Good news for Vaishno Devi pilgrims! Now reach Katra in 8 hours from New Delhi
Home Minister Amit Shah flagged-off Indian Railways’ Vande Bharat Express today from New Delhi Railway Station.
Highlights:
1-- The first commercial run of the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express will be on October 5th.
2-- Online train ticket booking is now open.
3-- The train will bring down the travel time from the current duration of 12 hours to 8 hours.
4-- Railways has not applied the dynamic fare principle on the new Vande Bharat train from Delhi to Katra.
5-- The minimum fare for travelling between New Delhi (NDLS) to Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) will be Rs.1,630 and the maximum will be Rs.3,015.
6-- The train will run on all days of the week except Tuesdays.
Train number 22439 New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express will depart from the New Delhi railway station at 6 am to reach Katra at 2 pm. The train will halt at Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana and Jammu Tawi for two minutes each. For the return journey the same day, train number 22440 Katra-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express will leave from the Katra railway station at 3 pm to reach the New Delhi railway station at 11 pm.
