Vande Bharat Express Route List

Find your state below, or search by city or train number. Routes with a full guide are linked.

Vande Bharat routes at a glance

How we count: A route is one train pair, for example 22895/22896 Howrah–Puri. Some city pairs have more than one Vande Bharat route, such as New Delhi–Varanasi (22435/22436 and 22415/22416). A train service is one direction. A trainset is the physical train, and one trainset can run several services, so trainset counts are different again.

Vande Bharat Sleeper routes

See the Vande Bharat Sleeper guide for classes and timings.

Vande Bharat Chair Car routes by state

A route is listed under the state of each end station. Trains that only pass through a state are not counted in that state’s list.

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chandigarh (Union Territory)

Chhattisgarh

Delhi (Union Territory)

Goa

Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory)

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

Popular Vande Bharat routes

Journey time is for the first train number in each pair (the return trip can differ by a few minutes). Timetables checked 11 November 2026.

How to use this Vande Bharat route list

Every Vande Bharat Express route is listed under the state of each of its two end stations, so a route between two states appears twice. If you know your city but not the train, open your state above and look for your station. If you know the train number, search it on the homepage or open the Vande Bharat train time table. If your station is an intermediate stop rather than a terminus, use the trains between stations tool, which searches every stop of the Vande Bharat trains we have checked.

Each row shows the station code next to the name. Use the code when you search IRCTC or NTES: it avoids mixing up stations in the same city, such as Mumbai CSMT (CSMT) and Mumbai Central (MMCT), or Varanasi Jn (BSB) and Banaras (BNRS).

Vande Bharat routes by state: the numbers

The 84 Vande Bharat routes start or end in 23 states and union territories. Counting each route once for every state it touches:

• Delhi and Uttar Pradesh: 14 routes each. Delhi’s routes use five different stations: New Delhi (6), Hazrat Nizamuddin (2), Anand Vihar Terminal (2), Delhi Jn (2) and Delhi Cantt (2). In Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi Jn alone has 6.
• Maharashtra and Karnataka: 13 each. Mumbai CSMT has 5 Vande Bharat routes, and Nagpur and Pune have 3 each. In Karnataka, KSR Bengaluru has 3, and Bengaluru Cantonment, SMVT Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru Central 2 each.
• Bihar: 11, with Patna Jn the terminal for 7. West Bengal: 10, 8 of them from Howrah.
• Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand: 8 each. Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh: 6 each.
• Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha: 5 each. Kerala and Punjab have 3; Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Assam and Goa have 2; Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh have 1.

Sixty of the 84 routes cross a state border; 24 start and end in the same state. In all, 91 different stations are the start or end of a Vande Bharat route. The busiest Vande Bharat terminals are Howrah Jn (8 routes), Patna Jn (7), New Delhi and Varanasi Jn (6 each) and Mumbai CSMT (5).

Routes with more than one Vande Bharat train

On a few corridors you can choose between two or three Vande Bharat trains between the same two stations:

• New Delhi – Varanasi Jn: two Chair Car pairs (22435/22436 and 22415/22416) and the Vande Bharat Sleeper 27421/27422.
• Tatanagar – Patna Jn: three Chair Car pairs (20893/20894, 21893/21894 and 21895/21896).
• New Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra: two pairs (22439/22440 and 22477/22478).
• Jammu Tawi – Srinagar: two pairs (26401/26402 and 26403/26404).
• MGR Chennai Central – Mysuru: two pairs (20607/20608 and 20663/20664).
• Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam: two pairs (20707/20708 and 20833/20834).

On the two of these corridors whose timetables we have checked, New Delhi–Varanasi and Chennai–Mysuru, the two Chair Car trains leave at different times of day and have different days off, so between them there is a Vande Bharat train every day of the week.

Understanding Vande Bharat train numbers

Each Vande Bharat route is a pair of five-digit train numbers, one for each direction, such as 22895 Howrah–Puri and 22896 Puri–Howrah. Of the 84 pairs, 35 have numbers starting with 20 and 28 with 22. Another 15 start with 26, the three Vande Bharat Sleeper pairs all start with 27, two start with 21 and one, 12461/12462 Jodhpur–Sabarmati, starts with 12. Temporary and festival specials, usually numbered from 0, are not regular Vande Bharat Express services and are not in this list.

Station names that differ from the route name

Official route names do not always match the station a Vande Bharat train actually uses. A few examples from our checks:

• “Ahmedabad – Okha” (22925/22926) starts at Sabarmati Jn (SBT), not Ahmedabad Jn.
• “Secunderabad – Nagpur” (20101/20102): train 20101 actually runs from Nagpur to Secunderabad.
• “Bengaluru” means SMVT Bengaluru on some trains and KSR Bengaluru on others, so always check the code.

That is why every row in this list shows the real station and code, not just a city name.

How this Vande Bharat route list is kept current

The Chair Car list follows the Ministry of Railways count of 23 July 2026, and the Sleeper list adds the services announced by South Western Railway and Northern Railway in November 2026. A new Vande Bharat train is added only after an official announcement and a timetable we can check against at least two sources. Temporary specials are kept out. Recent changes are listed on Updates.

Vande Bharat route FAQs

How many Vande Bharat trains are there in India? As of November 2026 there are 84 Vande Bharat routes: 81 Chair Car and 3 Sleeper. That is 168 train services, counting each direction separately.

What was the first Vande Bharat Express route? New Delhi to Varanasi. The first Vande Bharat Express, built by ICF Chennai in 18 months, was flagged off on this route on 15 February 2019 (PIB). The route is run today by 22435/22436. See the Vande Bharat history.

What happened to the “75 new Vande Bharat” route list? The Prime Minister announced a target of 75 Vande Bharat trains in his Independence Day speech on 15 August 2021 (PIB). The network has since grown past it, to 84 routes and 168 services, so use the current list above instead of older “75 routes” lists.

How do I find a Vande Bharat train number? Find your route in the tables above. Each pair shows both numbers: the first is usually one direction and the second the return. For timings and stops, open the route guide or check the official schedule.

Does every Vande Bharat run daily? Not always. Many run six days a week, and the day off differs by train. Check the running days on each route page.

Which state has the most Vande Bharat trains? Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, with 14 Vande Bharat routes each, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka with 13 each.

Which station has the most Vande Bharat trains? Howrah Jn (HWH), the terminal for 8 Vande Bharat routes, followed by Patna Jn with 7, and New Delhi and Varanasi Jn with 6 each.

How many Vande Bharat Express routes are there in Maharashtra? 13 routes start or end in Maharashtra, including 5 from Mumbai CSMT and 2 from Mumbai Central. See Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai.

How many Vande Bharat Sleeper routes are there? Three: Howrah–Kamakhya, Mumbai CSMT–SMVT Bengaluru and Varanasi–New Delhi. See the Vande Bharat Sleeper guide.

Where can I check a Vande Bharat train’s running status? On NTES, using the train number from this list. Your booking and coach number are on your PNR in IRCTC.

Sources

• Chair Car routes: Ministry of Railways via PIB, 23 July 2026
• Bengaluru–Mumbai Sleeper: South Western Railway release
• Delhi–Varanasi Sleeper: Northern Railway notice
• Station codes and timetables: railway timetable listings (erail.in, ConfirmTkt), checked 11 November 2026

New routes are added after an official announcement and timetable check. Report a correction.