Apr 23, 2025 05:37 PM IST
Northern Railway has launched a particular practice from Katra to New Delhi for stranded vacationers after the Pahalgam terror assault, accommodating further rush.
A day after the Pahalgam terror assault led to an exodus of vacationers from Kashmir, Northern Railway on Wednesday introduced a particular unreserved practice from Katra to New Delhi for the stranded passengers and to accommodate the additional rush.
Vacationers leaving Pahalgam on Wednesday, a day after the fear assault on the Baisaran meadow left 26 individuals useless. (Waseem Andrabi/HT)
“A special train from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Katra, to New Delhi station has been launched to assist the stranded passengers and accommodate the extra rush. The tickets shall be available over the counter from Katra, Udhampur and Jammu stations,” the chief public relations officer of Northern Railway, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, stated.
“Train number 04612 will depart from SMVD station in Katra at 9.20pm on Wednesday. It will halt at Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan station in Udhampur from 9.48pm to 9.50pm and then at Jammu Tawi station from 11pm to 11.05pm,” he stated.
The practice will attain New Delhi at 9.30am on Thursday.
“Tourists stranded in Kashmir and Jammu can take this special train and, if needed, more such trains can be run to clear the rush,” stated Upadhyaya.
The particular practice has seven common compartments, eight sleeper coaches, two third AC coaches, one third AC economic system coach, two luggage-cum-brake vans.
One-way visitors has been restored on the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway at Ramban.
Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI) venture director Parshotam Kumar Sharma stated the affected stretch has been restored for single-lane visitors and stranded automobiles are being cleared.
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