Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav on a state visit to Jammu and Kashmir said that the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project will be completed by Jan, Feb 2024. The budget allocation for USBRL was about Rs 800 crore per year before 2014, which has been increased to Rs 6,000 crore in the year 2022-23, he added.

After connecting with the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla train service, a specially built Vande Bharat train will be introduced in this rail section, Vaishnaw further said.