Vande Bharat Express is a semi-high-speed train developed by Indian Railways for faster, comfortable, and modern travel. These trains are a symbol of India's push towards advanced rail technology and infrastructure.
They are equipped with state-of-the-art features like automatic doors, reclining seats, GPS-based systems, and onboard Wi-Fi. The train's design ensures a smooth and luxurious journey.
As of August 2025, the number of operational Vande Bharat Express services has grown to 150, covering a vast network across India. This expansion has significantly reduced travel times and improved connectivity for millions of passengers.
Due to high demand, particularly on popular routes, Indian Railways is also planning to augment some of the existing 8-coach and 16-coach trains to 16-coach and 20-coach configurations, respectively, to increase passenger capacity.
In this article, we’ll provide a detailed list of all Vande Bharat Express trains, their routes, features, and significance. We’ll also explore their impact on Indian Railways and the future plans for expansion.
Vande Bharat Express Latest Updates
The latest updates for the Vande Bharat Express focus on expanded routes, new sleeper trains, and increased coach capacity to meet rising demand in September 2025.
New Sleeper Version Launch
- The first Vande Bharat Sleeper trains are set to launch in September 2025, specifically designed for long-distance, overnight travel.
- These trains are manufactured by BEML and will offer AC First Class, AC 2-Tier, and AC 3-Tier, with a total capacity of 1,128 passengers in a 16-coach configuration.
- Notable features include hot water showers, modular pantries, and touch-free bio-vacuum toilets.
Route Expansions and New Services
Recently launched and upcoming routes include:
- Belagavi–Bengaluru (operational August 10, 2025)
- Ajni (Nagpur)–Pune (operational August 10, 2025)
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra–Amritsar (operational August 10, 2025)
- These services will run multiple times a week and offer improved connectivity in their respective regions.
Coach Augmentation
Indian Railways is converting three 16-coach Vande Bharat trains into 20-coach trains and upgrading four 8-coach trains to 16 coaches, following impressive occupancy rates (over 100%).
After these upgrades, the released rakes will be used to roll out new Vande Bharat services, further expanding the network.
Current Network and Occupancy
As of August 2025, around 150 Vande Bharat Express services are operational nationwide, including regular, extended, and mini variants. The trains maintain an average occupancy above 100%, reflecting strong public demand and success.
Noteworthy Timetable Change
The Mumbai Central–Gandhinagar Vande Bharat now includes Navsari as a stop, increasing its route's convenience and options.
List of Newly Launched Vande Bharat Services
The newly launched Vande Bharat Express services in 2025 include several extended routes and the introduction of sleeper variants to boost connectivity and cater to long-distance travel needs.
Sleeper Vande Bharat Trains
First sleeper version launches in September 2025, designed for overnight journeys.
Specifically manufactured by BEML, featuring AC First Class, AC 2-Tier, and AC 3-Tier in a 16-coach setup.
Targeted high-demand corridors: New Delhi–Howrah, New Delhi–Mumbai, New Delhi–Pune (final routes to be confirmed).
New Routes Launched or Set for Launch (August 2025)
- Belagavi–Bengaluru: Six days a week, improved Karnataka connectivity.
- Ajni (Nagpur)–Pune: Three times a week, valuable for Maharashtra travelers.
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra–Amritsar: Six days a week, especially significant for religious tourism.
Additional Coach Augmentation and Planned Services
Indian Railways recently extended several Vande Bharat trains to 20-coach formations to serve more passengers.
Notable new or upgraded trains (August 2025):
- Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram Central
- Secunderabad–Tirupati
- Chennai Egmore–Tirunelveli
Operational Highlights
- Over 150 Vande Bharat services now run nationwide (up and down directions counted separately).
- Multiple upgraded routes operate with extended coaches for higher capacity.
List of Vande Bharat Express, Complete details Here:
The first Vande Bharat Express service was launched in February 2019. By December 2023, approximately 35 trains were operational.
As of January 2025, the number of Vande Bharat trains in service has grown to 66, comprising 15 trains with sixteen coaches, 8 trains with twenty coaches, and 43 trains with eight coaches.
