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Transition-metal hydrides offer an alternative platform because partially filled d states can modify the electronic density of states, metal\u2013hydrogen hybridization, and electron\u2013phonon coupling. Here, VH3 is used as a parent high-pressure transition-metal hydride framework, and Ti substitution is introduced as a chemically compatible way to tune the d-derived states near the Fermi level. Two ternary hydrides, Ti3VH12 and TiV3H12, are therefore constructed from the VH3 lattice and investigated by first-principles calculations at 200 GPa. Both compounds are thermodynamically and dynamically stable under this pressure condition, as indicated by formation energies, the Ti\u2013V\u2013H convex hull, and phonon spectra. Within the same ultrasoft-pseudopotential computational framework, Ti3VH12 and TiV3H12 yield Allen\u2013Dynes Tc values of 42.1 K and 36.8 K, respectively, higher than the corresponding VH3 value. A norm-conserving cross-check for VH3 gives a different absolute value, indicating that the Tc estimates are method-dependent. Electronic structure analysis indicates that Ti incorporation shifts pronounced van Hove singularities close to the Fermi level, enhances the density of states, and changes the Fermi surface topology. 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