# Tatkal fares reduced from Rs. 150 to Rs. 100
# No change in passenger fare charges in any class
# Tatkal scheme: Booking time reduced from five to two days
# Two dedicated freight corridors planned
# No hike in freight charges
# 1000 MW power plant at Jharkhand- Bengal border
# Kolkata metro to be expanded
# Cold storage facilities for farmers to store products
# AC Yuva trains @ Rs. 299 and Rs. 339
# 12 new point-to-point AC sleeper trains
# Turant trains to connect major Metros
# Non-stop AC sleeper Turant trains to be introduced
# Superfast parcel express trains on pilot basis
# To develop Railway medical colleges
# Ladies special trains in Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi
# Madrassa students included in concession scheme
# Doctor aboard Shatabdi
# Izzat: Uniformly priced monthly season ticket @ Rs. 25 up to 100 km for poor proposed
# Railway Recruitment Board policies to be reviewed
# Integrated security system for 130 vulnerable stations
# Optical Fibre Cable usage for Railways proposed
# Higher education scholarship for girls
# New coach factory with state-of-art facility to come up Kachrapara, West Bengal
# 3000 more unreserved ticketing terminals
# SC/ST backlog in Railway Recruitment Board jobs to be filled up
# Colleges on Railway land through public-private partnership
# SMS updates on wait-listed passengers
# Ramps, special bogies for aged and handicapped
# Mega logistic hubs in Eastern and Western corridors
# Railways to lease out land for commercial purposes
# Railways hospitals to be upgraded
# Commando battalion to be increased for higher security
# Women commando to be inducted
# Security top agenda for Railways
# Mobile ticketing vans to be introduced for selling tickets
# High capacity air-conditioned double-decker coaches for intercity travel
# Infotainment in Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains
# Computer ticketing from post offices
# Environment friendly toilets in trains
# Automatic vending machines to be set up
# Special facilities for physically challenged
# At least one doctor in long-distance trains
# Janata Khana will be ensured
# 309 stations of 370 identified for development
# 49 stations of religious importance to be upgraded
# Priority to catering, food and cleanliness
# Punctuality is priority
# Multi-functional complexes on stations
# Priority for food and water on trains
# To develop 50 stations with world class facilities
# Economic viability of projects not key concern
# India wants better connectivity
# Priority on passenger amenities
# Railways trying to keep up with change
# Committed to the downtrodden
# Committed to development of nation: Mamata
# Mamata begins Budget speech
# Stock market awaits cues from Railway Budget
# Lalu Prasad also reaches Parliament
# Mamata Banerjee arrives in Parliament
# This is Mamata Banerjee's third Railway Budget
# Mamata Banerjee leaves for Parliament
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Railway Budget 2009