| S. No | Service | Zone | Cars | Distance | Travel Time | Maximum Speed | Average Speed | Inaugural Run |
| 1 | New Delhi–Varanasi | NR | 20 | 759 km (472 mi) | 8h 00m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 95 km/h (59 mph) | 15 February 2019 |
| 2 | New Delhi–SMVD Katra | NR | 20 | 655 km (407 mi) | 8h 05m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 81 km/h (50 mph) | 3 October 2019 |
| 3 | Mumbai Central–Gandhinagar Capital | WR | 16 | 522 km (324 mi) | 6h 25m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 81 km/h (50 mph) | 30 September 2022 |
| 4 | New Delhi–Amb Andaura | NR | 16 | 412 km (256 mi) | 5h 15m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 79 km/h (49 mph) | 13 October 2022 |
| 5 | Chennai Central–Mysuru | SR | 16 | 496 km (308 mi) | 6h 30m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 76 km/h (47 mph) | 11 November 2022 |
| 6 | Bilaspur–Nagpur | SECR | 8 | 412 km (256 mi) | 5h 30m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 75 km/h (47 mph) | 11 December 2022 |
| 7 | Howrah–New Jalpaiguri | ER | 16 | 566 km (352 mi) | 7h 30m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 75 km/h (47 mph) | 30 December 2022 |
| 8 | Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad | ECoR | 20 | 698 km (434 mi) | 8h 35m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 81 km/h (50 mph) | 15 January 2023 |
| 9 | Mumbai CSMT–Solapur | CR | 16 | 454 km (282 mi) | 6h 35m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 69 km/h (43 mph) | 10 February 2023 |
| 10 | Mumbai CSMT–Sainagar Shirdi | CR | 16 | 343 km (213 mi) | 5h 10m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 66 km/h (41 mph) | 10 February 2023 |
| 11 | Rani Kamalapati–Hazrat Nizamuddin | WCR | 16 | 702 km (436 mi) | 7h 36m | 160 km/h (99 mph) | 92 km/h (57 mph) | 1 April 2023 |
| 12 | Secunderabad–Tirupati | SCR | 16 | 662 km (411 mi) | 8h 19m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 80 km/h (50 mph) | 8 April 2023 |
| 13 | Chennai Central–Coimbatore | SR | 8 | 495 km (308 mi) | 6h 00m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 82 km/h (51 mph) | 8 April 2023 |
| 14 | Ajmer–Chandigarh | NWR | 20 | 678 km (421 mi) | 8h 25m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 81 km/h (50 mph) | 12 April 2023 |
| 15 | Kasaragod–Thiruvananthapuram | SR | 20 | 586 km (364 mi) | 8h 10m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 72 km/h (45 mph) | 25 April 2023 |
| 16 | Howrah–Puri | SER | 16 | 500 km (310 mi) | 6h 25m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 78 km/h (48 mph) | 18 May 2023 |
| 17 | Dehradun–Anand Vihar Terminal | NR | 8 | 302 km (188 mi) | 4h 45m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 64 km/h (40 mph) | 25 May 2023 |
| 18 | New Jalpaiguri–Guwahati | NFR | 8 | 407 km (253 mi) | 5h 30m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 74 km/h (46 mph) | 29 May 2023 |
| 19 | Mumbai CSMT–Madgaon | CR | 8 | 580 km (360 mi) | 7h 45m | 120 km/h (75 mph) | 75 km/h (47 mph) | 27 June 2023 |
| 20 | Patna–Ranchi | ECR | 8 | 380 km (240 mi) | 6h 00m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 63 km/h (39 mph) | 27 June 2023 |
| 21 | KSR Bengaluru–Dharwad | SWR | 8 | 490 km (300 mi) | 6h 25m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 76 km/h (47 mph) | 27 June 2023 |
| 22 | Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)–Rewa | WCR | 8 | 568 km (353 mi) | 8h 00m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 71 km/h (44 mph) | 27 June 2023 |
| 23 | Indore–Nagpur | WR | 8 | 636 km (395 mi) | 8h 20m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 76 km/h (47 mph) | 27 June 2023 |
| 24 | Jodhpur–Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) | NWR | 8 | 449 km (279 mi) | 6h 00m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 75 km/h (47 mph) | 7 July 2023 |
| 25 | Gorakhpur–Prayagraj | NER | 8 | 497 km (309 mi) | 7h 30m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 66 km/h (41 mph) | 7 July 2023 |
| 26 | Udaipur–Jaipur | NWR | 8 | 435 km (270 mi) | 6h 20m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 69 km/h (43 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 27 | Chennai Central–Vijayawada | SR | 8 | 514 km (319 mi) | 6h 40m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 77 km/h (48 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 28 | Chennai Egmore–Tirunelveli | SR | 16 | 650 km (400 mi) | 7h 50m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 83 km/h (52 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 29 | Kacheguda–Yesvantpur | SCR | 8 | 612 km (380 mi) | 8h 15m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 74 km/h (46 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 