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.
