Passengers emphasised that the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat, which takes less than three hours for a 190km trip, would reorient travel between Kashmir and the rest of India

Officials say the train will help the troubled region, but many Kashmiris see it as a tool to entrench the Indian government’s control.

NEW DELHI] India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s tallest railway bridge connecting the restive Kashmir valley with the rest of the country on Friday (Jun 6), marking his first visit to the region after days of missile and drone attacks with Pakistan brought the two nuclear-powered nations close to a war.