India, April 12 -- The city is set to get a Vande Bharat Sleeper train connecting Mumbai to Bengaluru after railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw gave a go ahead for the premium semi-high-speed service earlier this week.

According to railway officials the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to make arrangements for serving hot meals onboard, as the journey is likely to take 16 to 18 hours. This will be the second Vande Bharat Sleeper route after the 950-km Howrah-Kamakhya corridor, which was flagged off in January this year.

On April 5, Vaishnaw confirmed the approval in a reply to member of parliament PC Mohan. "You would be pleased to know that the introduction of a new Vande Bharat Sleeper train between...