Train to Vaishno Devi base camp stuck in tunnel
The train reached Katra late by two hours and it was stuck in a tunnel.
It was stranded at a place 5 km away from Katra owing to engine failure. Later another engine was sent from Udhampur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the newly constructed railway line between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Udhampur Section to the nation by flagging off the first train from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Railway Station, in Jammu and Kashmir on July 4 last.
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Image: File photo of the train's inauguration on July 4, 2014.
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