Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- After Vande Bharat Express, Vande Sleeper will be introduced and subsequently Vande Metro will be launched in Odisha, said Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during the flagging off event of Vande Bharat train in Puri on Thursday.

As per the Minister, there are plans to run Vande Metro in Puri-Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in next January-February.

Vaishnaw also informed that second Vande Bharat will run in Bhubaneswar and it will connect Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Rourkela-Sambalpur-Jharsuguga-Angul-Talcher.

"We pray Lord Jagannath to fulfill the plan. Along with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, I will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give another Vande Bharat, and Vande Metro to Odisha," said Vaishnaw...