List of Vande Bharat Express Trains in India 2026: Routes, Numbers & MCQs

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Updated List of Vande Bharat Express Trains in India 2026

Check the current Vande Bharat train numbers, route pairs, service frequency, chair-car services and India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper service, along with exam-oriented facts and MCQs.

Latest official total: 164 services 82 route pairs Last updated: July 20, 2026

What is Vande Bharat Express? Vande Bharat Express is an indigenous, electric, self-propelled trainset operated by Indian Railways. The original project was known as Train 18 because its prototype was developed in 2018 by the Integral Coach Factory at Chennai.

The first Vande Bharat Express was flagged off on February 15, 2019, between New Delhi and Varanasi. Since then, the network has expanded across India with chair-car services, specialised winterised trains for Jammu and Kashmir and the first long-distance Vande Bharat Sleeper service.

According to the latest official Ministry of Railways update, Indian Railways was operating 164 Vande Bharat services by June 1, 2026. Since one outward train and one return train are counted as two services, the total represents 82 train pairs.

Important Accuracy Note This article lists current train pairs rather than counting the outward and return directions as separate routes. Train timings, stoppages, weekly-off days and terminals can be revised by Indian Railways. Passengers should verify current details through official railway enquiry services before travel.

Vande Bharat Network at a Glance

164 Directional services

82 Train-number pairs

81 Chair-car pairs

1 Sleeper pair

Complete List of Vande Bharat Trains in India

S.No.	Train Numbers	Terminal 1	Terminal 2	Frequency	Type
1	12461/12462	Jodhpur	Sabarmati	6 days/week	Chair Car
2	20101/20102	Nagpur	Secunderabad	6 days/week	Chair Car
3	20171/20172	Rani Kamalapati	Hazrat Nizamuddin	6 days/week	Chair Car
4	20173/20174	Rani Kamalapati	Rewa	6 days/week	Chair Car
5	20175/20176	Banaras	Agra Cantt.	6 days/week	Chair Car
6	20607/20608	MGR Chennai Central	Mysuru	6 days/week	Chair Car
7	20627/20628	Chennai Egmore	Nagercoil Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
8	20631/20632	Mangaluru Central	Thiruvananthapuram Central	6 days/week*	Chair Car
9	20633/20634	Kasaragod	Thiruvananthapuram Central	6 days/week	Chair Car
10	20641/20642	Bengaluru Cantt.	Coimbatore Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
11	20643/20644	MGR Chennai Central	Coimbatore Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
12	20645/20646	Madgaon Jn.	Mangaluru Central	6 days/week	Chair Car
13	20661/20662	KSR Bengaluru	Dharwad	6 days/week	Chair Car
14	20663/20664	Mysuru	MGR Chennai Central	6 days/week	Chair Car
15	20665/20666	Chennai Egmore	Tirunelveli Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
16	20677/20678	MGR Chennai Central	Narasapur	6 days/week	Chair Car
17	20669/20670	SSS Hubballi	Pune Jn.	3 days/week each direction	Chair Car
18	20671/20672	Madurai Jn.	Bengaluru Cantt.	6 days/week	Chair Car
19	20673/20674	Kolhapur	Pune Jn.	3 days/week each direction	Chair Car
20	20701/20702	Secunderabad Jn.	Tirupati	6 days/week	Chair Car
21	20703/20704	Kacheguda	Yesvantpur Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
22	20705/20706	Hazur Sahib Nanded	Mumbai CSMT	6 days/week*	Chair Car
23	20707/20708	Secunderabad Jn.	Visakhapatnam	6 days/week	Chair Car
24	20825/20826	Bilaspur Jn.	Nagpur Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
25	20829/20830	Durg	Visakhapatnam	6 days/week	Chair Car
26	20833/20834	Visakhapatnam	Secunderabad Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
27	20835/20836	Rourkela	Puri	6 days/week	Chair Car
28	20841/20842	Bhubaneswar	Visakhapatnam	6 days/week	Chair Car
29	20871/20872	Howrah Jn.	Rourkela	6 days/week	Chair Car
30	20893/20894	Tatanagar Jn.	Patna Jn.	4 days/week	Chair Car
31	20887/20888	Ranchi	Varanasi Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
32	20891/20892	Tatanagar Jn.	Brahmapur	6 days/week	Chair Car
33	20897/20898	Howrah Jn.	Ranchi	6 days/week	Chair Car
34	20901/20902	Mumbai Central	Gandhinagar Capital	6 days/week	Chair Car
35	20911/20912	Indore Jn.	Nagpur Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
36	20977/20978	Ajmer Jn.	Chandigarh Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
