Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tejasvi Surya stated on Saturday, September 27, that the Union Ministry of Railways has approved a new superfast train service between Bengaluru and Mumbai. Moreover, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed that a superfast train connecting the top two cities is not a distant dream.
In a video message posted on 'X', Surya highlighted that despite Bengaluru and Mumbai being two of India's most important economic hubs, the two cities had been connected by only one train, the Udyan Express. And that too takes 24 hours to complete the journey, he pointed out.
"This forced most people to take buses or flights, inevitably. Travel was expensive and uncomfortable," Surya said, adding he raised the demand for a superfast train between the two cit