Bengaluru-Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper: Timings, stoppages and booking details
Bengaluru: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday flagged off the inaugural run of the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express connecting Bengaluru and Mumbai, marking a new addition to overnight rail services between the two major cities.
The train, which departed from Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) in Bengaluru, is scheduled to reach Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai at 6.15 am on Monday.
Regular services will begin on November 2 from Mumbai to Bengaluru and on November 3 in the return direction. The train will operate six days a week, with no service on Tuesdays from Mumbai and Mondays from Bengaluru.
The wait is now over! The CSMT Mumbai - SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Sleeper Express is all set to take passengers on a comfortable journey.
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Train No. 27651 will depart CSMT Mumbai at 8.10 pm and reach SMVT Bengaluru at 12 noon the following day. In the opposite direction, Train No. 27652 will leave Bengaluru at 7.45 pm and arrive in Mumbai at 11.55 am the next day.
The service will halt at Kalyan, Pune, Solapur, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Guntakal and Anantapur. The inaugural special train also had additional stoppages at Hindupur, Dharmavaram and Lonavala.
The 16-coach sleeper train will have one AC First Class coach, four AC 2-Tier coaches and 11 AC 3-Tier coaches.
Passengers can book tickets through computerised reservation centres and the IRCTC website. The RailOne app will also be available for booking tickets.
Addressing the gathering, Vaishnaw said the service would connect Bengaluru, the country's IT and startup hub, with Mumbai, its financial capital.
He said the train would travel through Anantapur and Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh before entering North Karnataka, covering Raichur, Yadgir and Kalaburagi. It would then pass through Solapur, Pune and Kalyan before reaching Mumbai.
"The train will cover several parts of North Karnataka, which were erstwhile uncovered by good, world-class train connectivity. The route was finalised unanimously after consultations with Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi, Somanna and Kumaraswamy, among others," he said.
Vaishnaw also announced that the next Vande Bharat Sleeper train for Karnataka would originate from Bengaluru, connect parts of North Karnataka towards Hubballi and then proceed towards Pune and Mumbai.
Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and H D Kumaraswamy, Ministers of State V Somanna and Shobha Karandlaje, and MPs Tejasvi Surya, P C Mohan and C N Manjunath were among those present at the flag-off ceremony.
The South Western Railway said the new service would provide passengers with a comfortable overnight travel option and improve connectivity between Karnataka and Maharashtra.