In Brief: Rail Budget
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In brief: Rail budget

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*PM says Mamata has done a commendable job

* No increase in freights rates

* No increase in passenger frieghts

* Tatkal charges goes down

* Tatkal booking time reduced from 5 days to 2 days

* Madrasa students included in concession scheme

* To set-up North Eastern development funds

* Ladies special trains to be introduced in Kolkota, Chennai and Delhi

* Kolkata Metro to be expanded

* Increased Budgetary support by Rs 5000 crores

* AC 'Yuva' trains at Rs 299 for distances up to 1500 km

* Press correspondents to get 50% concession

* To launch 57 new trains

* Non-stop AC 'Turant' trains to connect major metros

* 'Turant' trains to connect major metros

* Rs 25 ticket for those with monthly salary under Rs 1000 under the 'Izzat scheme'

* Yuva trains to be introduced for the youth

* Ladies special trains during peak hours

* A new scheme called 'Izzat' to be introduced

* To use Railway Land Bank for industrial development

* To set up a new coach factory in Kanchrapara

* Computerised tickets from 5000 post offices

* 3000 more unreserved ticketing terminals

* At least one doctor on long distance train

* Railways to set up cold storage cargoes

* Mega logistics hubs in Eastern and Western corridor

* Launch of premium faster parcel services in three routes

* Aim to fulfill SC/ST backlog in jobs

* 18,000 wagons to be acquired by FY 2010

* Railway hospitals to be upgraded

* Women commandos to employed for the security of women passengers

* High-capacity double decker AC coaches on the cards

* Automatic vending vans to be set up to make ticketing easy

* Computerised ticketing from post offices

* SMS update on waitlisted tickets

* Tickets can be bought from Post Offices

* Automatic train information systems on major cities

* Specially designed coaches, escalators and elevators for the physically challenged

* Depute doctors on long distance trains

* Book stores, PCOs to be set up across stations

* Infotainment services on Rajhandi and Shatabdi trains

* To take the Private-Public partnership route to develop stations

* Priority for food and water on trains

* Developing multi-functional complexes at stations

* Priority to passenger amenities

* Rail projects shouldn't be gauged by economic viability but governed by social viability: Mamata

* To set up panel for financing unvaiilable rail projects

* Develop 50 stations as world class stations

* Improvement of trains amenities

* Railways is trying to keep up with change

* Committed to the cause of the under-previliged.

* More trains for West Bengal.

* Budget hotels at railway stations.

* More Garib Rath trains to be introduced.

* Measures to improve catering and on-board decoration.

* Special announcement for security on railways.

* Mamata is expected to announce 25 new trains.

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