Vande Bharat Express trains are fast catching the attention of the nation, with each route getting a lot of appreciation from train passengers. So much is the importance of Vande Bharat trains that each route is flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, either personally or virtually. Indian Railways is betting big on these trains and is expected to add 300 trains in the coming years and is adding new routes at a very fast pace. Launched in 2018 with just one route, the Vande Bharat Express now operates on 14 routes across India, with four new routes inaugurated in April 2023 alone.
Recently, PM Modi flagged off India’s 14th Vande Bharat Express train running on Ajmer-Jaipur-Delhi Cantt route, first for the state of Rajasthan and first semi-high in the world to run on high-rise overhead There is also a speed passenger train. Electric (OHE) sector. PM Modi virtually inaugurated the train, which ran from Delhi Cantt to Jaipur in its initial run, followed by regular Ajmer-Delhi run.
Earlier this month, PM Modi inaugurated two Vande Bharat Express on the same day, which were the 12th and 13th semi-high speed trains in India. During his recent visit to Tamil Nadu, PM inaugurated the Chennai-Coimbatore (Kovai) Vande Bharat Express. He also flagged off the Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express on the same day.
He also inaugurated the Bhopal-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express earlier in the month, which became India’s fastest train, crossing a maximum speed of 160 kmph on the Agra-Nizamuddin section of the Indian Railways.
Complete list of Vande Bharat Express routes in India:
Route 1: New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
Route 2: New Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (J&K) Vande Bharat Express
Route 3: Gandhinagar and Mumbai Vande Bharat Express
Route 4: New Delhi to Amb Andaura in Himachal Pradesh Vande Bharat Express
Route 5: Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express
Route 6: Nagpur-Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express
Route 7: Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
Route 8: Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
Route 9, Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express
Route 10: Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Express
Route 11: Bhopal-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
Route 12: Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express
Route 13: Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express
Route 14: Ajmer-Delhi Cantt Vande Bharat Express