Vande Bharat Sleeper Links Bengaluru and Mumbai in 16 Hours
The overnight train replaces a 22-to-24-hour run with a single night's sleep. It's the third sleeper route India has opened this year.
The Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper covers 1,118 kilometers in about 16 hours, roughly eight hours faster than conventional trains on the route.
India's third Vande Bharat Sleeper service began operations between Bengaluru and Mumbai on November 2, cutting a 1,118-kilometer overnight run to about 16 hours. [Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper flagged off — Global Nexus]
The train leaves SMVT Bengaluru at 7:45 p.m. and reaches CSMT Mumbai at 11:55 the next morning, six days a week, in 16 coaches across three air-conditioned classes. Conventional trains on the route take 22 to 24 hours. [Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper flagged off — Global Nexus]
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged the train off on November 1. It runs as trains 27651 and 27652, skipping Mondays out of Bengaluru and Tuesdays out of Mumbai, and it stops at stations including Tumakuru, Davanagere, Haveri and Hubballi-Dharwad. Only passengers with confirmed tickets may board. [Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper flagged off — Global Nexus]
The route is the third sleeper in the series. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first, between Howrah and Kamakhya, on January 17, 2026, and the second began between Varanasi and New Delhi on November 2 after an October 31 flag-off. That train seats 823 passengers and runs Varanasi to New Delhi in about nine hours overnight. [Varanasi Vande Bharat Sleeper and new MEMU services — HelloRail]
More are coming. Indian Railways has announced a Bengaluru–Mangaluru sleeper within weeks, once electrification and trials finish, and a longer Bengaluru–Hubballi–Pune–Mumbai sleeper behind it. [Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper flagged off — Global Nexus]
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