The Northern Railway has announced three festival special trains for pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine during the upcoming festival season. These limited-run trains would provide connectivity of Anand Vihar Terminus (AVT), New Delhi, and Varanasi to Udhampur and further to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Katra.
The 01671/72 AVT-Udhampur-AVT Festival Special AC reserved train will operate from AVT every Monday and Thursday from October 3 to November 10 at 11 pm and reach Udhampur at 12 noon the next day. On return journey, the train will run from Udhampur on every Tuesday and Friday from October 4 to November 11 at 10.10 pm and arrive at AVT at 11.10 am the next day.
