JK News Today
Jammu, 13 October 2026: Keeping in view the heavy rush of passengers and their convenience during the upcoming festival season 2026, Northern Railway has taken a major decision to run special reserved festival special trains and extend the periodicity of existing trains on the New Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra – New Delhi route.
For the convenience of passengers, the first festival special train No. 04085/04086 will be operated for 2 trips. Train No. 04085 from New Delhi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra will depart on 15.10.2026 and 17.10.2026 at 14:00 hrs and will reach Katra at 03:00 hrs early next day. On its return journey, Train No. 04086 from Katra to New Delhi will depart on 16.10.2026 and 18.10.2026 at 10:00 hrs and will reach New Delhi at 23:30 hrs on the same day.
In the same series, the second festival special train No. 04485/04486 will also be operated for 2 trips. Train No. 04485 from New Delhi to Katra will depart on 18.10.2026 and 20.10.2026 at 14:15 hrs and will reach Katra at 03:00 hrs next morning. On its return, Train No. 04486 from Katra to New Delhi will run on 19.10.2026 and 21.10.2026, departing at 10:00 hrs and reaching New Delhi at 23:30 hrs.
In addition to this, in view of the huge demand from passengers, the trips of Train No. 04081/04082 have been extended. Now Train No. 04081 from New Delhi will run from 26.10.2026 to 06.11.2026 for 12 trips, while on its return journey Train No. 04082 from Katra will be available from 27.10.2026 to 07.11.2026 for 12 trips.
All these trains will halt at Sonipat, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala Cantt, Dhandari Kalan, Jalandhar Cantt, Pathankot Cantt, Kathua, Jammu Tawi and Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur) stations in both directions en-route.
Passengers are requested to check the official website of Railways http://www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in and IRCTC website http://www.irctc.co.in for detailed information about the trains.
