Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat trains from Ahmedabad on March 12. This inauguration increased the Vande Bharat train count to 51, spanning 45 routes.
The routes of Kasaragod–Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi to Katra, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Delhi to Varanasi, Mysuru-Chennai, and Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad will now each have two Vande Bharat trains.
Jharkhand is set to welcome its third Vande Bharat train. The first, operating between Ranchi and Patna, started on June 27, 2023. The second, connecting Ranchi and Howrah, commenced on September 24, 2023. The upcoming train will serve the Ranchi-Varanasi route, starting on March 18.
New Vande Bharat Express Routes
42nd Vande Bharat Express
- 22231/22232
Route - Kalaburagi to KSR Bengaluru
Distnace - 548 km
Duration - 08h 45m
43rd Vande Bharat Express
- 22233/22234
Route - New Jalpaiguri to Patna
Distance - 471 km
Duration - 06h 55m
44th Vande Bharat Express
- Route - Lucknow to Dehradun
Distance - 545 km
Duration - 08h 20m
45th Vande Bharat Express
- 22962/22961
Route - Ahmedabad to Mumbai Central
Distance - 493 km
Duration - 05h 25m
46th Vande Bharat Express
- 20663/20664
Route - Mysuru to MGR Chennai Central
Distance - 499 km
Duration - 06h 20m
47th Vande Bharat Express
- 22470/22469
Route - Hazrat Nizamuddin to Khajuraho
Distance - 660 km
Duration - 08h 20m
48th Vande Bharat Express
- 20707/20708
Route - Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam
Distance - 698 km
Duration -08h 45m
49th Vande Bharat Express
- 20887/20888
Route - Ranchi to Varanasi
Distance - 548 km
Duration - 07h 50m
50th Vande Bharat Express
- 20841/20842
Route - Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam
Distance - 469 km
Duration - 06h 15m
51st Vande Bharat Express
- Route - Patna to Gomti Nagar (Lucknow)
Distance - 545 km
Duration - 08h 40m
Delhi stands out with 10 Vande Bharat trains, now offering connections to Amb Andaura, Amritsar, Ayodhya, Bhopal, Dehradun, and Khajuraho. Mumbai follows closely with six trains, and Chennai is home to five. Mysuru is also set to greet its second Vande Bharat train.
Route Extension of Vande Bharat Express Trains
Moreover, along with new launches some existing routes are also expanded. The Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod route will extend to Mangaluru, the Ahmedabad-Jamnagar route will continue to Dwarka, the Gorakhpur-Lucknow route will reach Prayagraj (previously known as Allahabad), and the Ajmer-Delhi route will now include Chandigarh.
Ticket bookings for all the new vande bharat express trains will start on our platform soon. Stay tuned with Trainman for more updates.