Vaishali Express is a daily superfast train service, connecting Barauni in East Central India to New Delhi. This train is one of the oldest train of this route. Earlier it was known as Jayanti jayanta express. It is the first train after Bhopal Express to be certified for quality at the ISO 9000 level. It connects the major cities of Bihar and UP like Muzaffarpur, Chhapra, Siwan, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Gonda & Basti with the national capital New Delhi. The aged ICF coaches of the train were replaced with LHB coaches during first week of May 2018, increasing its speed limit to 130–150 kilometres per hour (81–93 mph).
The train usually runs with 24 coaches viz., ENG-SLR-GS1-GS2-S1 TO S10-PC-B1-B2-A1-A2-HA1-H1-GS3-GS4-GS5-SLR. The 12553 Barauni-New Delhi Vaishali Express Train will be augmented on a permanent basis by one additional sleeper coach from 04-09-11 when departing from Barauni.
Vaishali Express was awarded ISO 9000 on 1 May 2012.

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Train No. : 12553 Vaishali Express
Train Type : Superfast
Loco : WAP4
Rake Type : LHB
Inaugural Run : 31 Oct. 1973
From : Barauni
To : New Delhi
Distance : 1182 km
Travel Time : 21h 20m
Stopage : 20 halts
Avg Speed: 55 km/hr
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