Upcoming Vande Bharat Express Route List 2024: The Vande Bharat Express, also known as Train 18, is a semi-high-speed modern train introduced by Indian Railways. It was launched in February 2019 with a vision of India stepping towards a high-speed rail network. With modern facilities and amenities, these trains provide a comfortable and convenient way to travel across India. The super-fast AC chair car connects major cities, ensuring a swift and hassle-free journey. Recently, while unveiling the interim budget for 2024 on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the government's ambitious plan under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership to upgrade 40,000 conventional railway coaches to meet the Vande Bharat standards to enhance passenger safety, comfort, and convenience, marking a transformative step in enhancing India's rail travel infrastructure. As of March 12, it will be operational on 51 routes. Vande Bharat Express: Operational Routes in 2024 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off ten new Vande Bharat trains on March 12, taking the total number of these trains past the half-century mark. Here are the 10 new routes: Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Mysuru- Dr MGR Central (Chennai) Patna- Lucknow New Jalpaiguri-Patna Puri-Visakhapatnam Lucknow - Dehradun Kalaburagi - Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru Ranchi-Varanasi Khajuraho- Delhi (Nizamuddin) Here's a more comprehensive list of Vande Bharat Express routes that were operational as of February 2024: No Train name Train number Origin station Terminal station Travel time 1 New Delhi – Varanasi Vande Bharat Express 22436/ 22435 New Delhi Varanasi Junction 08h 00m 2 New Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express 22439/ 22440 New Delhi Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 08h 00m 3 Mumbai Central – Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express 20901/ 20902 Mumbai Central Gandhinagar Capital 06h 25m 4 New Delhi – Amb Andaura Vande Bharat Express 22447/ 22448 New Delhi Amb Andaura 05h 15m 5 MGR Chennai Central – Mysuru Vande Bharat Express 20607/ 20608 MGR Chennai Central Mysore Junction 06h 30m 6 Bilaspur – Nagpur Vande Bharat Express 20825/ 20826 Bilaspur Junction Nagpur Junction 05h 30m 7 Howrah - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express 22301/ 22302 Howrah Junction New Jalpaiguri Junction 07h 30m 8 Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express 20833/ 20834 Visakhapatnam Junction Secunderabad Junction 08h 30m 9 Mumbai CSMT – Solapur Vande Bharat Express 22225/ 22226 Mumbai CSMT Solapur 06h 35m 10 Mumbai CSMT – Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express 22223/ 22224 Mumbai CSMT Sainagar Shirdi 05h 5m 11 Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) – Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express 20171/ 20172 Habibganj (Rani Kamalapati) Hazrat Nizamuddin 07h 30m 12 Secunderabad – Tirupati Vande Bharat Express 20701/ 20702 Secunderabad Junction Tirupati 08h 15m 13 MGR Chennai Central – Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express 20643/ 20644 MGR Chennai Central Coimbatore Junction 06h 00m 14 Ajmer – Delhi Cantonment Vande Bharat Express 20977/ 20978 Ajmer Junction Delhi Cantonment 05h 15m 15 Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express (via Kottayam) 20633/ 20634 Kasaragod Thiruvananthapuram Central 08h 10m 16 Howrah – Puri Vande Bharat Express 22895/ 22896 Howrah Junction Puri 06h 25m 17 Dehradun – Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express 22458/ 22457 Dehradun Terminal Delhi Anand Vihar 04h 45m 18 New Jalpaiguri – Guwahati Vande Bharat Express 22227/ 22228 New Jalpaiguri Junction Guwahati 05h 30m 19 Mumbai CSMT – Madgaon Vande Bharat Express 22229/ 22230 Mumbai CSMT Madgaon Junction 07h 45m 20 Patna – Ranchi Vande Bharat Express 22349/ 22350 Patna Junction Ranchi Junction 06h 00m 21 KSR Bengaluru – Dharwad Vande Bharat Express 20661/ 20662 KSR Bengaluru City Jn Dharwad 06h 25m 22 Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) – Rewa Vande Bharat Express 20173/ 20174 Habibganj (Rani Kamalapati) Rewa Terminal 08h 00m 23 Indore – Nagpur Vande Bharat Express 20911/ 20912 Indore Junction Nagpur Junction 08h 20m 24 Jodhpur – Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) Vande Bharat Express 12461/ 12462 Jodhpur Junction Sabarmati Junction 06h 00m 25 Gorakhpur – Lucknow Charbagh Vande Bharat Express 22549/ 22550 Gorakhpur Junction Lucknow Charbagh 04h 10m 26 Udaipur City – Jaipur Vande Bharat Express 20979/ 20980 Udaipur City Jaipur Junction 06h 20m 27 MGR Chennai Central – Vijayawada Vande Bharat Express 20677/ 20678 MGR Chennai Central Vijayawada Junction 06h 40m 28 Chennai Egmore – Tirunelveli Vande Bharat Express 20665/ 20666 Chennai Egmore Tirunelveli Junction 07h 50m 29 Kacheguda – Yesvantpur Vande Bharat Express 20703/ 20704 Kacheguda Yesvantpur Junction 08h 15m 30 Patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express 22348/ 22347 Patna Junction Howrah Junction 06h 35m 31 Ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express 20898/ 20897 Ranchi Junction Howrah Junction 07h 05m 32 Puri – Rourkela Vande Bharat Express 20836/ 20835 Puri Rourkela Junction 07h 45m 33 Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express (via Alappuzha) 20631/ 20632 Kasaragod Thiruvananthapuram Central 08h 05m 34 Ahmedabad – Jamnagar Vande Bharat Express 22925/ 22926 Ahmedabad Junction Jamnagar 04h 25m 35 Varanasi – New Delhi Vande Bharat Express 22415/ 22416 Varanasi Junction New Delhi 08h 05m 36 Anand Vihar – Ayodhya Dham Vande Bharat Express 22426/ 22425 Delhi Anand Vihar Ayodhya Dham 08h 20m 37 SMVD Katra – New Delhi Vande Bharat Express 22478/ 22477 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra New Delhi 08h 00m 38 Amritsar – Delhi Junction Vande Bharat Express 22488/ 22487 Amritsar Junction Delhi Junction 05h 30m 39 Coimbatore – Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express 20642/ 20641 Coimbatore Junction Bangalore Cantonment 06h 30m 40 Mangaluru Central – Madgaon Vande Bharat Express 20646/ 20645 Mangaluru Central Madgaon Junction 04h 35m 41 Jalna – Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express 20705/ 20706 Jalna Mumbai CSMT 07h 20m
