USBRL Project Electric train trial-run between Banihal-Khari stations conducted

Ramban, Dec 5: In a significant development, the first electric train trial run from Banihal to Khari station, on the 111-km-long Banihal- Katra section of the Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project in Ramban district, was successfully conducted on Tuesday.

A large number of people witnessed the first electric train trial run on a 16-km-long track and tunnels between Banihal and Khari stations in Ramban district.

Engineers of Ircon International Limited, engaged by Northern Railway for the USBRL Project, informed that the 25 KV Railway Electrification (ROCS) work between Banihal and Khari stations was completed and the first trial run of an electric engine with six coaches was also successfully conducted by Northern Railway Firozpur division.

“The electric train trial run was conducted on the Banihal-Khari sections of the Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project in the Ramban district,” they said.

“Electric train trial runs are being conducted from Railway Station Banihal to Railway Station Khari in the presence of senior officers and engineers of Northern Railway and construction company IRCON officials. The first electric engine train trial with six coaches was conducted around 4 pm on Tuesday,” they informed.

They said the Banihal-Khari section of the Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project in the Ramban district was ready for operation.

The work between Khari to Sumber and Sumber to Sangaldan stations in Ramban district is also in the last phase of progress.

Railway sources said the work on track, platforms, Railway Station and other allied works was completed in Khari, Sumber and Sangaldan stations in Ramban district.

They said electrical work on Khari–Sumber–Sangaldan and exhaust work inside tunnels were going on.

Officials said the work on residential quarters for Railway staff and other infrastructure for Railway Stations at Khari, Sumber and Sangaldan was almost completed. “The work on platforms and the laying of railway tracks connecting Sumber and Sangaldan stations in the Rambam district is in progress,” they said.

“We are working round the clock to finish pending works on three important stations Khari, Sumber and Sangaldan on the Katra-Banihal track in Ramban district. We are expecting that Rail will chug soon on the Katra-Banihal section,” they added.