Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express ferries over 45,000 passengers in 11 days

Within 11 days of its commercial run, Jammu Srinagar Vande Bharat Express service has ferried over 45000 passengers between two capital cities of the Union Territory.

Since the commencement of its commercial operation on May 2, 2026, the premium service, comprising two pairs of trains, carried 44,727 passengers, up to May 11 (day 10), across both directions of travel, firmly establishing itself as the lifeline of Jammu and Kashmir.

The augmented 20-coach Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express was flagged off by the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on April 30, 2026. Service is part of the historic 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link project which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6, 2025.

In the maiden week of its run itself i.e., up to May 8, 2026, 28,762 passengers completed to-and-fro journey, availing this service.