Dr Jitendra Flags Off ‘Vande Bharat’ With Stops At Udhampur, Kathua

UDHAMPUR, February 13 : In a ceremony full of pleasure and jubilation, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh at the moment flagged off the maiden common run of Vande Bharat Specific prepare with stops at Udhampur and Kathua respectively, each of which stations occur to be part of his Lok Sabha constituency.
Terming it as a historic determination of the federal government, Dr Jitendra Singh stated it was potential solely as a result of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s particular consideration and precedence that he has accorded to the J&Okay area for its fast-paced growth.
Dr Jitendra Singh at the moment flagged off the maiden stoppage of the Practice from the Udhampur Station early this morning and travelled on it to achieve Kathua Railway Station, the place the prepare made its first stoppage.
Talking on the event, Dr Jitendra Singh stated with this facility, Prime Minister Modi has fulfilled the demand of the native folks and commuters for offering stoppage of Vande Bharat Practice at Kathua station. He stated this achievement was not a small feat as your complete strategy of ticketing and haltage was accomplished inside simply one-and-half-month interval with out tinkering with the mandated eight-hour journey time of the Vande Bharat Practice.
Dr Jitendra Singh additionally expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Modi on behalf of the native folks, for acceding to their demand to vary the title of the Udhampur Railway Station to Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Railway Station, saying that it’s for the primary time within the nation {that a} railway station has been named after a martyred soldier. Dr Singh additionally knowledgeable that in an earlier notification, the phrase Udhampur had acquired inadvertently dropped however has been rectified naming the station as Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Railway Station Udhampur.
Dr Jitendra Singh added that the railway path to J&Okay is exclusive as it’s among the many few which have two Vande Bharat Trains chugging off, whereas many locations within the nation are but to avail this state-of-the-art transport facility which was unveiled in 2015. He stated the pair of Vande Bharat Trains had been sanctioned for J&Okay after the trains of the identical make had been devoted to Varanasi, the Parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Modi.
The Union Minister said that Udhampur, which a serious centre of the army in North India, will flip into an enormous junction in future, significantly when the Kashmir Valley will get related to the remainder of the nation by way of the prepare within the subsequent 3-4 months. Each Udhampur and Kathua Railway Stations will maintain nice significance within the coming decade, Dr Singh added.
Sharing the revised time schedule of the 2 Vande Bharat Trains, with Udhampur and Kathua as stoppages, Dr Jitendra Singh stated it has been accomplished maintaining in thoughts commuters’ consolation. He stated vacationers from Kathua and Udhampur can now have lunch in Delhi whereas vacationers from Delhi can have dinner on the subsequent vacation spot.
The current departure timing of Practice quantity 22478 from Katra is 6 am which has been modified to five.50 am. The prepare will attain Udhampur railway station (Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Station) at 6.14 am and begin additional journey at 6.16 am.
As per revised timings, the prepare will attain Jammu railway station at 7.10 am and begin after a two minute halt. It’s going to attain Kathua at 8.03 am and begin at 8.05 for additional journey in direction of New Delhi.
Likewise, Practice quantity 22477 from New Delhi will attain Kathua at 8.45 pm and depart at 8.47 pm. It’s going to attain Jammu station at 9.45 pm and halt for 2 minutes. The prepare will attain Udhampur at 10.42 pm and begin at 10.44 pm to achieve Katra at 11.15 pm.