Vande Bharat trains crossed the Chenab and Anji bridges at 100 kilometres per hour during a successful test on October 2. Akashvani reported Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s announcement of the development on the route linking Jammu with the Kashmir Valley.
The Indian Express identified the services used as train numbers 26401/26404. It described Chenab as the world’s highest railway arch bridge and Anji as India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge, both major structures along this mountainous railway corridor.
According to Akashvani, the maximum permissible speed on the 111-kilometre Katra–Banihal section increased from 75 to 100 kilometres per hour. The change concerns operating speed on an existing railway section.
The Indian Express said the enhancement is expected to reduce travel time. Neither reviewed account supplied a new passenger timetable or a measured journey-time saving. The successful test therefore establishes a higher tested speed, while the practical effect on scheduled journeys remains to be specified.