Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off 10 new Vande Bharat trains

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.