🚅 Vande Bharat Express Routes in India – Zone-wise Guide
India's flagship semi-high-speed train service is transforming rail travel! Here's a clear, zone-wise breakdown of all Vande Bharat Express routes, helping you plan your next journey in comfort and speed.
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🔵 North India Routes
🚂 Delhi – Varanasi
India's first Vande Bharat route
Delhi → Kanpur → Prayagraj → Varanasi
🚂 Delhi – Katra (Jammu)
Delhi → Ambala → Ludhiana → Jammu/Katra
🚂 Delhi – Bhopal
Via Agra, Jhansi
🚂 Delhi – Dehradun
Delhi → Meerut → Haridwar → Dehradun
🚂 Delhi – Amb Andaura
Connects Delhi to Himachal Pradesh
🚂 Khajuraho – Delhi
Heritage city to capital connection
🚂 Ajmer – Delhi
Extended route to Chandigarh
🚂 Gorakhpur – Lucknow
Connects key Uttar Pradesh cities
🚂 Meerut – Lucknow
Via Moradabad, Bareilly
🚂 Dehradun – Lucknow
Via Haridwar, Moradabad
🚂 Lucknow – Chhapra
Connects eastern UP to Bihar
🚂 Jammu – Srinagar (Upcoming)
First Vande Bharat in Kashmir Valley
🚂 Delhi–Srinagar Sleeper (Upcoming)
First sleeper Vande Bharat
🚂 Bikaner–Delhi (Upcoming)
Connects Rajasthan to capital
🟢 Western India Routes
🚂 Mumbai – Gandhinagar
Via Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad – First route in Western India
🚂 Mumbai – Shirdi
Mumbai CSMT → Nashik → Shirdi
🚂 Mumbai – Solapur
Mumbai CSMT → Pune → Solapur
🚂 Ahmedabad – Jamnagar
Covers Saurashtra region
🚂 Jamnagar – Ahmedabad
Extended from Okha to Ahmedabad
🚂 Jodhpur – Ahmedabad
Connects Rajasthan to Gujarat
🚂 Udaipur – Jaipur
Rajasthan's third Vande Bharat
🚂 Sabarmati – Veraval
Connects to Somnath Temple
🚂 Mumbai – Goa
Scenic Konkan coastal route
🚂 Pune – Hubballi
Connects Maharashtra-Karnataka cities
🚂 Ahmedabad–Udaipur (Upcoming)
New electrified route
🚂 Mumbai–Mangalore (Upcoming)
Extended coastal route
🟡 Southern India Routes
🚂 Chennai – Mysuru
Via Bengaluru
🚂 Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam
Connecting Telangana and Andhra coasts
🚂 Thiruvananthapuram – Kasaragod
Entire Kerala stretch via Kozhikode, Ernakulam
🚂 Chennai – Vijayawada
Expands Andhra coverage
🚂 TVM – Kasaragod (via Kottayam)
Via Kottayam route
🚂 TVM – Mangalore
Extended to Mangalore
🚂 Tirunelveli – Chennai
Connects southern TN to capital
🚂 Chennai – Vijayawada
Orange-colored upgraded train
🚂 Secunderabad – Bengaluru
Connects IT hubs
🚂 TVM – Kasaragod (via Kottayam)
Alternative Kerala route
🚂 Secunderabad – Tirupati
Connects to Tirumala temple
🚂 Bengaluru – Dharwad
Connects Karnataka cities
🚂 Ernakulam – Bengaluru
Special train connecting Kochi to Bengaluru
🚂 Chennai – Coimbatore
Saves 1h 20m compared to other trains
🚂 Chennai – Nagercoil
Connects to Kanyakumari
🚂 Madurai – Bengaluru
Connects temple cities
🚂 Kalaburagi – Bengaluru
Connects North Karnataka to capital
🚂 Bengaluru–Hyderabad (Upcoming)
Connecting two major IT hubs
🚂 Chennai–Coimbatore (Upcoming)
New route in Tamil Nadu
🟣 Eastern & Central India Routes
🚂 Howrah – Puri
Key Odisha pilgrimage route
🚂 Howrah – Ranchi
