NEW DELHI – A gleaming orange train rolled into Srinagar railway station without passengers. Instead, it came bearing a heavier payload: the hopes of millions of people in India’s restive Kashmir region, who have long waited to be connected to the rest of the country by rail.
As the train pulled up on the platform on Jan 25, it was met by cheering bystanders as well as a posse of photojournalists who were there to document the historic occasion.
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