Passengers going to Vaishno Devi have fun: Railways has increased additional AC coaches in these 3 major trains, now you will get confirmed seat within minutes!

A very relieving news has come from Indian Railways for the devotees who visit the valleys of Jammu and Kashmir during summer holidays and attend the court of Mata Vaishno Devi. In view of the huge crowd of pilgrims and tourists in the summer season, Jammu Division of Northern Railway has taken a big decision to provide confirmed seats to the passengers. Railways has officially announced to temporarily add additional 3rd AC coaches in the three most prominent and popular trains running between Jammu and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Delhi. This step will provide immediate relief to passengers troubled by long waiting lists.

Extra coaches will be added to these 3 VIP trains, see complete list and date

According to information received from railway officials, the schedule of the three trains in which additional coaches are being installed for the convenience of passengers is as follows:

• Train No. 04082 (Katra to New Delhi): Shri Mata Vaishno Devi in ​​this special train running between Katra and New Delhi 30 June to 4 August An additional third AC coach will be added.

• Jammu Rajdhani Express (Train No. 12426): In this most VIP and popular train from Jammu to New Delhi June 27 to August 3 An extra third AC coach will be installed, which will benefit the daily commuters.

• Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan Express (Train No. 22402): In this express train running between Udhampur to Delhi Sarai Rohilla June 21 to June 23 Till now an additional third AC coach will operate temporarily.

72 extra seats will be available in every coach, hundreds of waiting tickets will be confirmed

The biggest benefit from this decision of Railways will be to those people who were on the waiting list due to not being able to book tickets months ago. According to the railway administration, approximately 72 seats will be available in each additional third AC coach being installed in the trains. This means that the waiting tickets of hundreds of passengers in every trip will be easily confirmed and they will get a chance to travel comfortably.

Seeing the crowd and summer rush, Railways took action

There are summer holidays in schools and colleges across the country in the months of June and July. In such a situation, a record increase is recorded in the number of devotees coming to visit Mata Vaishno Devi and tourists visiting the cold valleys of Kashmir. Due to huge demand, there was not even space to step in all the trains on these routes.

Sensing this problem of the passengers, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Jammu) Utpi Singhal said that this big step has been taken only to reduce the pressure of huge crowd of passengers and long waiting list at the ground level. With the addition of these additional coaches, the journey of the passengers will not only become easier but will also free them from the hassles of touts.