Jammu, Feb. 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat train from Katra to Kashmir 'very soon', a top official of the Northern Railways said on Tuesday.

The Northern Railways have already conducted successful trial of passenger and freight trains on the 17-km Katra-Banihal track.

Refuting unconfirmed reports that PM will inaugurate Vande Bharat train to Kashmir on February 17, Northern Railways chief public relations officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyaya said, "There is no official confirmation yet... but it will be inaugurated very soon."

Officials said the Katra-Reasi section was the toughest in the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.

Meanwhile, director general of police (DGP) Nalin Pra...