Railway is preparing to operate 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 can start Vande Metro in Odisha between Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack. 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 be run between two cities with short distance. The government had announced this train in the budget 2023-24. Through this train, two cities of less than 100 km distance will be connected. Railways has a plan that Vande Metro will be operated between 50 to 60 kilometers in big cities where large population lives. Significantly, the Railways has made a plan to start Vande Metro on the lines of Vande Bharat train.
Railway 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 every day they come from nearby cities to big cities for work. Passengers will get world class facilities in this train.
This Vande Metro will run at a distance of less than 100 kilometers
The announcement by the Railway Minister comes after the successful launch of Vande Bharat Express, the semi-high-speed trains in different parts of the country. As per the information, Vande Metro is expected to connect major cities and provide an economical mode of transport. Vaishnav said that “Vande Metro” will run on short distance metro rail network. It will connect cities with a distance of less than 100 km.
What will be the specialty of Vande Metro
- Vande metro will run between cities less than 100 km distance
- This will be the short distance train of Vande Bharat
- Train passengers will get the experience of rapid shutz
- Like the Vande Metro train, it will have eight coaches while the normal Vande Bharat trains have 16 coaches.
- Traveling from work to school will be easier and you can reach on time
- This train will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai and the
- Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) in Lucknow.
