Heading home to Punjab, Rajasthan or Gujarat after Diwali? The Jammu Division of Northern Railway has temporarily attached extra third AC and sleeper coaches to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra–Sabarmati Express (19224), from 10 to 14 November 2026, citing heavy passenger demand and long waiting lists in the festival season.
What to know before you book
- Window: 10 to 14 November only. The report gives the date range, not specific days of the week.
- Where to book: railway reservation centres, the IRCTC website or the IRCTC mobile app.
- Not announced: how many coaches were added and how many extra berths that creates. Check live availability for your date instead of assuming a waitlist has cleared.
Raghvender Singh, Public Relations Inspector of the Jammu Railway Division, said the extra coaches would provide better facilities to passengers travelling to Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The train's through run to Katra is covered in our earlier piece, The Sabarmati Express Will Run All the Way to Katra. For other Diwali-week rail changes see the Jammu station handheld-ticketing explainer on this site.
Source: Greater Kashmir. Photo: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station, file photo by Lillottama, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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