Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 11 November 2026.

1. About this website

This website, at vandebharatexpress.info, is an independent passenger guide to Vande Bharat Express trains. It publishes route guides, timetables, fare examples, booking and refund explanations, seat and food information, and free tools such as fare, refund and Tatkal calculators.

It is not run by, affiliated with or endorsed by Indian Railways, IRCTC, the Ministry of Railways, the Railway Board or any railway zone. It does not sell tickets, accept payments or make bookings. Read our disclaimer for more about what this means.

2. Using the site

You may read, use and share this Vande Bharat guide for personal and non-commercial purposes, such as planning a journey or helping a friend or family member plan one. You may link to any page.

When you use the site, you agree not to:

• copy large parts of the site, its timetables or its data files and republish them as your own, on another website, in an app or in print, without our written permission;
• use automated tools to download the site at a rate that slows it down for other people;
• try to break, overload or gain unauthorised access to the site or the server it runs on;
• present information from this site as an official Indian Railways or IRCTC notice;
• use the site for anything unlawful.

Quoting short passages with a link back to the page is welcome. Search engines and AI assistants may crawl, index and cite the site, as set out in our robots.txt file.

3. Information and tool results are for planning only

We check Vande Bharat Express timetables against at least two sources, take fares from IRCTC’s fare enquiry and base rules on official circulars and statements. Our methods are explained in the editorial policy. Even so:

• timetables, fares and rules change, and a page can be out of date;
• fares on this site are dated examples, usually for the full route in the General quota;
• our tools apply published rules to our data and give estimates, not official figures.

You are responsible for confirming any information you rely on, especially before you pay for a ticket, cancel a ticket or travel. The fare, refund, time limit and status shown by IRCTC, and the live running status shown by NTES, are final.

4. No booking, payment or account

This site never asks for your IRCTC password, PNR, payment details or identity documents, and you should never enter them anywhere on this site. We do not create accounts. If someone contacts you claiming to be from this site and asks for such details, it is not us.

5. Our content

The writing, design, logo, icons, seat diagrams, tool code and the way our Vande Bharat data is compiled and checked are our own work, unless a source is credited. The names “Vande Bharat” and “Vande Bharat Express”, train numbers, station names and station codes belong to their respective owners and are used only to describe the trains. Facts such as a train’s departure time are not owned by anyone; our compilation, checking and presentation of them is our work.

6. External links

The site links to official services, including IRCTC, NTES, the Indian Railways PNR enquiry, Rail Madad and PIB, and to other sources we cite. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, availability or privacy practices. Your use of them is governed by their own terms.

7. Availability

We aim to keep this Vande Bharat guide available, but we do not promise that it will always be online, error-free or available at any particular time. We may change, move or remove pages and tools, add new Vande Bharat routes, or stop the service, without notice.

8. Limitation of liability

The site and its tools are provided free of charge and “as is”, without any guarantee. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct or indirect loss arising from your use of the site or your reliance on its content or tool results, including missed trains, extra costs, lost refunds, or decisions made on the basis of information that turned out to be wrong or out of date. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be limited by law.

9. Privacy

How the site handles information is set out in our privacy policy. In brief: no accounts, no cookies, no analytics, and tool inputs stay in your browser.

10. Corrections and feedback

If you find a mistake on a Vande Bharat page, please report a correction. For other questions, see the Contact page. We read every message, but we cannot act on bookings, refunds or complaints about a journey; those belong with IRCTC and Rail Madad.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time, for example if we add a feature or change how the site works. The “Last updated” date at the top shows the current version. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India.

Terms FAQs

Is it free to use this Vande Bharat Express guide? Yes. All pages and the 16 Vande Bharat tools are free, with no account needed.

Can I share a page from this site? Yes. You can link to and share any page, and quote short passages with a link back.

Can I copy the timetables to my own website or app? Not in bulk without our written permission. Link to the page instead.

Does using this site give me any rights against Indian Railways or IRCTC? No. Your ticket, refund and travel rights are set by Indian Railways and IRCTC, not by this website.

Related pages

• Disclaimer
• Privacy policy
• About this guide
• Editorial policy
• Contact