Srinagar is now closer to the rest of India with the newly inaugurated Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla link, of which the stretch from Jammu and Kashmir’s capital to Katra is ready. Peerzada Ashiq takes the train and speaks to those travelling on it to understand what the Vande Bharat Express means to people in the Valley. With 36 tunnels, the world’s highest railway arch bridge, and India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge, it is an engineering landmark that showcases the natural heritage of India’s northernmost region