Railway Budget 2009 Highlights

# 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