Amid speculation that the Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express may be extended to Kozhikode in Kerala, there’s growing pressure to extend the train to Mumbai. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has urged the railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to consider an extension of the train to Mumbai. Rail users and activists also wrote to district minister Dinesh Gundu Rao to ensure that this train is extended to Mumbai.