The Indian Railways is currently running 136 Vande Bharat Express train services across the Indian Railways network as of December 2, 2024. Among these, 16 Vande Bharat services are dedicated to stations in Tamil Nadu. The longest Vande Bharat route spans 771 km, connecting Delhi and Banaras. These semi-high-speed trains are equipped with state-of-the-art safety features and modern passenger amenities.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the introduction of new Vande Bharat services, along with their variants, remains an ongoing process within Indian Railways, depending on factors such as traffic demand, operational feasibility, and resource availability.

Full list of Vande Bharat Express trains 

  1. 12461 – Jodhpur-Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express
  2. 12462 – Sabarmati-Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express
  3. 20101 – Nagpur-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
  4. 20102 – Secunderabad-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express
  5. 20171 – Rani Kamalapati- Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express
  6. 20172 – Hazrat Nizamuddin-Rani Kamalapati Vande Bharat Express
  7. 20173 – Rani Kamalapati-Rewa Vande Bharat Express
  8. 20174 – Rewa-Rani Kamalapati Vande Bharat Express
  9. 20175 – Banaras-Agra Cantt Vande Bharat Express
  10. 20176 – Agra Cantt-Banaras Vande Bharat Express
  11. 20607 – MGR Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express
  12. 20608 – Mysuru-MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express
  13. 20627 – Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express
  14. 20628 – Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express
  15. 20631 – Mangaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
  16. 20632 – Thiruvananthapuram-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express
  17. 20633 – Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
  18. 20634 – Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express
  19. 20641 – Bengaluru Cantt-Coimbatore Junction Vande Bharat Express
  20. 20642 – Coimbatore Junction-Bengaluru Cantt Vande Bharat Express
  21. 20643 – MGR Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express
  22. 20644 – Coimbatore-MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express
  23. 20645 – Madgaon-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express
  24. 20646 – Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express
  25. 20661 – KSR Bengaluru-Dharwad Vande Bharat Express
  26. 20662 – Dharwad-KSR Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
  27. 20663 – Mysuru-MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express
  28. 20664 – MGR Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express
  29. 20665 – Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli Vande Bharat Express
  30. 20666 – Tirunelveli-Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express
  31. 20669 – SSS Hubballi-Pune Vande Bharat Express
  32. 20670 – Pune-SSS Hubballi Vande Bharat Express
  33. 20671 – Madurai-Bengaluru Cantt Vande Bharat Express
  34. 20672 – Bengaluru Cantt-Madurai Vande Bharat Express
  35. 20673 – Scsmt Kolhapur-Pune Vande Bharat Express
  36. 20674 – Pune-Scsmt Kolhapur Vande Bharat Express
  37. 20677 – MGR Chennai Vijayawada Vande Bharat Express
  38. 20678 – Vijayawada MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express
  39. 20701 – Secunderabad Tirupati Vande Bharat Express
  40. 20702 – Tirupati Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
  41. 20703 – Kacheguda Yesvantpur Vande Bharat Express
  42. 20704 – Yesvantpur Kacheguda Vande Bharat Express
  43. 20705 – Jalna Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express
  44. 20706 – Mumbai CSMT Jalna Vande Bharat Express
  45. 20707 – Secunderabad Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
  46. 20708 – Visakhapatnam Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
  47. 20825 – Bilaspur Nagpur Vande Bharat Express
  48. 20826 – Nagpur Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express
  49. 20829 – Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
  50. 20830 – Visakhapatnam-Durg Vande Bharat Express
  51. 20833 – Visakhapatnam Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
  52. 20834 – Secunderabad Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
  53. 20835 – Rourkela Puri Vande Bharat Express
  54. 20836 – Puri Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
  55. 20841 – Bhubaneswar Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
  56. 20842 – Visakhapatnam Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express
  57. 20871 – Howrah Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
  58. 20872 – Rourkela Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  59. 20887 – Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
  60. 20888 – Varanasi-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
  61. 20891 – Tatanagar Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express
  62. 20892 – Brahmapur Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
  63. 20893 – Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express
  64. 20894 – Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
  65. 20897 – Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
  66. 20898 – Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  67. 20901 – Mumbai-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express
  68. 20902 – Gandhinagar Capital-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express
  69. 20911 – Indore-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express
  70. 20912 – Nagpur-Indore Vande Bharat Express
  71. 20977 – Ajmer-Chandigarh Vande Bharat Express
  72. 20978 – Chandigarh-Ajmer Vande Bharat Express
