A Vande Bharat train. (image via @rabiulislam01/Twitter)The New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express will once again resume its services from 1 January, months after the services were stopped due to Covid pandemic.
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter and wrote, "The Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express which takes pilgrims to Vaishno Devi shrine will once again resume its services from 1 January. One of India's modern train is once again ready to welcome devotees and pilgrims."
The New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat express was flagged off by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 3 October last year. The train started its regular services for passengers from 5 October, last year.
The services of the Vande Bharat were stopped due to Covid pandemic in March this year.
As of now, the Indian Railways is operating 1,089 mail and express trains out of 1,768.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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