Eastern plateau connectivity
🚂 Patna – Howrah
Popular Bihar–West Bengal intercity route
🚂 Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri
Enhancing internal Odisha rail network
🚂 Visakhapatnam – Bhubaneswar
Connects coastal cities
🚂 Tatanagar – Patna
Connects Jharkhand to Bihar
🚂 Gaya – Howrah
Connects pilgrimage sites
🚂 Rourkela – Howrah
Connects industrial cities
🚂 Deoghar – Varanasi
Connects Bihar to UP
🚂 Tatanagar – Brahmapur
Connects Odisha cities
🚂 Bhagalpur – Howrah
Connects Bihar to West Bengal
🚂 Ranchi – Howrah
Connects Jharkhand to Kolkata
🚂 Patna – Ranchi
Connects Bihar to Jharkhand
🚂 New Jalpaiguri – Guwahati
Northeast India's first Vande Bharat
🚂 Howrah – New Jalpaiguri
West Bengal's first Vande Bharat
🚂 Howrah – Puri
Alternative Puri route
🚂 Patna – Lucknow
Connects Bihar to UP capital
🚂 New Jalpaiguri – Patna
Connects Northeast to Bihar
🚂 Bhopal – Jabalpur
Connects MP cities
🚂 Indore – Bhopal
Connects MP commercial hubs
🚂 Nagpur – Bilaspur
Connects Chhattisgarh to Maharashtra
🚂 Varanasi–Patna–Guwahati (Upcoming)
Connecting North India to Northeast
Vande Bharat Express Trains List
| Train No. | Route | Zone | Duration | Distance | Launch Date | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22436/22435 | Delhi - Varanasi | Northern Railway | 8h 5m | 759 km | 2022-02-15 | |
| 22439/22440 | Delhi - Katra | Northern Railway | 8h 40m | 655 km | 2023-10-01 | |
| 20171/20172 | Delhi - Bhopal | Northern Railway | 6h 5m | 711 km | 2023-04-01 | |
| 22457/22458 | Delhi - Dehradun | Northern Railway | 4h 55m | 302 km | 2023-05-25 | |
| 22447/22448 | Delhi - Amb Andaura | Northern Railway | 5h 15m | 412 km | 2022-10-01 | |
| 22469 | Khajuraho - Delhi | Northern Railway | 8h 20m | 660 km | 2023-07-01 | |
| 20977 | Ajmer - Delhi | Northern Railway | 5h 10m | 428 km | 2023-04-15 | |
| 22549 | Gorakhpur - Lucknow | North Eastern Railway | 4h 15m | 275 km | 2023-07-15 | |
| 22490/22489 | Meerut - Lucknow | Northern Railway | 7h 10m | 459 km | 2023-08-20 | |
| 22546 | Dehradun - Lucknow | Northern Railway | 8h 15m | 545 km | 2023-09-10 | |
| 02270 | Lucknow - Chhapra | North Eastern Railway | 7h 15m | 489 km | 2023-10-05 | |
| 20901/20902 | Mumbai - Gandhinagar | Western Railway | 6h 20m | 522 km | 2022-09-30 | |
| 22225/22226 | Mumbai - Shirdi | Central Railway | 4h 15m | 340 km | 2023-06-10 | |
| 22223/22224 | Mumbai - Solapur | Central Railway | 5h 40m | 455 km | 2023-02-19 | |
| 20977/20978 | Ahmedabad - Jamnagar | Western Railway | 4h 20m | 337 km | 2023-09-24 | |
| 22926/22925 | Jamnagar - Ahmedabad | Western Railway | 4h 15m | 337 km | 2023-08-15 | |
| 12461 | Jodhpur - Ahmedabad | North Western Railway | 6h | 449 km | 2023-07-20 | |
| 20979 | Udaipur - Jaipur | North Western Railway | 6h 20m | 434 km | 2023-06-25 | |
| 26901 | Sabarmati - Veraval | Western Railway | 7h | 438 km | 2023-09-05 | |
| 22229 | Mumbai - Goa | Konkan Railway | 7h 45m | 586 km | 2023-10-15 | |