  73. 20979 – Udaipur City-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express
  74. 20980 – Jaipur-Udaipur City Vande Bharat Express
  75. 20981 – Udaipur City-Agra Cantt Vande Bharat Express
  76. 20982 – Agra Cantt-Udaipur City Vande Bharat Express
  77. 21893 – Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express
  78. 21894 – Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
  79. 21895 – Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express
  80. 21896 – Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
  81. 22223 – Mumbai CSMT Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express
  82. 22224 – Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express
  83. 22225 – Mumbai CSMT Solapur Vande Bharat Express
  84. 22226 – Solapur Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express
  85. 22227 – New Jalpaiguri Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
  86. 22228 – Guwahati New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
  87. 22229 – Mumbai CSMT Madgaon Vande Bharat Express
  88. 22230 – Madgaon Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express
  89. 22231 – Kalaburagi SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
  90. 22232 – SMVT Bengaluru Kalaburagi Vande Bharat Express
  91. 22233 – New Jalpaiguri Patna Vande Bharat Express
  92. 22234 – Patna New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
  93. 22301 – Howrah New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
  94. 22302 – New Jalpaiguri Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  95. 22303 – Howrah Gaya Vande Bharat Express
  96. 22304 – Gaya Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  97. 22309 – Howrah Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express
  98. 22310 – Bhagalpur Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  99. 22345 – Patna Gomti Nagar Vande Bharat Express
  100. 22346 – Gomti Nagar Patna Vande Bharat Express
  101. 22347 – Howrah Patna Vande Bharat Express
  102. 22348 – Patna Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  103. 22349 – Patna Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
  104. 22350 – Ranchi Patna Vande Bharat Express
  105. 22415 – Banaras New Delhi Vande Bharat
  106. 22416 – New Delhi Banaras Vande Bharat
  107. 22425 – Ayodhya Cantt-Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express
  108. 22426 – Anand Vihar Terminal-Ayodhya Cantt Vande Bharat Express
  109. 22435 – Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
  110. 22436 – New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
  111. 22439 – New Delhi Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express
  112. 22440 – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
  113. 22447 – New Delhi AMB Andaura Vande Bharat Express
  114. 22448 – AMB Andaura New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
  115. 22457 – Anand Vihar Terminal Dehradun Vande Bharat Express
  116. 22458 – Dehradun Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express
  117. 22469 – Khajuraho Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express
  118. 22470 – Hazrat Nizamuddin Khajuraho Vande Bharat Express
  119. 22477 – New Delhi Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express
  120. 22478 – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
  121. 22487 – Delhi-Amritsar Vande Bharat Express
  122. 22488 – Amritsar-Delhi Vande Bharat Express
  123. 22489 – Lucknow-Meerut City Vande Bharat Express
  124. 22490 – Meerut City-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express
  125. 22499 – Deoghar-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
  126. 22500 – Varanasi-Deoghar Vande Bharat Express
  127. 22545 – Lucknow Junction- Dehradun Vande Bharat Express
  128. 22546 – Dehradun- Lucknow Junction Vande Bharat Express
  129. 22549 – Gorakhpur Prayagraj Vande Bharat Express
  130. 22550 – Prayagraj Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express
  131. 22895 – Howrah Puri Vande Bharat Express
  132. 22896 – Puri Howrah Vande Bharat Express
  133. 22925 – Ahmedabad Okha Vande Bharat Express
  134. 22926 – Okha Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express
  135. 22961 – Mumbai Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express
  136. 22962 – Ahmedabad Mumbai Vande Bharat Express

Vande Bharat Sleeper trains launch

The first prototype of the Vande Bharat Sleeper trainset has been manufactured and is set to undergo field trials, with its rollout timeline contingent on the successful completion of these trials. Vaishnaw in a statement presented to the Rajya Sabha highlighted that the Vande Bharat Sleeper trains, designed for long and medium-distance journeys, are equipped with a range of modern features and passenger amenities. 

Notable innovations in these trains include KAVACH safety systems, compliance with EN-45545 HL3 fire safety standards, and crashworthy semi-permanent couplers and anti-climbers. The train’s design also adheres to crashworthiness standards and incorporates a regenerative braking system for improved energy efficiency.

Additionally, the trains offer higher average speeds with quick deceleration and acceleration, as well as an emergency talk-back unit for communication between passengers and train managers or loco pilots in case of emergencies. Passengers with restricted mobility (PRM) will find accessible accommodations and toilets in the driving coaches. 

The trains feature centrally controlled automatic plug doors, fully sealed wider gangways, and ergonomically designed ladders for easier access to upper berths. A centralised coach monitoring system ensures better management of amenities like air conditioning and lighting, while CCTV surveillance cameras enhance passenger safety across all coaches.