Interim Railway Budget 2009 highlights
--Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani becomes four days a week
--2
pc
cut
in
all
train
fares
--feasability
study
on
7
bullet
trains
--New
Delhi-Ahmedabad
Rajdhani
becomes
daily
from
6
days
a
week
12:57
PM
-
-43
new
trains
from
2010
--Mumbai-Bikaner
superfast
bi-weekly
--Nizamuddin-Bangalore Rajdhani tri-weekly
--freight rates remain unchanged
--2pc cut in AC and mail train fares
--feasability
study
in
bullets
train
12:47
PM
--feasability study on Delhi-Patna bullet train line soon
--Ludhiana-Kolkata freight line in Feb
--to spend 37,900 crore in FY10
--started work on Mumbai-Delhi freight corridor
--railway
passengers
growth
is
up
by
14
pv
12:42
PM
--passenger trains to have 22 pc more capacity
--Goods trains to have 78 pc more capacity
--1100 kms of new rail line held
--Kashmir to be connected to railway network
--railways to invest Rs 2.3 lakh cr over next 5 years
--electrification of 1000 Km of rail lines completed in '08-'09
--wagon
production
to
be
hiked
from
6600
to
15000
per
year
12:36
PM
--5 lakh people use railway internet facility
--rail accidents fall from 395 to 194 in last five years
--70,000
cr
invested
out
of
cash
surplus
12:30
PM
--8 pc freight growth in last five years
--railway has raised $100 mn at 4 pc
--4 railway enquiry call centres set up
--railway accidents declined considerably
--railway earned profit of 90,000 cr
--"Recorded profit without hurting aam admi"
--Lalu
presents
interim
railway
budget.
12:26
PM
New Delhi, Feb 13: Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav presented the interim railway budget 2009 on Friday, Feb 13.
Since 2004, Lalu has presented budgets for the UPA government and he is popularly known for presenting 'aam admi' budgets. He is also known for generating income, by keeping low fairs for the railway.
The
interim
budget
is
expected
to
be
in
favour
of
comman
man.Reports
suggest
that
Lalu
has
promised
to
increase
the
total
number
of
'garib
raths'
(air-conditioned
trains
for
poor)
in
the
new
budget.
12:00
PM
OneIndia News (With inputs from Agencies)