List of all Vande Bharat Express train services of Indian Railways and their features

Here's a list of all Vande Bharat Express trains running as of now in March 2026 and their features, plus upcoming Vande Bharat trains

A Vande Bharat Express train on the Indian Railways network. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X.

The Vande Bharat Express trains are the modern, comfortable, air-conditioned reserved high-speed trains of Indian Railways. It is currently the most advanced semi-high-speed train of Indian Railways.

Currently, there are two types of Vande Bharat Express trains. The regular Vande Bharat Express is a reserved, air-conditioned (AC) chair car semi-high speed train service that runs between major cities which are typically with less than 10 hours of journey between them.

The Vande Bharat Sleeper is a reserved, air-conditioned (AC) semi-high speed Express train service with sleeper coaches, which runs on long distance routes across India.

A Vande Bharat Express crossing the Chenab Bridge, world’s highest railway arch bridge. Photo by Ministry of Railways, on PIB.

Indian Railways has introduced the indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat (Sleeper and Chair Car) Express services with modern coaches, advanced safety features, and passenger amenities, for improving the railway travel experience in India.

Below is a list of all the active Vande Bharat Express train services that are running, including both Vande Bharat Express trains that are AC Chair Car trains as well as Vande Bharat Sleeper Express trains, as of now in 19 March 2026, plus their features that make them stand apart from regular Indian Railways trains.

In this article:

• List of all Vande Bharat Express (Chair Car) train services
• List of all Vande Bharat Sleeper train services
• Upcoming Vande Bharat Express trains
• About Vande Bharat trains and their features
  • Vande Bharat Express trains [Chair Cars] and their features
  • Vande Bharat Sleeper Express trains [Sleeper Cars] and their features

List of all Vande Bharat Express (Chair Car) train services

A Vande Bharat Express train. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X.

As on 19 March 2026, the following 81 Amrit Bharat Express (Chair Car) train routes, that is, 162 Amrit Bharat Express (Chair Car) train services are operational on the Indian Railways network.

Here's a list of all the Vande Bharat Express (Chair Car) train routes, along with the train numbers, that are currently operational:

1. 22435/22436 New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
2. 22439/22440 Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
3. 20901/20902 Gandhinagar Capital - Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express
4. 22447/22448 Amb Andura - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
5. 20607/20608 Mysuru - MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express
6. 20825/20826 Nagpur - Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express
7. 22301/22302 New Jalpaiguri - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
8. 20833/20834 Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
9. 22223/22224 Sainagar Shirdi - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express
10. 22225/22226 Solapur - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express
11. 20171/20172 Nizamuddin - Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express
12. 20701/20702 Tirupati - Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
13. 20643/20644 Coimbatore - Chennai Vande Bharat Express
14. 20977/20978 Chandigarh - Ajmer Vande Bharat Express
15. 20633/20634 Thiruvananthapuram- Kasargod Vande Bharat Express
16. 22895/22896 Puri - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
17. 22457/22458 Dehradun - Anand Vihar Vande Bharat Express
18. 22227/22228 Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
19. 20911/20912 Nagpur - Indore Vande Bharat Express
20. 22229/22230 Madgaon - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express
21. 22349/22350 Ranchi - Patna Vande Bharat Express
22. 20661/20662 Dharwar - Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
23. 20173/20174 Rewa - Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express
24. 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Prayagraj Vande Bharat Express
25. 12461/12462 Sabarmati - Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express
26. 22925/22926 Okha - Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express
27. 20665/20666 Tirunelveli - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express
28. 20677/20678 Narsapur - Chennai Vande Bharat Express
29. 20703/20704 Yesvantpur - Kacheguda Vande Bharat Express
30. 20631/20632 Thiruvananthapuram- Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express
31. 26963/26964 Udaipur - Asarva Vande Bharat Express
32. 22347/22348 Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
33. 20835/20836 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
34. 20897/20898 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
35. 22415/22416 New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
36. 20641/20642 Coimbatore - Bengaluru Cant Vande Bharat Express
37. 20645/20646 Mangaluru - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express
38. 20705/20706 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Nanded Vande Bharat Express
39. 22477/22478 Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
40. 22425/22426 Anand Vihar - Ayodhya Cantt. Vande Bharat Express
41. 22487/22488 Amritsar - Delhi Vande Bharat Express
42. 22962/22961 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express
43. 20707/20708 Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
44. 20663/20664 Chennai - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express
45. 22233/22234 Patna - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
46. 22470/22469 Khajuraho - Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express
47. 22231/22232 Bengaluru - Kalburagi Vande Bharat Express
48. 20841/20842 Visakhapatnam - Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express
49. 22345/22346 Gomti Nagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express
50. 20887/20888 Varanasi - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
51. 22545/22546 Dehradun - Lucknow Jn Vande Bharat Express
52. 22490/22489 Varanasi - Meerut City Vande Bharat Express
53. 20627/20628 Nagercoil - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express
54. 20671/20672 Bengaluru Cantt - Madurai Vande Bharat Express
55. 22500/22499 Deoghar - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
56. 22309/22310 Jamalpur - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
57. 20871/20872 Rourkela - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
58. 20893/20894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
59. 20892/20891 Tatanagar - Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express
60. 22303/22304 Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
61. 20669/20670 Pune - Hubballi Vande Bharat Express
62. 20673/20674 Pune - Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express
63. 20101/20102 Secunderabad - Nagpur Vande Bharat Express
64. 20829/20830 Visakhapatnam - Durg Vande Bharat Express
65. 21893/21894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
66. 21895/21896 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express
67. 20176/20175 Banaras - Agra Cantt. Vande Bharat Express
68. 26901/26902 Veraval - Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express
69. 26401/26402 Srinagar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express
70. 26403/26404 Srinagar -Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express
71. 26502/26501 Patliputra - Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express
72. 26751/26752 KSR Bengaluru - Belagavi Vande Bharat Express
73. 26406/26405 Amritsar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express
74. 26101/26102 Pune - Ajni Vande Bharat Express
75. 26302/26301 Jogbani - Danapur Vande Bharat Express
76. 26481/26482 Delhi Cantt - Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express
77. 26471/26472 Delhi Cantt - Bikaner Vande Bharat Express
78. 26462/26461 Delhi - Firozpur Cantt. Vande Bharat Express
79. 26651/26652 Ernakulam - KSR Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
80. 26506/26505 Khajuraho - Banaras Vande Bharat Express
81. 26504/26503 Saharanpur - Gomtinagar Vande Bharat Express

