{"id":94169,"date":"2026-02-24T23:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=94169"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:20:17","slug":"jammu-srinagar-direct-train-to-begin-march-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/jammu-srinagar-direct-train-to-begin-march-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammu\u2013Srinagar direct train to begin March 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Feb 24 (KNO): In a major boost to rail connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, direct train services between Jammu and Srinagar will commence from March 1, officials said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move is expected to ease passenger travel and significantly strengthen transport links between the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An official told news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the Vande Bharat train will operate with halts at seven stations along the Srinagar\u2013Jammu route.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The train\u2019s rake composition has been revised, with the number of coaches increased to 20 from the earlier planned eight to accommodate higher passenger demand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of the Jammu Division of Northern Railway, Uchit Singhal, confirmed the launch of the service\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Feb 24 (KNO): In a major boost to rail connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, direct train services between Jammu and Srinagar will commence from March 1, officials said on Tuesday. &nbsp; The move is expected to ease passenger travel and significantly strengthen transport links between the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley. &nbsp; An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94170,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94169\/revisions\/94170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}