The inaugural run of the Mumbai-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Sleeper Express is scheduled for November 1
MUMBAI: The Mumbai-Bengaluru route will get its first Vande Bharat Sleeper Express from November 2, with the inaugural run scheduled to be flagged off from Bengaluru on November 1. Train no 27651 will depart from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) at 8.10 pm and reach Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT), Bengaluru, at noon the following day, according to the schedule released by South Western Railway.
In the opposite direction, train no 27652 will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 7.45pm and arrive at CSMT at 11.55am the next day. The train, numbered 27651/27652, will have 16 coaches, comprising 11 AC three-tier coaches, four AC two-tier coaches and one AC first-class coach. Together, these will provide 823 berths. Tickets for the 1,118-km journey are expected to cost between Rs 2,600 and Rs 4,250, depending on the class selected. The country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 17, 2026, on the Howrah-Kamakhya route.
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