| 20670 | Pune - Hubballi | Central Railway | 8h 30m | 490 km | 2023-08-10 | |
| 20607/20608 | Chennai - Mysuru | Southern Railway | 6h 15m | 497 km | 2023-11-11 | |
| 20833/20834 | Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam | South Central Railway | 7h 15m | 698 km | 2023-01-15 | |
| 20643/20644 | Thiruvananthapuram - Kasaragod | Southern Railway | 8h 55m | 586 km | 2023-04-25 | |
| 20835/20836 | Chennai - Vijayawada | South Central Railway | 5h 45m | 430 km | 2023-03-28 | |
| 20634 | Thiruvananthapuram - Kasaragod | Southern Railway | 7h 41m | 574 km | 2023-05-20 | |
| 20632 | Thiruvananthapuram - Mangalore | Southern Railway | 8h 35m | 619 km | 2023-06-15 | |
| 20631/20632 | Tirunelveli - Chennai | Southern Railway | 7h 50m | 630 km | 2023-07-10 | |
| 20687/20688 | Chennai - Vijayawada | South Central Railway | 6h 40m | 455 km | 2023-08-05 | |
| 20703/20704 | Secunderabad - Bengaluru | South Central Railway | 8h 15m | 618 km | 2023-09-15 | |
| 20633/20634 | Thiruvananthapuram - Kasaragod | Southern Railway | 8h 05m | 586 km | 2023-10-20 | |
| 20701 | Secunderabad - Tirupati | South Central Railway | 8h 19m | 501 km | 2023-11-25 | |
| 20661 | Bengaluru - Dharwad | South Western Railway | 6h 25m | 489 km | 2023-12-10 | |
| 06002/06001 | Ernakulam - Bengaluru | Southern Railway | 9h 10m | 608 km | 2024-07-31 | |
| 20643 | Chennai - Coimbatore | Southern Railway | 6h | 497 km | 2023-09-05 | |
| 20627 | Chennai - Nagercoil | Southern Railway | 8h 50m | 726 km | 2023-10-15 | |
| 20671/20672 | Madurai - Bengaluru | Southern Railway | 7h 45m | 586 km | 2023-11-20 | |
| 22231 | Kalaburagi - Bengaluru | South Western Railway | 8h 45m | 548 km | 2023-12-15 | |
| 20825/20826 | Howrah - Puri | South Eastern Railway | 5h 35m | 500 km | 2023-05-18 | |
| 20829/20830 | Howrah - Ranchi | South Eastern Railway | 6h 15m | 420 km | 2023-06-27 | |
| 22347/22348 | Patna - Howrah | Eastern Railway | 7h 45m | 532 km | 2023-09-12 | |
| 20847/20848 | Rourkela - Bhubaneswar - Puri | East Coast Railway | 9h 15m | 620 km | 2023-08-15 | |
| 20842 | Visakhapatnam - Bhubaneswar | East Coast Railway | 6h | 444 km | 2023-07-10 | |
| 21893 | Tatanagar - Patna | South Eastern Railway | 10h 25m | Approx. 500 km | 2023-08-20 | |
| 22304 | Gaya - Howrah | Eastern Railway | 5h 50m | 458 km | 2023-09-15 | |
| 20872 | Rourkela - Howrah | South Eastern Railway | 6h | 412 km | 2023-10-10 | |
| 22499 | Deoghar - Varanasi | East Central Railway | 8h 15m | 456 km | 2023-11-05 | |
| 20891 | Tatanagar - Brahmapur | South Eastern Railway | 9h 05m | 587 km | 2023-12-15 | |
| 22310 | Bhagalpur - Howrah | Eastern Railway | 9h 05m | 386 km | 2024-01-10 | |
| 20898/20897 | Ranchi - Howrah | South Eastern Railway | 7h 10m | 458 km | 2024-02-15 | |
| 22349 | Patna - Ranchi | East Central Railway | 6h | 379 km | 2024-03-20 | |
| 22227 | New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati | Northeast Frontier Railway | 5h 30m | 410 km | 2023-05-25 |
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