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Passenger and freight rates across board left unchanged.
* Net revenue of Railways at Rs 8,121 crores in 2008-09.
* To pay higher dividend Rs 5,479 crores to Centre in FY'10.
* Tatkal charges reduced from Rs 150 to Rs 100.
* Ladies' specials in suburban trains during peak hours
* 'Izzat' monthly ticket of Rs 25 for up to 100 km travel.
* New coach factory at Kanchrapara in West Bengal.
* Cold storages for farmers to store vegetables and fruits.
* Talks to take over ailing wagon manufacturing units.
* 18,000 wagons to be acquired during the current year.
* Railway medical colleges along with rail hospitals on PPP.
* Student concession will cover Madrasa students.
* Special coaches for disabled and aged persons.
* 375 stations to be upgraded as 'Adarsh' with basic facilities -
drinking water, toilets, ladies' dormitories.
* On-board availability of doctors in long distance trains.
* On-board infotainment services to be provided.
* 6,560 staff quarters to be constructed in 2009-10.
* High-capacity A/C double-decker trains to be introduced.
* 57 new trains to be introduced.
* 12 non-stop trains to be introduced.
* Accredited journalists to get 50 per cent rebate; also once a year
with spouse.
* Proposes 1,000 MW power plant at Adra, a tribal area.
* Cash surplus of Rs 17,400 crores before dividend.
* Railways has investible surplus of Rs 12,681 crores.
* Annual plan expenditure pegged at Rs 36,336 crores.
• 50 Railway stations, including CST Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Howrah,
Sealdah, Varanasi, New Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kanpur, Chennai
Central, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Secunderabad, Bangalore,
Byappanahalli, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Habibganj, Agra Central,
Chandigarh, Kolkata, New Jalpaiguri, Puri and Kochi, will be
developed to have world-class facilities.
• Railways to develop multi-functional complexes , food stalls,
medicines, variety stores
• One doctor to be posted on long distance trains.
• 309 stations out of 375 across the nation have been identified
for development and special facilities
• Unreserved ticketing terminals to be expanded from 5000 to 8000.
• SMS updates will be made available for passengers to check train
status and reservation status.
• Auto-vending machines to be installed in large and medium
stations.
• E-ticket cancellation system to be simplified.
• High-capacity air-conditioned double-decker trains to be
introduced on select inter-city routes.
• An Integrated Security System is being developed for 130
vulnerable stations
• Seven nursing colleges to be set up on railway land in places
including Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.
New Trains:
57 new trains service are proposed in the Railway Budget for
2009-10. This was announced by the Minister of Railway, Kumari
Mamata Banerjee in Parliament today. These are:
1. Vishakhapatnam – Secunderabad – Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly).
2. Sriganga Nagar – Delhi – Nanded Superfast (Weekly)
3. New Jalpaiguri – Sealdah Superfast (Tri-weekly)
4. Bangalore – Hubli – Solapur Superfast (Tri-weekly)
5. Howrah – Bangalore Superfast (weekly)
6. Pune – Daund-Solapur Superfast (Daily)
7. Ranchi-Howrah (3 days via Ghatshila-Kharagpur and 3 days via
Asansol) Intercity (6 days a week)
8. Kamakhya-Puri Express (Weekly)
9. Jabalpur-Ambikapur Express (Tri-weekly)
10. Gandhidham-Howrah Superfast (Weekly)
11. Delhi-Sadulpur Express (Tri-weekly)
12. Ajmer-Bhopal Express ( 9655/56 Ajmer-Ratlam and 9303/04 Ratlam-
Bhopal express trains) (Daily)
13. Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Jn. (Thiruvananthapuram) Superfast (Weekly)
14. Mumbai-Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)
15. Durg-Jaipur Express (Weekly)
16. Dibrugarh Town-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
17. Delhi-Farakka Express (Bi-weekly)
18. Hazrat Nizmmudin-Bangalore Rajdhani Express (Tri-weekly) via Kacheguda
19. New Jalpaiguri-Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Barauni
20. Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast (Daily)
21. Mysore-Yesvantpur Express (Daily)
22. Koraput-Rourkela Express (Daily) via Rayagada
23. Agra-Ajmer Intercity Superfast (Daily)
24. Mumbai-Jodhpur-Bikaner Superfast (Bi-weekly)
25. Agra-Lucknow Junction Intercity (Daily)
26. Hapa-Tirunelveli Jn. Superfast (Bi-weekly) via Thiruananthapuram
27. Gwalior-Bhopal Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Guna
28. Kanyakumari-Rameshwaram Express (Tri-weekly) via Madurai
29. Howrah-Haridwar Superfast (5 days a week)
30. Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Superfast (Daily)
31. Gorakhpur-Mumbai Superfast (Daily)
32. New Delh-Guwahati Rajdhani Express (Weekly) via Muzaffarpur
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