The first-ever “Vande Sadharan Express” entered Mumbai on Sunday morning and is being stabled at the Wadibunder railway yard at Mazgaon for trials. The train is also scheduled to conduct runs on the steep mountains of Igatpuri on the Thal Ghat on the Mumbai-Nashik line. The first train that has arrived has markings of Western Railway on it and is expected to be in passenger service on WR routes from Mumbai.

Though the name of “Vande Sadharan Express” is yet to be formalised, the train is a reflection of the Vande Bharat Express, with similar technology of a push-pull version, but with non-AC coaches and offering passengers a blend of speed, comfort, and modern design but to be run at lower fares affordable to the common man.