List of all Vande Bharat Sleeper train services

India’s first-ever Vande Bharat Sleeper Train begins regular service from Kamakhya Junction Railway station. Photo by Northeast Frontier Railway @RailNf on X

For long distance travel, the Sleeper variant of Vande Bharat Express has been indigenously designed and developed, and their services are begun after successful completion of extensive trials.

As on 19 March 2026, the following 1 Amrit Bharat Express Sleeper train routes, that is, 2 Amrit Bharat Express Sleeper train services are operational on the Indian Railways network.

Here's a list of all the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express train routes, along with the train numbers, that are currently operational:

1. 27575/27576 Howrah- Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express

The first ever Vande Bharat Sleeper train, the 27575/27576 Howrah- Kamakhya Vande Bharat Sleeper Express, was launched on 17 January 2026.

Its first regular journey commenced on 22nd January 2026 from Kamakhya, and on 23rd January 2026 from Howrah.

Upcoming Vande Bharat Express trains

A new Vande Bharat Express, seen ready to embark on its first journey from Banaras in Uttar Pradesh to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by North Eastern Railway @nerailwaygkp on X.

So far, any particular route for any upcoming Vande Bharat Sleeper Express has not been announced.

With the completion of the electrification between Sakleshpur and Subramanya Road, the Bengaluru-Mangaluru rail route is now fully electrified, and the Railways Minster had said that they'll be now able to run Vande Bharat Trains through this route to Mangaluru, although any dates for such a launch has not been specified.

About Vande Bharat Express trains and their features

A Vande Bharat Express train of Indian Railways. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X

There are currently two types of Vande Bharat Express trains in India, which are the regular Vande Bharat Express trains (with AC Chair Cars) and the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express trains (with AC Sleeper coaches).

A gangway diaphragm between two coupled coaches of Vande Bharat Sleeper Train. This train contains Semi-Permanent Couplers and Anti-Climbers for smooth and safe rides. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB

While the Vande Bharat Express has a top speed of 180 kilometres per hour (kmph), its maximum operating speed is 160 kmph. It's actual speed depends on various factors like track conditions or curves, stoppages, etc.

Vande Bharat Express train services [Chair Car] and their features

A Vande Bharat Express on a curve. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X.

The regular Vande Bharat Express is a reserved, air-conditioned chair car semi-high speed train service that runs between major cities in India, which are typically with less than 10 hours of journey between them.

An interior view of the Vande Bharat Express train. Image by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X

Interiors of a Vande Bharat Express AC Chair Car. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X.

Indian Railways introduced indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat trains with modern coaches, advanced safety features and better passenger amenities. These Vande Bharat Chair Car Trains have following features:

• Jerk-Free Semi-Permanent couplers.
• Fitted with KAVACH.
• Centrally controlled Automatic Plug Doors and Fully Sealed wider gangways.
• Emergency Alarm Push buttons and Talk Back Units on all Coaches.
• Improved fire safety – Aerosol based fire detection and suppression system in electrical cabinets and lavatories.
• Higher acceleration with design/operating speed of 180/160 kmph.
• Driver-Guard communication with voice recording facility & Crash hardened memory.
• Air conditioning units provided with indigenously developed UV-C lamp based disinfection system for deactivating 99% harmful bacteria from conditioned air to improve the hygiene standards inside the passenger area.
• Better Ride Comfort.
• CCTVs in all Coaches.
• For Divyangjan passengers special lavatory in the driving coaches on each end.
• Coach condition monitoring System (CCMS) display with remote monitoring.

A white-blue exterior version of the Vande Bharat train of Indian Railways. This was the first version of Vande Bharat trains. Representative image. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X.

