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 Home Railway Budget 2009 Laloo's Pre Budget    
Highlights on lalu's Pre Budget
  • Railways has generated the revenue of 90,000cr in last 5 years
  • Allocation of Rs10,500 cr on pension requirement for railway employees
  • Container traffic to show steep fall
  • Delhi- Mumbai freight corridor initiated
  • Railways to invest 35,900 cr in year 2009
  • Railway connectivity to Jammu and Kashmir initiated
  • Passenger growth up to 14%
  • Passenger trains to have 22% more capacity
  • More efficient good wagons to be launched
  • Good wagons to show 78% more capacity
  • Call center setup for railway inquire
  • Electrification of 1000 km of rail lines completed
  • Wagon production would show hike from 6600 to 15000
  • Railways to invest 2,30,000cr in 11th plan
  • Revenues show rise by 39 paise a tonne/km since 2001
  • Cost has dropped by 7 paise a tonne/ km since 2001
  • Railways to receive loan at 4%
  • Accidents shows drop down from 325 in 03-04 to 194 in 07-08
  • Railways shows grown freight at rate of 8% over last 5 years
  • Research and planing on bullet trains in India
  • FY10 operating ratio at 88%
  • Mumbai Bikaner super fast bi-weekly
  • 2% deduction in AC and mail train fares
  • 43 new trains on charts
  • Laid 1100 km new train lines
Citizen's Reactions
more trains to b started from panvel as its..
chetan
duranto express from BCT TO AJMER JN TRI WEEKLY.
haroon
railway should increase the coaches use so short..
rana
railway should increase the coaches use so short..
rana
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