: Mumbai, 3, December 2025

Indian Railways continues to operate and introduce trains across State and Parliamentary constituency boundaries as per network requirements, ensuring seamless connectivity.

Currently, Indian Railways has operationalized 164 Vande Bharat train services nationwide. Out of these, 24 Vande Bharat Express services serve stations located in the State of Maharashtra. The details of these trains based on their origination and termination points are as follows:

• 26101/26102 Pune-Ajni Vande Bharat Express introduced on 11-08-2025, operates 6 days a week.
• 20101/20102 Nagpur-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express – introduced on 19-09-2024, operates 6 days a week.
• 20669/20670 Hubballi-Pune Vande Bharat Express introduced on 18-09-2024, operates 3 days a week.
• 20673/20674 SCSM(T) Kolhapur-Pune Vande Bharat Express introduced on 18-09-2024, operates 3 days a week.
• 22961/22962 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express introduced on 09-03-2024, operates 6 days a week.
• 20705/20706 H S Nanded-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) Vande Bharat Express introduced on 30-12-2023, operates 6 days a week.
• 22229/22230 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express introduced on 28-06-2023, operates 6 days a week.
• 20911/20912 Indore-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express introduced on 27-06-2023, operates 6 days a week.
• 22223/22224 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat  Express introduced on 11-02-2023, operates 6 days a week.
• 22225/22226 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) Solapur Vande Bharat Express introduced on 11-02-2023, operates 6 days a week.
• 20825/20826 Bilaspur-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express introduced on 12-12-2022, operates 6 days a week.
• 20901/20902 Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express  introduced on 30-09-2022, operates 6 days a week.

To improve convenience for passengers from Parbhani, the 20705/20706 Jalna-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) Vande Bharat Express has been extended up to H. S. Nanded via Parbhani effective from 28.08.2025.

The introduction of new trains and Vande Bharat train services depends on factors including section capacity, availability of train paths, rolling stock and compatible infrastructure, and maintenance requirements of railway assets.

Indian Railways regularly receives proposals and suggestions from Members of Parliament, elected representatives, organizations, and rail users for new train services. These requests are reviewed continuously at the Railway Board, Zonal Railways, and Divisional levels, with action taken as feasible.

Expenditure related to infrastructure and Vande Bharat trains falls under the overall maintenance and upgradation budget of Indian Railways, encompassing both revenue and capital segments.

This was stated in a written reply to an unstarred question by the Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in Lok Sabha today.

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