> NO INCREASE IN PASSENGER FARE AND FREIGHT TARIFF
> BUDGET TO HAVE INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF RAILWAY NETWORK TO EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY
> PLAN OUTLAY OF RS.40,745 CR. PROPOSED FOR 2009-2010,
> PASSENGER AMENITIES GET HIGH PRIORITY, TO GET 119% INCREASE
> TRAFFIC RECEIPTS DURING 2008-09 INCREASE BY 11.4 % WHILE FREIGHT LOADING GREW @ 5%
>SPECIAL TRAINS FOR PERISHABLE FARM PRODUCE, FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF RURAL CRAFT
>WORKS FOR 7 NEW LINES, GAUGE CONVERSION OF 17 LINES AND DOUBLING OF 13 LINES TO BE TAKEN UP
>FASTER PARCEL SERVICES PROPOSED ON THREE ROUTES
>TATKAL SCHEME TO BE MADE PASSENGER FRIENDLY
>RAILWAY TICKETS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH POST OFFICES AND ‘MUSHKIL AASAAN’ MOBILE VANS
> CONCESSION FOR PRESS PERSONS INCREASED TO 50%
> MONTHLY TICKET OF RS. 25/- FOR UNORGANIZED SECTOR/POOR UNDER ‘IZZAT’ SCHEME
> “ONLY LADIES’ EMU TRAINS AT DELHI, KOLKATA AND CHENNAI
> ‘YUVA TRAINS’ FROM RURAL HINTERLAND TO METROS AT CONCESSIONAL FARE
> 12 NEW POINT-TO-POINT ‘DURANTO’ TRAINS
> 57 NEW TRAINS, EXTENSION OF 27 TRAINS AND INCREASE IN FREQUENCY OF 13 TRAINS AND AIR-CONDITIONED DOUBLE-DECKER TRAINS PROPOSED
> 50 STATIONS TO BE UPGRADED TO WORLD CLASS STATIONS
> LONG DISTANCE TRAINS TO HAVE ON-BOARD DOCTORS AND INFOTAINMENT SERVICES
> HANDICAPPED AND AGED PERSONS TO HAVE MORE AMENITIES
> SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EAST RAILWAY
> QUAZIGUND-ANANTNAG LINE TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH
> 6560 RAILWAY STAFF QUARTERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND GROUP ‘D’ EMPLOYEES TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR GIRL CHILD
> RAILWAYS TO COME OUT WITH WHILE PAPER ON FINANCIAL STATUS AND VISION-2020 DOCUMENT
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