37	20979/20980	Udaipur City	Jaipur Jn.	3 days/week each direction	Chair Car
38	20981/20982	Udaipur City	Agra Cantt.	3 days/week each direction	Chair Car
39	21893/21894	Tatanagar Jn.	Patna Jn.	Weekly pair	Chair Car
40	21895/21896	Tatanagar Jn.	Patna Jn.	Weekly pair	Chair Car
41	22223/22224	Mumbai CSMT	Sainagar Shirdi	6 days/week	Chair Car
42	22225/22226	Mumbai CSMT	Solapur	6 days/week*	Chair Car
43	22227/22228	New Jalpaiguri Jn.	Guwahati	6 days/week	Chair Car
44	22229/22230	Mumbai CSMT	Madgaon Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
45	22231/22232	Kalaburagi	SMVT Bengaluru	6 days/week*	Chair Car
46	22233/22234	New Jalpaiguri Jn.	Patna Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
47	22301/22302	Howrah Jn.	New Jalpaiguri Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
48	22345/22346	Patna Jn.	Gomti Nagar	6 days/week	Chair Car
49	22347/22348	Howrah Jn.	Patna Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
50	22349/22350	Patna Jn.	Ranchi	6 days/week	Chair Car
51	22415/22416	Varanasi Jn.	New Delhi	6 days/week	Chair Car
52	22425/22426	Ayodhya Cantt.	Anand Vihar Terminal	6 days/week	Chair Car
53	22435/22436	Varanasi Jn.	New Delhi	6 days/week	Chair Car
54	22439/22440	New Delhi	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	6 days/week	Chair Car
55	22447/22448	New Delhi	Amb Andaura	6 days/week	Chair Car
56	22457/22458	Anand Vihar Terminal	Dehradun	6 days/week	Chair Car
57	22469/22470	Khajuraho	Hazrat Nizamuddin	6 days/week	Chair Car
58	22477/22478	New Delhi	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	6 days/week	Chair Car
59	22487/22488	Delhi Jn.	Amritsar Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
60	22489/22490	Varanasi Jn.	Meerut City	6 days/week	Chair Car
61	22545/22546	Lucknow Jn.	Dehradun	6 days/week	Chair Car
62	22549/22550	Gorakhpur Jn.	Prayagraj Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
63	22895/22896	Howrah Jn.	Puri	6 days/week	Chair Car
64	22925/22926	Ahmedabad Jn.	Okha	6 days/week*	Chair Car
65	22961/22962	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
66	22303/22304	Howrah Jn.	Gaya Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
67	22309/22310	Howrah Jn.	Jamalpur Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
68	22499/22500	Deoghar	Varanasi Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
69	26101/26102	Pune Jn.	Ajni (Nagpur)	6 days/week*	Chair Car
70	26651/26652	KSR Bengaluru	Ernakulam Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
71	26301/26302	Jogbani	Danapur	6 days/week*	Chair Car
72	26401/26402	Jammu Tawi	Srinagar	6 days/week, except Tuesday	Chair Car
73	26403/26404	Jammu Tawi	Srinagar	6 days/week, except Wednesday	Chair Car
74	26405/26406	Amritsar Jn.	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	6 days/week	Chair Car
75	26461/26462	Delhi Jn.	Firozpur Cantt.	6 days/week	Chair Car
76	26471/26472	Bikaner Jn.	Delhi Cantt.	6 days/week	Chair Car
77	26481/26482	Jodhpur Jn.	Delhi Cantt.	6 days/week	Chair Car
78	26501/26502	Patliputra Jn.	Gorakhpur Jn.	6 days/week	Chair Car
79	26503/26504	Saharanpur Jn.	Gomti Nagar	6 days/week*	Chair Car
80	26505/26506	Khajuraho	Banaras	6 days/week	Chair Car
81	26751/26752	Belagavi	KSR Bengaluru	6 days/week	Chair Car
82	27575/27576	Howrah Jn.	Kamakhya Jn.	6 days/week*	Sleeper

* Direction-specific weekly off: Some outward and return trains have different weekly-off days. For example, Howrah–Kamakhya train 27575 does not operate on Thursday, while Kamakhya–Howrah train 27576 does not operate on Wednesday. Verify the selected train number before booking.

Major Vande Bharat Milestones

2018 – Train 18 developed The indigenous prototype was designed and manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

February 15, 2019 The first Vande Bharat Express was flagged off between New Delhi and Varanasi.

June 2025 – Kashmir connectivity Vande Bharat services began operating through the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link.

January 22, 2026 The first regular Vande Bharat Sleeper service began between Howrah and Kamakhya.

May 2, 2026 The two Katra–Srinagar pairs were extended to operate directly between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar.

June 1, 2026 Indian Railways reported that 164 Vande Bharat services were operating across the national network.

