India is set to get its second Vande Bharat Sleeper train, with the proposed service connecting KSR Bengaluru with Mumbai CSMT. The Railway Board has approved the service and the train is expected to be introduced later this month, although the final launch date and timetable are yet to be announced. The overnight train is expected to bring down the rail travel time between Bengaluru and Mumbai to less than 16 hours, compared with around 24 hours taken by the Udyan Express, currently the only daily direct train between the two cities.
