Railway Budget 2015: Highlights
New Delhi, Feb 26: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu presented the Railway Budget of 2015-16 on Thursday. Here are the highlights of the first full-fledged budget of the Narendra Modi government:
[Also Read: Railway Budget 2015: History of Indian Railways in years]
-
No
hike
in
passenger
fare
-
No
new
trains
announced
-
Tickets
can
be
booked
120
days
in
advance
instead
of
60
days
to
tackle
tout
menace
-
Outlay
for
passenger
amenities
raised
by
67
-
Plan
expenditure
to
go
up
to
a
record
Rs
1.1
lakh
crore
in
2015-16
from
Rs
66,000
crore
in
the
previous
years
-
New
trains
can
save
20%
of
journey
time,
similar
to
bullet
trains
-
The
speed
of
passenger
trains
across
nine
corridors
will
be
increased
from
110
kilometre
to
160-200
km
-
Introduction
of
air-conditioned
coaches
for
suburban
trains
- Wi-fi to be available at 400 railway stations
- SMS alert for train timings
- To revamp station redevelopment policy completely
- Bidding system for redevelopment of stations
- Developing 10 satellite railway stations this year
- 800 km of gauge conversion to be commissioned
- E-catering introduced in 108 trains, can order on IRCTC website
- To expand water vending machines in more stations
- On-board entertainment facility may be extended on Shatabdi trains
- Mobile charging stations to be introduced in general class coaches
- More general class coaches to be added to select trains for benefit of the common man
- Railways to spend over Rs 8 lakh crore over 5 years
- Pension funds, multi-lateral banks have shown interest in Railways
- Proposed best operating ratio in 9 years, of 88.5 per cent for 2015-16
- Railways to increase track capacity by 10 per cent to 1.38 lakh kilometres
- Feasibility report of high-speed train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad expected by mid-2015
- To improve cleanliness & design of bed linen
- All India 24x7 grievances helpline 138 to begin soon
- Wagon-making scheme to be reviewed for private investment
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