Vande Metro: Indian Railways is constantly trying to provide better facilities to the passengers. Vande Bharat train is one of the ambitious plans of the Railways. In the last few months, Railways has started Vande Bharat train in many states.
Recently on 18th May PM Modi flagged off Vande Bharat train between Puri Howrah Vande Bharat train in Odisha. Along with the Vande Bharat train, the Railways is preparing to operate the Vande Metro. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has given information about a new route for Vande Metro. Along with this, he also told in which state Vande Metro will be started.
vande metro will start soon in this state
Giving information about this, Ashwini Vaishnav has told that after getting the gift of Vande Bharat train, Odisha (Vande Metro in Odisha) can get the gift of another new train. Railways may start Vande Metro between Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack in Odisha. This special train can be started between January-February 2024.
What is Vande Metro?
Significantly, Vande Metro is a smaller version of Vande Bharat train, which will run between two cities with short distances. The government had announced this train in the budget of 2023-24. Two cities of less than 100 km distance will be connected through this train. Railways have plans that Vande Metro will be run between 50 to 60 kilometers in big cities where there is a large population. Significantly, the Railways has planned to start Vande Metro on the lines of Vande Bharat train.
Railways is trying to provide premium local train facility to the people for this train. This train will mainly prove to be beneficial for those people who work in cities and come to big cities daily from nearby cities for work. Passengers will get world class facilities in this train.
Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat starts operations
Significantly, on May 18, Prime Minister Modi flagged off the country’s 17th and Odisha’s first Vande Bharat train through video conferencing. Through this train, the journey between Howrah to Puri will be completed in just 6.25 hours. Along with this, there will be a chance to connect both the major tourist cities through this train.
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