- 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
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- 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
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- 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
