By road42 km
Driving time50 min
Straight line31.2 km
Main highwaysNH144, NH44
The road distance from Jammu to Vaishno Devi is 42 km, which takes about 50 min by car in normal traffic. In a straight line the two places are 31.2 km apart.
Route on the map
By road
Expect 42 km on the odometer and close to 50 min on the road. Leave early on Navratri, the New Year week and summer holidays: parking fills up fast and police divert traffic away from the temple lanes.
By train
The temple has no station of its own. The nearest railhead is Katra (SVDK), 1.7 km from the temple, with shared jeeps, buses and taxis for the last leg. Check current trains from Jammu on IRCTC.
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Other routes
- Udhampur to Vaishno Devi40.6 km · 55 min
- Shiv Khori to Vaishno Devi72.9 km · 1 h 20 min
- Pathankot to Vaishno Devi145 km · 2 h 55 min
- Dharamshala to Vaishno Devi232 km · 5 h 15 min
- Amritsar to Vaishno Devi237 km · 4 h 55 min
- Jalandhar to Vaishno Devi266 km · 4 h 50 min
- Ludhiana to Vaishno Devi318 km · 5 h 35 min
- Srinagar to Vaishno Devi319 km · 5 h 35 min
Road distances and driving times are calculated from OpenStreetMap road data; driving times include a margin for Indian road conditions and are estimates, not guarantees.