If If you are planning to visit Kashmir, then there is good news for you. Jammu and Kashmir is going to get 2 Vande Bharat Express trains. Prime Minister Modi will flag off these trains on 6 June Friday. Two trains will run between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Srinagar. With the running of Vande Bharat train, the journey time between these two cities will come down from 7 hours to 3 hours. The train was to be inaugurated earlier in April, but was postponed due to bad weather and terrorist attacks in Pahalgam. Passengers will get very modern facilities in this train.
Train will run even at 20 degrees temperature
The Vande Bharat train running in Kashmir has been designed keeping in mind the cold weather. This train has facilities like heating system, automatic doors, anti -spall layers. Due to this, there will be no problem in running this train even in temperature. This train will also pass through the world’s tallest railway Arch Bridge and Anji Bridge on the Chenab River. Please tell that Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link has 36 turanges.
Route and timing of trains
The first train (26041) will leave from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra station at 8.10 am and reach Banihal at 10 am. After this, this train will reach Srinagar at 11.10 am. Similarly, the second train (26403) will open from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 2.55 pm. It will reach Srinagar at 6 pm in the evening. In return, train number 26402, which is Vande Bharat Jammu Tawi Express, will leave from Srinagar station at 2 pm. It will reach Banihal station at 3.10 am and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra station at 5.5 pm. Similarly, train number 26404, Srinagar Jammu Tawi Vande Bharat Express, will run from Srinagar station at 8 am. This train will reach Banihal station at 9.2 pm and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 11.5 pm.
How many seats are vacant and what is the fare?
You can book tickets for these trains by visiting the IRCTC website or app. The fare of the chair car of Vande Bharat Express (26041) from Katra to Srinagar is Rs 715. At the same time, the fare of the Economic Coach is Rs 1320. Similarly, the fare of the chair car in the second train (26403) is Rs 660 and the fare of the Economic Coach is Rs 1270. The 196 seats of the chair car were vacant in the train number (26041) till 9:30 pm on Thursday night for the ticket of 7 June. At the same time, 310 seats of the chair car were vacant in the train number (26403) and 35 seats of the Economic Class were vacant. Many seats also appeared vacant in the further dates.
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