Vande Bharat Sleeper Express train services [Sleeper Cars] and their features

The First-ever Vande Bharat Sleeper Train. Image by South Eastern Railway @serailwaykol on X.

The Vande Bharat Sleeper is a reserved, air-conditioned (AC) semi-high speed Express train service with sleeper coaches, which runs on long distance routes across India.

A top view of the First Vande Bharat Sleeper Train and other trains. It has an advanced aerodynamic exterior design compared to the other trains here. Image by South Eastern Railway @serailwaykol on X.

To improve travel experience and set new benchmarks in terms of safe and comfortable journey, these train sets are provided with modern coaches having advanced safety features and passenger amenities, such as:

• Jerk-Free Semi permanent couplers and Anti Climbers.
• Fitted with KAVACH.
• Higher acceleration with design/operating speed of 180/160 kmph.
• Crashworthy Design of Car body complying with EN standards.
• Fire barrier doors at the end of each coach for compliance of Fire Safety standards.
• Aerosol based fire detection and suppression system in electrical cabinets and lavatories.
• Regenerative braking system for energy efficiency.
• Air conditioning units provided with indigenously developed UV-C lamp based disinfection system for deactivating 99% harmful bacteria from conditioned air to improve the hygiene standards inside the passenger area.
• Centrally controlled Automatic Plug Doors and Fully Sealed wider gangways.
• CCTVs in all coaches.
• Emergency talk-back unit for communication between Passenger and Train Manager/Loco Pilot in case of emergency.
• For Divyangjan passengers special lavatory in the driving coaches on each end.
• Centralised Coach Monitoring System for better condition monitoring of passenger amenities such as Air conditioning, Saloon Lighting etc.
• Ergonomically designed ladder for ease of climbing on to upper berths.

An exterior view of the advanced coaches of the First Vande Bharat Sleeper Train, stationed at a railway station. Image by South Eastern Railway @serailwaykol on X.

The new Vande Bharat Sleeper train currently has 16 coaches, including 11 three-tier AC coaches, 4 two-tier AC coaches, and 1 first-class AC coach, with a total capacity of around 823 passengers.

A closer look at the exteriors of a coach of the First Vande Bharat Sleeper, at the platform of Kamakhya Junction railway station, just before its first journey. Photo by Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia on X.

An interior view of the luxurious Vande Bharat Sleeper Train and its two-tier sleeper berths. Photo by Ministry of Railways, on PIB.

Vande Bharat Sleeper train's advanced aerodynamic exterior design reduces air resistance, which ensures a smooth and stable train ride even at high speeds.

A view of the interiors of a 3-Tier AC Coach of Vande Bharat Sleeper Train with comfortable sleeper berths. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

Capable of running at speeds of up to 180 kilometres per hour (kmph), the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express will significantly reduce travel time while offering a quiet and premium travel experience.

A view of the interiors of Vande Bharat Sleeper Train with modern design of sleeper berths and ergonomic ladder. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

The corridor and cabins of the First-Class AC coach of Vande Bharat Sleeper Train. You can also see the steps leading to an upper berth, in the cabin. Image by South Eastern Railway @serailwaykol on X.

A view of the interiors of Vande Bharat Sleeper Train with special arrangements for Divyangjans (persons with disabilities). Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

An advanced modern spacious toilet with better facilities in Vande Bharat Sleeper Train. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

Automatic door with vestibule for seamless movement inside the Vande Bharat Sleeper Train. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB

A view of the modern toilets in the new Vande Bharat Sleeper trains. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

A view of the passenger emergency talkback system in the Vande Bharat Sleeper trains. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

Passenger information system in the Vande Bharat Sleeper trains. Picture by Ministry of Railways on PIB.

More about Vande Bharat trains

While new Vande Bharat train services and its variants are being introduced, it is an on-going process that depends on various factors such as, capacity of the section, availability of path, availability of required rolling stock, availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock, maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets, and occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section.

Indian railways began the Vande Bharat train services in February 2019. As of 16 December 2025, 164 Vande Bharat Train services were operational, and of January 2025, 164 Vande Bharat train services are operational across India, with 162 Vande Bharat Chair Car trains and 2 Vande Bharat Sleeper trains.

From December 2025, Indian Railways introduced regional cuisines on select Vande Bharat trains to further enhance passenger experience by offering authentic local flavours reflective of India’s diverse culinary heritage. Traditional dishes are offered, which are associated with the regions through which the trains operate.

Along with the Amrit Bharat Express trains and the Namo Bharat Rapid Rail train services, the Vande Bharat Express trains are the advanced modern train services of Indian Railways.

References

1. Amid High-occupancy & Popularity of Vande Bharat Chair Car Services, Centre seeks State Support in its Expansion - Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India, on PIB. Posted On: 18 MAR 2026 6:29PM by PIB Delhi.
2. Vande Bharat Express: Modernising Inter-City Rail Mobility in India - PIB Headquarters, Govt. of India, on PIB. Posted On: 16 JAN 2026 3:01PM by PIB Delhi.