Jammu Directly Linked with Kashmir via Passenger Train for the First Time

• First-ever direct rail passenger link between Jammu region and Kashmir Valley operationalised via the Jammu Tawi–Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, riding on the completed Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL).
• Marks the culmination of a project crossing the Pir Panjal range with the world's highest railway arch bridge (Chenab Bridge).
• UPSC relevance: infrastructure (GS-III), federalism / J&K integration (GS-II), Himalayan engineering & disaster resilience (GS-I/III).