New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off a Vande Bharat Express train service between Amritsar in Punjab and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in Jammu and Kashmir on August 10, the Jammu Rail Division said on Wednesday.
“The Vande Bharat train will provide a comfortable and faster travel experience to the passengers going to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra,” Uchit Singhal, senior divisional commercial manager, Jammu Division, said.
“Vande Bharat train No. 26406 will run from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Amritsar while train No. 26405 will run from Amritsar to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra six days a week except Tuesday,” he added.
According to a press note shared by Jammu Division, train No. 26406 will depart from Katra at 6:40 am and reach Amritsar at 12:20 pm, with stops at Jammu, Pathankot Cantt, Jalandhar City, Vyas etc.
The same train numbered 26405 will depart from Amritsar at 4:25 pm and reach Katra at 10 pm.
“The train will benefit passengers who plan to visit the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. It will take less time to cover the distance due to its advanced features,” Singhal said.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, being held on August 31 to September 1.
This will be Modi’s first visit to Beijing since 2019 and the Galwan clashes in 2020. He most recently met President Xi Jinping, in October 2024 at the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.
After the crucial meeting in Kazan of the two leaders, India and China had announced plans to disengage troops in Depsang and Demchok, the two fashpoints in Ladakh where the Indian and Chinese armies clashed since 2020.
Earlier in July on his first visit to China since the start of the military standoff between Chinese and Indian troops along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh in 2020, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met President Jinping in Beijing and apprised him of the “recent development” in bilateral ties, the two countries have begun taking steps to repair relations
PM Modi to flag off Vande Bharat train on August 10
