Kashmir Rail Service

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  Train Line To Kashmir For The 1st Time By December: Rail Minister

  Kashmir valley will finally be connected with the rest of country through train service by the end of this year or early next year.

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  Bihar, Eastern UP Flooded After Heavy Rain, 100 Dead In 4 Days: 10 Points

  Hundred people have died in the last four days in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where several parts received above-average rainfall this week. A red alert - likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall - has been sounded by the weather office in most districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and several parts of Bihar, including Patna. Heavy downpour in the last ...

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  Kashmiri Youth Seeks Pardon For Train Stunt

  The Kashmiri youth who performed a dangerous stunt by lying flat on a track as a train chugs over him, has apologised for his act which was deemed 'stupid' by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

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  Fresh Snowfall Disrupts Life In Kashmir Valley

  After nightlong intermittent snowfall, the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday remained cut off from the rest of the country as road, rail and air traffic got disrupted. Strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway has been closed due to heavy snowfall in Bannihal and Patnitop sectors of the over 300 km long road.

• Vaishnodevi Shrine Eyes Jump in Footfall as Katra Rail Link Opens

  The Mata Vaishnodevi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir can now look forward to a larger turnout of pilgrims after the train service to Katra, the base camp for the pilgrimage, was today inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• Srinagar-Jammu highway, rail services, remain shut for second day due to snowfall

  Both the Srinagar-Jammu highway and the Baramulla-Banihal rail service in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut for the second day on Thursday, authorities said.

• Snowfall shuts Srinagar-Jammu highway, rail service

  Heavy snowfall across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday forced closure of road links between the valley and the rest of the country.

• 20 injured in Kashmir's first train derailment

  The engine and one coach of the Qazigund-Srinagar-Baramulla train Wednesday derailed in Anantnag district, injuring 20 people, in the first rail accident since the train services were launched in the Kashmir Valley in 2008, police said.

• After 5 months, Kashmir rail services back on track

  Train services resumed in the Kashmir Valley Thursday after remaining suspended for nearly five months because of the widespread unrest.Operations were restored between Anantnag district in south Kashmir and the central district of Badgam Thursday."Complete resumption of operations will take place in two phases. In the next phase, we will resume se...

• Rail service in Kashmir Valley likely to resume in a week

  Suspended for nearly four months, rail service in Kashmir Valley is expected to resume within a week.The rail service connecting south and north Kashmir was suspended on July 31 after violent protesters damaged rail tracks and ransacked several stations, forcing the non-Kashmiri staff to flee.Authorities will begin repair work of the tracks and rai...

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  Terror hits Kashmir's first rail service, track blown up

  An Improvised explosive device (IED) blast damaged 2-3 feet of the track in Pulwama on the Qazigund Baramulla route.