Jammu, Sept. 8 -- The Northern Railways on Monday started a special local train service between Katra and Sangaldan to facilitate stranded passengers in the wake of the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district.
This is the first-ever local train from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi railway station in Reasi district to Sangaldan railway station in Ramban, aimed at ferrying hundreds of people stranded in Jammu and Ramban belts due to the highway closure, besides facilitating students, and employees between these areas.
The train track distance between Katra and Sangaldan is 63 km and commuters will be charged only Rs 20.
The two local passenger trains will connect twin stations via Reasi, Bakkal, and Dugga stations, and b...