30 | Patna–Howrah | ECR | 8 | 532 km (331 mi) | 6h 35m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 81 km/h (50 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 31 | Ranchi–Howrah | SER | 8 | 458 km (285 mi) | 7h 10m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 64 km/h (40 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 32 | Puri–Rourkela | ECoR | 8 | 506 km (314 mi) | 7h 45m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 65 km/h (40 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 33 | Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram | SR | 8 | 620 km (390 mi) | 8h 40m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 72 km/h (45 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 34 | Ahmedabad–Okha | WR | 8 | 499 km (310 mi) | 6h 30m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 77 km/h (48 mph) | 24 September 2023 |
| 35 | Varanasi–New Delhi | NR | 20 | 759 km (472 mi) | 8h 05m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 94 km/h (58 mph) | 18 December 2023 |
| 36 | Anand Vihar Terminal–Ayodhya Cantt. | NR | 16 | 628 km (390 mi) | 8h 20m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 75 km/h (47 mph) | 30 December 2023 |
| 37 | SMVD Katra–New Delhi | NR | 20 | 655 km (407 mi) | 8h 10m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 80 km/h (50 mph) | 30 December 2023 |
| 38 | Amritsar–Delhi Junction | NR | 8 | 447 km (278 mi) | 5h 30m | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 81 km/h (50 mph) | 30 December 2023 |
| 39 | Coimbatore–Bengaluru Cantt. | SR | 8 | 374 km (232 mi) | 6h 25m | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 58 km/h (36 mph) | 30 December 2023 |
| 40 | Mangaluru Central–Madgaon | SR | 8 | 319 km (198 mi) | 5h 30m | 120 km/h (75 mph) | 58 km/h (36 mph) | 30 December 2023 |
| 41 | Jalna–Mumbai CSMT | SCR | 8 | 435 km | 6h 50m | 110 km/h | 64 km/h | 30 December 2023 |
| 42 | Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru | CR | 8 | 548 km | 8h 45m | 130 km/h | 63 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 43 | New Jalpaiguri–Patna | NFR | 8 | 473 km | 6h 55m | 130 km/h | 68 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 44 | Lucknow–Dehradun | NER | 8 | 545 km | 8h 20m | 110 km/h | 65 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 45 | Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central | WR | 16 | 493 km | 5h 25m | 130 km/h | 91 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 46 | Mysuru–Chennai Central | SWR | 8 | 497 km | 6h 25m | 130 km/h | 77 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 47 | Hazrat Nizamuddin–Khajuraho | NR | 8 | 660 km | 8h 20m | 160 km/h | 79 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 48 | Secunderabad–Visakhapatnam | SCR | 16 | 698 km | 8h 45m | 130 km/h | 80 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 49 | Ranchi–Varanasi | SER | 8 | 539 km | 7h 50m | 110 km/h | 69 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 50 | Bhubaneswar–Visakhapatnam | ECoR | 8 | 444 km | 5h 45m | 130 km/h | 77 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 51 | Patna–Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) | ECR | 8 | 545 km | 8h 25m | 130 km/h | 65 km/h | 12 March 2024 |
| 52 | Chennai Egmore–Nagercoil | SR | 16 | 724 km | 8h 50m | 110 km/h | 82 km/h | 31 August 2024 |
| 53 | Madurai–Bengaluru Cantt. | SR | 8 | 573 km | 7h 45m | 110 km/h | 74 km/h | 31 August 2024 |
| 54 | Meerut–Lucknow Charbagh | NR | 8 | 459 km | 7h 10m | 110 km/h | 64 km/h | 31 August 2024 |
| 55 | Udaipur–Agra Cantt. | NWR | 8 | 610 km | 8h 45m | 130 km/h | 70 km/h | 2 September 2024 |
| 56 | Tatanagar–Patna | SER | 8 | 451 km | 7h 15m | 130 km/h | 62 km/h | 15 September 2024 |
| 57 | Tatanagar–Brahmapur | SER | 8 | 587 km | 9h 05m | 130 km/h | 65 km/h | 15 September 2024 |
| 58 | Howrah–Rourkela | SER | 8 | 412 km | 5h 50m | 130 km/h | 71 km/h | 15 September 2024 |
| 59 | Howrah–Gaya | ER | 16 | 459 km | 5h 40m | 130 km/h | 81 km/h | 15 September 2024 |
| 60 | Howrah–Bhagalpur | ER | 8 | 386 km | 6h 20m | 130 km/h | 61 km/h | 15 September 2024 |
| 61 | Varanasi–Deoghar | NR | 8 | 456 km | 7h 20m | 130 km/h | 62 km/h | 15 September 2024 |
| 62 | SSS Hubballi–Pune | SWR | 8 | 559 km | 8h 30m | 110 km/h | 66 km/h | 16 September 2024 |
| 63 | SCSMT Kolhapur–Pune | CR | 8 | 326 km | 5h 15m | 110 km/h | 62 km/h | 16 September 2024 |
| 64 | Agra Cantt.–Banaras | NCR | 8 | 573 km | 7h 00m | 130 km/h | 82 km/h | 16 September 2024 |
| 65 | Nagpur–Secunderabad | CR | 20 | 575 km | 7h 15m | 130 km/h | 79 km/h | 16 September 2024 |
| 66 | Durg–Visakhapatnam | SECR | 8 | 567 km | 8h 00m | 130 km/h | 71 km/h | 16 September 2024 |
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