Srinagar, June 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat train service in the first week of June, with the ceremony likely to take place on June 6 at Shri Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK), sources said.

The event will mark the official opening of the final stretch of the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), a major milestone in connecting the Kashmir Valley to the rest of India by rail.

Ahead of the launch, PM Modi is expected to visit the Chenab Bridge-India's highest railway bridge-before heading to Katra to flag off the Vande Bharat Express (Rake-21/2080) between SVDK and Srinagar.

Authorities have been directed to complete all arrangements and update personnel data by June 2, i...