Trains Roll Into Kashmir

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  10.21.08 | 12:07 PM ET

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Last week the Indian government unveiled the first 41 miles of a groundbreaking railway line in Kashmir -- a line that will eventually link the troubled region to India's main rail network for the first time ever. The line has been under construction for eight years, and under consideration by India's various rulers for more than a century. The Times of London's

Jeremy Page writes: “Thousands of engineers worked on the project ... braving the constant threat of attack by militants as well as appalling conditions during Kashmir’s long, harsh winters.”

Page also notes that the completed Kashmiri railway will be an engineering accomplishment second only to China’s recently completed line to Lhasa.

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Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Trains Roll Into Kashmir

Ling 10.22.08 | 5:27 AM ET

It a marvel all right, and should be a big step forward. I was there a long, long time ago, and you had to take this bus for half a day which goes round and round a mountain to reach Kashmir.

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