Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, alongside Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and H.D. Kumaraswamy and Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna, presided over the flag off of the Bengaluru Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper Express at SMVT, Bengaluru on 1 November 2026.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi joined Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna at the flag off of the Bengaluru Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper Express at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal on 1 November 2026.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya joined Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and H.D. Kumaraswamy, and MoS Railways V. Somanna at the Bengaluru Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper Express flag off at SMVT, Bengaluru on 1 November 2026.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and H.D. Kumaraswamy, and Union MoS Shobha Karandlaje jointly flagged off the Bengaluru Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper Express at SMVT, Bengaluru on 1 November 2026.
The flag off of the Bengaluru Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper Express at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) on 1 November 2026 marked a new chapter in overnight rail travel between Karnataka and Maharashtra, presided over by Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi.
Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy joined Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi as the Bengaluru Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper Express departed Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) in Bengaluru on 1 November 2026.