SMVD Katra–Amritsar Vande Bharat Express

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SMVD Katra - Amritsar Junction
*Vande Bharat Express*
SMVD Katra - Amritsar Junction; Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab
First service	10 August 2025;36 days ago (Inaugural); 11 August 2025;35 days ago (Commercial) (TBC)
Current operator(s)	Northern Railways (NR)
Route
Termini	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK); Amritsar Junction (ASR)
Stops	04
Distance travelled	368 km (229 mi)
Average journey time	05 hrs 35 mins
Service frequency	Six days a week
Train number(s)	26406 / 26405
Line(s) used	Amritsar–Jammu line
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Airline style; Rotatable seats;
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On board Catering
Observation facilities	Large windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities	On-board WiFi ; Infotainment System; Electric outlets ; Reading light; Seat Pockets; Bottle Holder; Tray Table;
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Other facilities	Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock	Mini Vande Bharat 2.0
Track gauge	Indian gauge ; 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph) (Avg.)
Average length	192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	SMVD Katra (SVDK)
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	Jammu and Kashmir
	Punjab

Last updated September 16, 2025

The 26406/26405 SMVD Katra - AmritsarVande Bharat Express is India's 72nd Vande Bharat Express train, which connects the divine Vaishno Devi Temple in the Temple City of Katra in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with the economic metropolitan and capital city,Amritsar in the northwestern side of Punjab, India.^[1]

Overview

This train is currently operated by Indian Railways, connecting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Jammu Tawi, Pathankot Cantt., Jalandhar City Jn, Beas Jn and Amritsar Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 26406/26405 on 6 days a week basis.^[6]^[7]

Rakes

It is the sixty-seventh 2nd Generation MiniVande Bharat Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.^[8]

Service

The 26406/26405 SMVD Katra - Amritsar Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 368 km (229 mi) in a travel time of 05 hrs 35 mins with average speed of 65 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) is 110 km/h (68 mph).

↑ Except Tuesdays

References

↑ Desk, NDTV Profit (6 August 2025). "Modi To Flag Off Three New Routes For Vande Bharat Trains In August". NDTV Profit. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
↑ Desk, India TV News; News, India TV (10 August 2025). "PM Modi flags off 3 Vande Bharat trains in Bengaluru, interacts with children at KSR Railway Station | WATCH". India TV News. Retrieved 10 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
↑ "PM Modi Inaugurates Bengaluru's Yellow Line Metro, Vande Bharat | CHECK Significance". Zee News. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
↑ "Three New Vande Bharat Trains To Be Flagged Off On August 10; Check Route, Time & More". News18. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ Desk, India TV News; News, India TV (6 August 2025). "Three new Vande Bharat Express trains to be launched on August 10: Check schedule, new routes". India TV News. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
↑ "PM to flag off Vande Bharat train on Patliputra-Gorakhpur route". The Times of India. 17 June 2025. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 19 June 2025.
↑ Shastri, Vaishali. "PM Modi to launch Katra-Amritsar Vande Bharat train on..., will flag off 3 new trains on this route, check details". DNA India. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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[1] Except Tuesdays

[2] Desk, NDTV Profit (6 August 2025). "Modi To Flag Off Three New Routes For Vande Bharat Trains In August". NDTV Profit. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[3] Desk, India TV News; News, India TV (10 August 2025). "PM Modi flags off 3 Vande Bharat trains in Bengaluru, interacts with children at KSR Railway Station | WATCH". India TV News. Retrieved 10 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

[4] "PM Modi Inaugurates Bengaluru's Yellow Line Metro, Vande Bharat | CHECK Significance". Zee News. Retrieved 10 August 2025.

[5] "Three New Vande Bharat Trains To Be Flagged Off On August 10; Check Route, Time & More". News18. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[6] Desk, India TV News; News, India TV (6 August 2025). "Three new Vande Bharat Express trains to be launched on August 10: Check schedule, new routes". India TV News. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

[7] "PM to flag off Vande Bharat train on Patliputra-Gorakhpur route". The Times of India. 17 June 2025. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[8] Shastri, Vaishali. "PM Modi to launch Katra-Amritsar Vande Bharat train on..., will flag off 3 new trains on this route, check details". DNA India. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[9] "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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v t e Vande Bharat Express
Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon ☆ Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur ★ Kalaburagi ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru ☆ Nagpur Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.☆ Ajni (Nagpur) ⇔ Pune Jn.☆
East Central Railway	Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.★ Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) ☆
East Coast Railway	Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.★ Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Gaya Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Jamalpur Jn.☆
North Central Railway	Agra Cantonment ⇔ Banaras
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn. Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal ☆ Gorakhpur Jn. ⇔ Patliputra Jn.☆
Northeast Frontier Railway	New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Guwahati ☆ New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
Northern Railway	Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn. Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.★ New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal ☆ New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra ★ New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.★ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi ★ SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi ★ Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn. Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ Deoghar Jn.☆ SMVD Katra ⇔ Srinagar ☆ Srinagar ⇔ SMVD Katra ☆ SMVD Katra ⇔ Amritsar Jn.☆
North Western Railway	Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn.★ Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) ☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Agra Cantonment ☆
South Central Railway	Hazur Sahib Nanded ⇔ Mumbai CSMT ★ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn. Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.★
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn. Durg Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
South Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri ★ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Howrah Jn. ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Brahmapur ☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
South Western Railway	KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad ☆ Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central ☆ SSS Hubballi Jn. ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ SCSMT Kolhapur ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ Belagavi (Belgaum) ⇔ KSR Bengaluru ☆
Southern Railway	Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn. Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment ☆ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central ★ Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central ★ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn. MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.☆ Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn.★ Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment
West Central Railway	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa ☆
Western Railway	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital ★ Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Ahmedabad Jn.⇔ Okha ☆ Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) ⇔ Veraval Jn.☆
☆ indicates 8 coach trainset \| Standard: 16 coach trainset \| ★ indicates 20 coach trainset

SMVD Katra–Amritsar Vande Bharat Express

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Overview

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