. On ground construction indicates a 2023-2024 readiness at the earliest


 The Kashmir Railway project is divided into four sections 


  Leg 0- extending 53 km (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur, completed in April 2005. 
 
Leg 1- extending 25 km (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra. This section inaugurated on 4 July 2014 by PM Shri.Narendra Modi. There are two Express trains planned initially - Delhi-Katra and Kalka-Katra.
    
Leg 2- extending 148 km (92 mi) from Katra to Banihal. Under construction, may open in 2020.
    
Leg 3- extending 112 km (70 mi) from Banihal to Baramulla, completed in October 2009. The length of the railway track in the Kashmir Valley from Baramulla to the start of Banihal tunnel is, however, 119 km.


 Progress on the four sections :-


Leg 0- is complete and operational since 2005.


Leg 1- is complete and operational since July 2014. A railway     bridge in Banihal
    This leg had repeatedly missed promised opening dates in the past including December 2005, December 2006  and May 2009.  Work on the section, which had been suspended for two years due to collapse of a portion of a tunnel, resumed in September 2009,  The section was planned to be commissioned by PM on 2 February. However, passenger train service could not start as planned due to apprehensions expressed by CRS about one bridge and tunnel. The route includes 7 tunnels and 30 small and big bridges.  The permit for Vaishno Devi Darshan will be integrated with the train ticket.  This section inaugurated on 4 July 2014 by PM Narendra Modi.

Leg 2- under construction, likely to be completed in 2019-20.

Construction of Leg 2 has been plagued by technical difficulties over the choice of alignment and disputes with contractors and is not expected to be completed until 2017-18. This is the most difficult section of the rail line, with 62 bridges and multiple tunnels with a cumulative total length of 10 km out of total 129 km. It also requires laying of 262 km of access roads connecting 147,000 people in 73 villages, out of which 160 km connecting 29 villages has been completed.   In July 2008, the work in some section of the Katra-Banihal section was suspended for considering a realignment  The alternative alignment proposed by the railway reduced the length of track from 126 km to 67 km. The expert committee appointed by the railway board has recommended to abandon 93 km of the previously approved alignment. On 12 November 2014, Delhi highcourt has directed the Central Government to constitute a committee to review the 126 km long section of the rail link. 
    A 18 km stretch of Leg 2 between Quazigund and Banihal was commissioned on 26 June 2013. 
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Leg 3-  is complete and operational since October 2009.

    The railway network in Kashmir from Baramulla to Banihal is now 130 km long. Since 25 km long Udhampur-Katra section was commissioned in October 2013, only the 148 km long Katra-Banihal section of "Leg 2" remains to be constructed. Until the Katra- Laole section of Kashmir railway gets constructed in another five years in 2017-2018, people can travel from Jammu Tawi or Udhampur to Banihal by road and take the train from Banihal to Srinagar through the Banihal railway tunnel.

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