Vaishno Devi Yatra continues throughout the year, and everyone dreams of visiting this place. If someone is going on this journey for the first time, he must have gone many times. Many trains run daily from Delhi to Vaishno Devi temple.
Vaishno Devi Temple is in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. You can reach Katra (the Base Camp town of Vaishno Devi temple) by train to visit Vaishno Devi by making a booking on any train at your convenience.
The train journey from Delhi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is 655 km and takes approximately 3 hours. After leaving Delhi, the train enters the Jammu division passing through Haryana, Punjab, and some parts of Himachal.
The first station of Jammu is Kathua, from here you reach Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in about 2.30 hours.
Traveling by train from Jammu to Katra is full of adventure as the train track ahead of Jammu has been cut through many mountains and you will find many tunnels on this route. The journey from Jammu to Katra is above 1.30 hours and the last station of all trains going to Katra is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra. The station code of this railway station is (SVDK).
You can check the availability of seats in trains by entering your journey date on the website of IRCTC.com or the IRCTC App. You can choose the seat categories in the train as per your convenience (the categories of seats in the train are sleeper class, 3rd first class, 2nd first class, and 1st class) and enjoy the journey. In sleeper class, your seat is reserved for sleeping and seating and does not have air conditioning. In sleeper class, you do not get a pillow, sheet, or blanket to sleep on.
Train bogies of 3rd, 2nd and 1st class of the train have the facility of air conditioning. In the bogies of these trains, you get a pillow, sheet, or blanket to sleep at night, which is free of charge. You can order food at your convenience on IRCTC simultaneously with booking your ticket. A catering facility is available on every train from Delhi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra so that you can quickly get food and drink inside.
Some special trains and high-speed trains have been run by Indian Railways on this Delhi to Katra route. Vande Bharat Train and Shri Shakti Express Train are the Fastest Trains.
The first train from New Delhi to S M V D Katra leaves at 04:35 hrs from New Delhi. The fastest train from New Delhi to S M V D Katra is the NEW DELHI – SMVD KATRA Vande Bharat Express which covers a distance of 576 kilometers in approximately 8 Hours and 0 Minutes.
You can get the train for Mata Vaishno Devi Katra from 5 stations in Delhi. The names of these stations are New Delhi Railway Station, Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, Old Delhi Railway Station, Anand Vihar Railway Station, and Delhi Cantt. railway station. Most of the trains depart from Delhi to New Delhi railway station.

List of Trains from Vaishno Devi from Delhi
Train no. | Train Name | Running Day |
12919 | Malwa SF Express | Daily |
12477 | Katra SF Express | Weekly |
12475 | Katra SF Express | Weekly |
12473 | Sarvodaya Express | Weekly |
12471 | Swaraj Express | Except for Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday |
22439 | Vande Bharat Express | Except for Tuesday |
22461 | Shri Shakti AC Express | Daily |
12445 | Uttar Sampark Kranti Express | Daily |
16787 | Vaishno Devi Katra Express | Weekly |
16317 | Himsagar Express | Weekly |
16031 | Andaman Express | Monday, Thursday, and Friday |
11449 | Katra Weekly Express | Weekly |
19803 | Katra Weekly Express | Weekly |
14033 | Jammu Mail | Daily |
20847 | Udhampur SF Express | Weekly |
12751 | Humsafar Express | Weekly |
12425 | Rajdhani Express | Daily |
11077 | Jhelum Express | Daily |
20985 | Udhampur Express | Weekly |
14661 | Jammu Tawi Express | Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday |
14645 | Shalimar Express | Except for Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday |
18309 | Jammu Tawi Express | Except for Monday, Thursday, and Saturday |
18101 | Jammu Tawi Express | Monday, Thursday, and Saturday |
12413 | Pooja SF Express | Daily |
22401 | Udhampur AC SF Express | Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday |
12265 | Jammu Tawi Duronto Express | Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday |
12549 | Jammu Tawi Weekly Express | Weekly |
22705 | Humsafar Express | Weekly |
22941 | Udhampur Weekly SF | Weekly |