Railways Run Special Trains from Jammu, Udhampur After Airport Closures; Vande Bharat Deployed for IPL Team

Special trains were arranged by Indian Railways for the passengers who were stranded due to the closure of Jammu and Chandigarh airports

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the arrangements made for rail operations. 

After taking full stock of the situation, he directed the railway officials to coordinate with various government agencies and operate trains to help the people in the border areas. Along with regular trains, special trains should also be operated as per requirement. 

Thank you, @RailMinIndia, for arranging a special Vande Bharat train on such short notice to ferry the players, support staff, commentators, production crew members, and operations staff to New Delhi.

We deeply appreciate your swift response. 🙌🏽@AshwiniVaishnaw | @JayShah |… pic.twitter.com/tUwzc5nGWD

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 9, 2025

On the instructions of the Railway Minister, four special trains were operated from Jammu and Udhampur on 9 May 2025. Railways operated the first special train 04612 from Jammu station at 10:45 am which comprised of 12 coaches of unreserved category and 12 reserved class.

 The 20-coach Vande Bharat Express left Udhampur at 12:45 pm and came to New Delhi via Jammu and Pathankot. 

A special train with 22 LHB coaches was operated from Jammu station at 7:00 pm.

Another Vande Bharat special train was operated at the request of BCCI for players and officials who were participating in IPL. The train left Jammu at 3:30 pm and will reach New Delhi station in the evening.

Another unreserved special train from Jammu is planned for Guwahati via UP, Bihar tonight at 11.55 hrs.