The Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express will be launched on November 13, 2026, from Bengaluru and Mangaluru Junctions simultaneously. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the service from Bengaluru, while Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will do it from the Mangaluru junction.
The route will have twelve halts: Yeshwantpur to Madgaon Vande Bharat Express (train no. It will conduct services daily except on Wednesdays. . Madgaon to Yeshwantpur Vande Bharat Express (train no. It runs daily except on Thursdays.
Regular services of the Vande Bharat express from both Bengaluru and Mangaluru will commence from November 15, 2026.The Konkan Railway has also posted the schedule of the Vande Bharat Express ahead of the inauguration. The Vande Bharat Express (train number 26655) will run from Yeshwantpur in Bengaluru to Madgaon station in Goa. The same train will return as train number 26656. 26655) departs Yeshwantpur at 7:35 a.m. and arrives at Madgaon at 8:55 p.m.. The total duration of the journey is 13 hours and 20 minutes. 26656) departs Madgaon at 8.20 a.m. and arrives at Yeshwantpur at 9.15 p.m. Passengers are likely to pay nearly ₹200 in chair car more compared to the same distance travelled on other Vande Bharat services, according to a report published in The Hindu . Here are the tentative ticket prices for Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon route: The Bengaluru-Madgaon-Bengaluru service will be the longest-duration Vande Bharat chair car service among the 82 pairs of such services in India. Not only this, the services would also be the slowest among all Vande Bharat services in the country, with an average speed of 54 kmph and 53 kmph in the down and up directions, respectively.
