Gearing up for the impending summer rush, Northern Railway will run a special train to Katra from April for Vaishno Devi pilgrims. Another train will run from Haridwar to Malda.
The Anand Vihar-Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Katra Express train will depart from Anand Vihar at 10.20 p.m. on Monday and Friday from April 3 to June 30 to reach Katra the next day. In the return journey, the train will leave from Katra at 11.50 p.m. on Tuesday and Saturday to reach Anand Vihar the next day.
It comprises 12 sleeper class, six general class and two second class-cum luggage van coaches. The train will stop at Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharnapur, Yamunanagar Jagadhari, Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Jammu and Udhampur stations.
The Malda-Haridwar train will depart from Malda at 9.05 a.m. on Monday from April 24 to June 26 to reach Haridwar at 1.50 p.m. the next day. In the return direction, the train will depart from Haridwar at 4.05 p.m. every Tuesday to reach Malda the next day.It comprises one AC-2 coach, three AC-3, seven sleeper class, six general class and two disabled friendly second class-cum luggage van coaches. The train will stop at New Farraka, Barharwa, Sahibganj, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, Sultanganj, Jamalpur, Abhaipur, Kiul, Mokama, Bakhtiyarpur, Patna, Ara, Buxar, Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Lucknow, Moradabad and Laksar stations en route in both the directions. —PTI
