Northern Railway to operate unreserved special trains between Srinagar, Katra on Nov 5, 6

Special services will run in both directions to accommodate the festival rush

Srinagar: In view of the increased passenger rush during the ongoing festival season, Northern Railway has announced unreserved special train services between Srinagar and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra on November 5 and 6.

As per an official railway communication, train number 04690 will leave Srinagar at 11:45 am and reach Anantnag at 12:57 pm before continuing its journey towards Banihal.

The train will depart from Banihal at 1:32 pm and reach Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 3:30 pm.

For the return journey, train number 04689 will leave Katra at 4:00 pm and arrive at Banihal at 6:25 pm. It will depart from Banihal at 6:27 pm, reach Anantnag at 7:00 pm and arrive in Srinagar at 7:45 pm.

According to the communication, the special train will cover a total distance of 188.7 kilometres and consist of one DPC-2 coach and six TC coaches.