This express train was initially slated to be inaugurated on 20 June 2024, but has been postponed due to administrative reasons.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] During the trial run for this express, it was scheduled to take place on June 17 2024, where it would depart from Madurai in the morning and terminate at SMVT Bengaluru in the afternoon.

This trainset (Rake number 61) would depart from SMVT Bengaluru post noon and would reach Madurai in the night as Madurai SMVT Bangalore Vandebharat Express but during inaugural run and at regular commercial run, it has been provided a new destination at Bangalore Cantonment along with additional stoppage at Namakkal.

[10][11][12] It is the fifty-first 2nd Generation and thirty-fifth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.

[13] The 20671/20672 Madurai Junction - Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 573 km (356 mi) in a travel time of 07 hrs 45 mins with average speed of 74 km/h.