Union Minister Jitendra Singh has announced a special train service between New Delhi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to handle the rising number of passengers.
The service comes as more devotees plan visits to the popular shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Northern Railway will operate Special Train No. 04081/04082 on December 12 and 13, 2025.
The minister shared the update on X (formerly Twitter).
Train Timings and Key Stops
Train No. 04081 will depart from New Delhi at 11:45 pm and reach Katra the next day at 12:00 pm.
It will stop at major stations such as Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana, Jalandhar Cantt, Pathankot Cantt, Jammu and Udhampur (Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan).
This special service has been planned as winter flight cancellations and a surge in travellers have created a heavy rush.
To ease travel, Indian Railways scheduled 89 special services and over 100 trips between December 6 and December 9 across different zones.
Extra Services Across Railway Zones
Central Railway added 14 special trains to manage the extra holiday-season crowd.
Some of the key routes include:
Pune – Bengaluru – Pune (01413/01414)
Pune – Hazrat Nizamuddin – Pune (01409/01410)
LTT – Madgaon – LTT (01019/01020)
CSMT – Hazrat Nizamuddin – CSMT (01077/01078)
LTT – Lucknow – LTT (01015/01016)
Nagpur – CSMT – Nagpur (01012/01011)
Gorakhpur – LTT – Gorakhpur (05587/05588)
Bilaspur – LTT – Bilaspur (08245/08246)
More Zones Add Special Trains
South Eastern Railway also introduced additional trains after flight cancellations increased passenger demand.
These include:
Santragachi–Yelahanka–Santragachi (08073/08074)
Howrah–CSMT–Howrah Special (02870/02869)
Cherlapalli–Shalimar–Cherlapalli (07148/07149)
South Central Railway added three special trains on the Cherlapalli–Shalimar, Secunderabad–Chennai Egmore and Hyderabad–Mumbai LTT routes.
Eastern Railway is running special trains between Howrah, Sealdah and major cities, including the Howrah–New Delhi Special (03009/03010) and Sealdah–LTT Special (03127/03128).
Western Railway will operate seven special services, including the Mumbai Central–Bhiwani Superfast Special (09001/09002).
This train will run twice a week from both ends between December 9 and December 31, totaling 14 trips.
