Vande Bharat Sleeper Train Between Bengaluru and Mumbai Launched

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the Vande Bharat Sleeper train connecting Bengaluru and Mumbai on Sunday. The train will operate from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal in Bengaluru, covering Hindupur, Dharmavaram, Anantapur, Guntakal, Hubballi, Solapur, Pune and Lonavala before reaching Mumbai. Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi, V. Somanna, H.D. Kumaraswamy and Shobha Karandlaje, along with MPs Dr. Manjunath, Tejasvi Surya and P.C. Mohan, attended the inaugural event.

The train will depart from Bengaluru at 7:45 pm on all days except Monday and reach Mumbai at 11:55 am the following day. On its return journey, it will leave Mumbai at 8:10 pm and arrive in Bengaluru at 12:20 pm the next day. The new service is expected to provide overnight travel connectivity between the two major cities while also benefiting passengers travelling to and from several stations along the route.