Train service suspended due to snow in Kashmir

Last Updated: February 7, 2019 at 7:49 pm

Train service suspended due to snow in Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 7: (UNI) Train service was on Thursday suspended in Kashmir valley due to fresh snowfall since last night, a railway official said.

“All train runs in Kashmir valley were suspended today as all tracks are under snow,” a senior railway official told UNI.
He said therefore no train will chug on Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north Kashmir. Similarly, all trains on Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu region have been suspended due to moderate to heavy snowfall.
However, he said, once the snow stops, snow clearance operation on tracks would be started to restore train service.
Train service has become very popular in the valley because it is being considered economical, fast and safe against other mode of transport.

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