Important Facts for Job Exams

Topic	Correct Fact	Exam Keyword
Original project name	Train 18	Developed in 2018
Manufacturer	Integral Coach Factory, Chennai	ICF
First route	New Delhi–Varanasi	February 2019
Train category	Electric self-propelled semi-high-speed trainset	Distributed traction
Chair-car design speed	Up to 160 km/h	Semi-high-speed
Indigenous protection system	Kavach	Automatic Train Protection
Energy-saving feature	Regenerative braking	Energy recovery
First sleeper route	Howrah–Kamakhya	27575/27576
Kashmir direct route	Jammu Tawi–Srinagar	USBRL
Latest official total	164 directional services	82 train pairs

Trick: “18 – ICF – 19 – 160 – 164” 18 = Train 18
ICF = Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
19 = First passenger service started in 2019
160 = Maximum chair-car design speed in km/h
164 = Latest official number of directional services

10 MCQs

1. What was the original name of Vande Bharat Express?

A) Train 18 B) Train 20 C) Bharat Rail 75 D) Rail 160

Answer: A) Train 18. The prototype was developed in 2018 and was initially known as Train 18.

2. Vande Bharat Express was developed by which production unit?

A) Chittaranjan Locomotive Works B) Integral Coach Factory, Chennai C) Rail Wheel Factory D) Diesel Locomotive Works

Answer: B. The original Vande Bharat trainset was designed and manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

3. India’s first Vande Bharat Express connected New Delhi with:

A) Varanasi B) Mumbai C) Chennai D) Ahmedabad

Answer: A) Varanasi. The first service was flagged off on February 15, 2019.

4. What is the maximum design speed of the chair-car Vande Bharat trainset?

A) 100 km/h B) 130 km/h C) 160 km/h D) 320 km/h

Answer: C) 160 km/h. Actual operating speed depends on the permitted speed of each railway section.

5. Which train numbers belong to India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper service?

A) 22435/22436 B) 26401/26402 C) 27575/27576 D) 20901/20902

Answer: C) 27575/27576. The pair operates between Howrah and Kamakhya.

6. India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper service connects:

A) Howrah and Kamakhya B) Delhi and Mumbai C) Chennai and Bengaluru D) Jammu and Ahmedabad

Answer: A) Howrah and Kamakhya. Regular operation began in January 2026.

7. The Jammu Tawi–Srinagar Vande Bharat services operate through which major railway project?

A) Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link B) Dedicated Freight Corridor C) Konkan Railway D) Golden Quadrilateral

Answer: A. USBRL provides direct rail connectivity between Jammu and the Kashmir Valley.

8. Kavach is associated with:

A) Ticket reservation B) Automatic Train Protection C) Food catering D) Station redevelopment

Answer: B) Automatic Train Protection. Kavach is India’s indigenous railway-safety system.

9. According to the latest official update, how many Vande Bharat directional services were operating?

A) 35 B) 82 C) 164 D) 500

Answer: C) 164. These 164 directional services form 82 outward-and-return train pairs.

10. Vande Bharat Express is best classified as:

A) Steam locomotive B) Bullet train C) Semi-high-speed electric trainset D) Metro-only service

Answer: C. Vande Bharat is a self-propelled, semi-high-speed electric trainset operating on the Indian Railways network.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How many Vande Bharat trains are running in India?

The latest official Ministry of Railways update reported 164 directional services, representing 82 train-number pairs.

2. Why does this article show 82 routes instead of 164?

Indian Railways counts the outward and return train numbers as two services. This article combines both directions into one route-pair row to avoid duplication.

3. Which is India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train?

Train numbers 27575 and 27576 operate between Howrah Junction and Kamakhya Junction. It is India’s first regular Vande Bharat Sleeper service.

4. Are the Kashmir Vande Bharat trains still limited to Katra?

No. Train pairs 26401/26402 and 26403/26404 were extended between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar with effect from May 2, 2026.

5. Is Vande Bharat a bullet train?

No. Vande Bharat is a semi-high-speed trainset that operates on the conventional broad-gauge railway network. A bullet train normally requires a dedicated high-speed corridor.

6. Where can passengers verify the latest timetable?

Passengers should use official Indian Railways enquiry, the RailOne application, railway reservation systems or authorised railway information channels before travelling.

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Official Sources and References

• Indian Railways – Trains at a Glance 2026: Vande Bharat Trains
• Ministry of Railways – 164 Vande Bharat Services Update, June 1, 2026
• Ministry of Railways – Howrah–Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Service
• South Eastern Railway – Vande Bharat Sleeper Train Numbers and Schedule
• Northern Railway – Extension of Kashmir Vande Bharat Services to Jammu Tawi
• Integral Coach Factory – Official Website

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