Chennai, Oct. 3 -- India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Limited today announced the arrival of the first lot of vehicles in Kashmir valley by rail, becoming the first automobile manufacturer in the country to use Indian Railways to dispatch vehicles to the region.
The maiden train carrying over 100 Maruti Suzuki vehicles like Brezza, Dzire, WagonR and S-Presso among others departed from the company's recently inaugurated Manesar in-plant railway siding.
The train travelled over 850 km to reach the newly opened Anantnag railway terminal in Jammu & Kashmir.
En route to Anantnag, the train crossed the world's highest railway arch bridge over Chenab river. The bridge was inaugurated earlier this year as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar...