Vande Bharat Train Images

Vande Bharat Express in Kashmir

The Jammu–Srinagar line, from Srinagar to the Chenab valley

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Vande Bharat train in every state

One landmark for each state; captions say where trains really stop

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Vande Bharat Express in Indian cities

Tap a city to find its Vande Bharat trains

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Tap any image to open it at full size, then use the arrow keys or the Previous and Next buttons to move through the set. Every caption links to the trains for that place.

What the real Vande Bharat Express looks like

The pictures here show one colour scheme, but the real Vande Bharat train comes in two. The first trains, which started in 2019, are white and blue. In July 2023, railway officials confirmed that the 28th trainset at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai would be painted saffron, on a trial basis, and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the colour was inspired by the national flag. Source: The Week Newer trains run in saffron-orange and grey, and both colour schemes are in service today.

We chose the saffron-and-grey look for the whole gallery because it is the scheme on the newer trains. If you see a white-and-blue Vande Bharat at your station, it is the same kind of train: an electric, self-propelled set with a driving coach at each end, AC Chair Car (CC) seats in a 3+2 layout and Executive Chair Car (EC) seats in a 2+2 layout. The coaches are the same inside whatever the paint. For the seating, see the Vande Bharat seat map, and for the whole story from Train 18 onwards, read the Vande Bharat history.

The illustrations simplify things a real photo would show: pantographs, coach numbers, the exact shape of the nose and the station signs. Use them to get a feel for a place, not to identify a particular train.

Vande Bharat Express in Kashmir

The gallery opens with Kashmir and the line over the Chenab bridge. The 10 Kashmir images follow the line from Srinagar’s station at Nowgam, past the saffron fields of Pampore, orchards at Kakapora, Awantipora, Bijbehara, Anantnag, Sadura and Qazigund, to the Pir Panjal tunnel and the Chenab valley.

The real trains on this line are the Jammu Tawi–Srinagar Vande Bharat Express pairs 26401/26402 and 26403/26404. They run 269 km between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar and stop at Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Banihal; 26401/26402 also stop at Reasi. They do not stop at Pampore, Anantnag or Qazigund, so the pictures of the train in those places show the scenery the line passes, not a stop where you can get on.

Between Katra and Banihal the Vande Bharat train crosses the two bridges that made the line famous. The Chenab Rail Bridge stands 359 m above the riverbed and is the world’s highest railway arch bridge. The Anji Khad Bridge is India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge, 331 m above the riverbed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened both and flagged off the first Katra–Srinagar Vande Bharat trains on 6 June 2025. Source: PIB The trains were extended to start from Jammu Tawi from 30 April 2026. Source: All India Radio News

The same PIB note says this version of the train is built for winter, with heated windshields and heating that works down to minus 20 °C. That is why the snowy images at Srinagar and Qazigund are not far from the truth. For timings, fares and how to get there from Delhi, see the Delhi – Katra – Srinagar Vande Bharat guide.

Vande Bharat train in every state

The second set has one picture for each of India’s 28 states, plus Jammu and Kashmir, which is a Union Territory: 29 images in all. Each shows the train beside a landmark the state is known for, such as the Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, Hawa Mahal in Rajasthan, the Konark Sun Temple wheel in Odisha and the Statue of Unity in Gujarat.

A Vande Bharat train stops in 21 of the 28 states. The other seven are in the north-east: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. None of them has a Vande Bharat stop yet, and their captions say so in plain words. For six of them, the nearest stations with a Vande Bharat are Guwahati and Kamakhya in Assam. For Sikkim, it is New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.

From our timetable data, two Vande Bharat services serve that corner of India:

• 22227/22228 New Jalpaiguri–Guwahati (Chair Car): 22227 leaves New Jalpaiguri at 06:10 and reaches Guwahati at 11:40; 22228 leaves Guwahati at 16:30 and reaches New Jalpaiguri at 22:00. Both stop at Kamakhya and do not run on Tuesday.
• 27575/27576 Howrah–Kamakhya (Sleeper): 27575 leaves Howrah at 18:20 and reaches Kamakhya at 08:20 the next morning, every day except Thursday. 27576 leaves Kamakhya at 18:15, every day except Wednesday. Both stop at New Jalpaiguri.

For the other states, the caption link goes to the state’s route page where we have one, such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. Where we do not, it opens a search for the main Vande Bharat station: Ambala for Haryana, Una for Himachal Pradesh, Dehradun for Uttarakhand, Raipur for Chhattisgarh and Amritsar for Punjab. The landmark in a picture is not always near the railway. Kedarnath and Tawang, for example, are far from any line.

Vande Bharat Express in Indian cities

The last and largest set has 54 cities, from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata to Tiruppur, Solapur and Jammu. Each city is shown at a place people there would know: India Gate, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Charminar, Victoria Memorial, Mysore Palace, Rockfort Temple.

Not every one of these cities has its own Vande Bharat stop. Noida, Faridabad and Kota have none, so their captions point to the trains from Delhi’s stations or the Rajasthan route page. Some cities are served from a station with a different name: Gurugram from Gurgaon, Kochi from Ernakulam, Jamshedpur from Tatanagar and Aurangabad from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The other caption links run a search on the home page, which shows the trains that stop there, or tells you there are none.

How to find the Vande Bharat trains for a city

Tap “Find trains from” under any city picture, or type a city or station name into the search on the home page. The search matches station names, station codes and states, so “Pune” and “PUNE” both work. The results list every Vande Bharat route that stops there, whether it is a Chair Car or Sleeper train, and the train numbers, from our timetable checked against erail and ConfirmTkt.

Tap a train number to open its page, with departure and arrival times, running days, the full list of stops, and fares where we have confirmed them. If your city is not listed, try the nearest large station, or the state’s route page. The full Vande Bharat route list groups every train by region.

Before you travel, check the train on NTES or IRCTC, because timings and running days change. This site is independent of Indian Railways and IRCTC.

Using these Vande Bharat images

All 93 images were made for this site and are hosted here. The full-size version of each picture opens when you tap it. You may link to this page or to any image on it. If you want to reuse a picture somewhere else, such as on a website, in a video or in print, please ask us first through the contact page and tell us which image and where it will appear.

If you use one with our permission, label it as an illustration. Do not present it as a photograph of a real train, station or event, and do not use one to suggest that a Vande Bharat stops somewhere it does not. For real photos of the train, the Press Information Bureau and the Ministry of Railways publish photographs from launches and inaugurations.

If you spot a mistake in a caption, such as a station name or a stop, please tell us through the corrections page.

Vande Bharat Train Images FAQs

Are these real photos of the Vande Bharat train? No. They are AI-generated illustrations made for this site. The places are real, but the scenes are drawn, and the captions say where Vande Bharat trains actually stop.

What colour is the Vande Bharat train? Two colours are in service. The first Vande Bharat trains from 2019 are white and blue Source: The Week, 8 July 2023. From 2023, new trains have been painted saffron-orange and grey, a colour the Railway Minister said was inspired by the national flag.

Is there a Vande Bharat in Kashmir? Yes. Two Vande Bharat Express pairs, 26401/26402 and 26403/26404, run between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar through Katra and Banihal. They cross the Chenab and Anji Khad bridges on the way.

Does the Vande Bharat stop at Pampore or Anantnag? No. The Jammu Tawi–Srinagar trains stop only at Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan, Katra, Reasi (26401/26402 only) and Banihal before Srinagar. The Pampore and Anantnag images show the scenery along the line.

Which states have no Vande Bharat train? Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura have no Vande Bharat stop yet. The nearest stations are Guwahati and Kamakhya in Assam, or New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal for Sikkim.

Can I download a Vande Bharat train image in HD? Tap any picture to open the full-size version. To reuse it outside this site, ask us first through the contact page.

Why is the train saffron in every picture? Saffron and grey is the colour scheme on the newer trains, so we used one look for the whole set. Many white-and-blue Vande Bharat trains still run.

How do I find the Vande Bharat trains for a city shown here? Tap the link under the city’s picture, or search for the city on the home page. The results show every Vande Bharat route that stops there, with links to each train’s times and running days.

Sources

Saffron livery: The Week, July 2023. Chenab and Anji Khad bridges, Katra–Srinagar launch and winter features: PIB, June 2025. Jammu Tawi extension: All India Radio News. Timings, stops and running days: our timetable data, checked against erail and ConfirmTkt on 11 November 2026. States with stops: our route list. Images: AI-generated illustrations made for this site. Report a correction.