Expansion
In view of the increasing rush of passengers during the summer holidays, the Railways have also started preparations. Special trains will be run under the Summer Action Plan. Northern Railway has decided to run summer special trains between Anand Vihar Terminal-Udhampur, New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Katra, Kalka-Shimla and Jammutavi-Udaipur City. Central Railway has decided to run summer special trains for Varanasi, Danapur and Gorakhpur.
Train number 04053/04054 Anand Vihar Terminal-Udhampur-Anand Vihar Terminal Reserved AC Express will make 40 trips. This train will run from 24 April to 30 June. Train number 04053 Anand Vihar Terminal – Udhampur will run on Monday and Thursday. Train number 04054 Udhampur – Anand Vihar Terminal will run every Tuesday and Friday. Similarly Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Reserved Special will make 22 trips. Train 04672 Shri Mata Vaishno Katra – New Delhi Reserved Special running from April 24 to July 2 will run every Sunday. Train number 04671 New Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Katra Reserved Special will run on every Monday.
Railways has decided to run 04505/04506 Kalka-Shimla-Kalka Unreserved Mail Express Special for tourism in hilly areas as well. This train will make total 138 trips. 04505 Kalka – Shimla Unreserved Mail Express will run daily from 23 April to 30 June. In the return direction, 04506 Shimla-Kalka will run daily from 24 April to 1 July. 04656/04655 Jammu Tawi-Udaipur City-Jammu Tawi Garib Rath Express Special will make a total of 20 trips. Train number 04656 Jammu Tawi – Udaipur City Garib Rath will run every Thursday from 27 April to 29 June. Similarly 04655 Udaipur City – Jammu Tawi Garib Rath will run on every Friday.