{"id":40995,"date":"2026-06-15T16:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stayvista.com\/blog\/?p=40995"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:21:50","slug":"new-bengaluru-mumbai-express-monsoon-weekend-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stayvista.com\/blog\/new-bengaluru-mumbai-express-monsoon-weekend-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bengaluru\u2013Mumbai Express: 15 Stops, \u20b9750 Fare & 6 Monsoon Weekend Trips It Unlocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A direct train links Bengaluru and Mumbai again<\/strong> \u2014 only the second one in roughly three decades \u2014 and it arrives just as the first monsoon clouds roll over the Western Ghats. The new SMVT Bengaluru\u2013Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (trains 16553\/16554) covers 1,210 km and 15 stops in about 24 hours. But the timetable is only half the story. This train threads some of India’s greenest monsoon country, and it puts Lonavala, Karjat and Pune within an easy hop. Here’s the full route, every fare, and the six rainy-season weekend trips it quietly unlocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new SMVT Bengaluru\u2013Lokmanya Tilak Express (16553\/16554) runs bi-weekly across 1,210 km and 15 halts in 24 hours 5 minutes, with fares from \u20b9750 (Sleeper) to \u20b92,575 (2AC). It leaves Bengaluru at 8:35 PM every Saturday and Tuesday and reaches Lonavala by 5:53 PM the next day \u2014 perfect timing for a monsoon weekend in the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n\n\n

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.The Western Ghats around Lonavala in full monsoon \u2014 minutes from a stop on the new route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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