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Last Updated: Tuesday, July 08, 2014, 14:04
New Delhi: Highlights of the railway budget presented by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday:
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia`s population
* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world
*Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia`s population
* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women`s coaches safer
* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced
* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes
* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations
* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda
* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia`s population
* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world
* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward
* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour
* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute
* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue
* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up
* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women`s coaches safer
* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced
* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes
* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations
* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda
* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
New Delhi: Highlights of the railway budget presented by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday:
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia`s population
* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world
*Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia`s population
* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women`s coaches safer
* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced
* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes
* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations
* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda
* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia`s population
* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world
* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward
* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour
* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute
* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue
* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up
* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women`s coaches safer
* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced
* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes
* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations
* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda
* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
New Trains
Jansadharan Trains
i) Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan Express via Surat
Ii Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
ii) Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express
iv) Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan Express via Motihari
v) Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express
Premium Trains
i) Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium AC Express
ii) Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC Express
iii) Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Premium AC Express 6
iv) Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
v) Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
AC ExpressTrains
i) VijayawadaNewDelhiAPExpress (Daily)
ii) LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly)
iii) Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
iv) Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
v) Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly)
vi) Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
i) Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly)via Varanasi
ii) Ahmedabad Chennai Express (Biweekly)via Vasai Road
iii) Bengaluru -Mangalore Express (Daily)
iv) Bengaluru -Shimoga Express (Biweekly)
v) Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via Nagda, Kota
vi) Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
vii) Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly) via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi
viii) Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a week)
ix) Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express (Daily)
x) Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity Express (Daily)
xi) Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express (Weekly)
xii) Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly)via Nagpur
xiii) Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express (Weekly)
xiv) Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly)
xv) Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via Darbhanga
xvi) Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Biweekly)
xvii) Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express (Weekly)
xviii) Mumbai_Kazipeth Express (Weekly) via Balharshah
xix) Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly)
xx) New Delhi Bhatinda Shatabdi Express (Biweekly)
xxi) New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily)
xxii) Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly)
xxiii) Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly)
xxiv) Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly)
xxv) Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly)
xxvi) Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali (Bengaluru) Express (Weekly)
xxvii) Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)
Passenger Trains
i) Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
ii) Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger (Daily)via Alnavar
iii) Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger (Daily)
iv) Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger (Daily)
v) Hatia-Rourkela Passenger 7
vi) Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger (Daily)
vii) Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger (Daily)
viii) Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger (Daily)
MEMU services
i) Bengaluru-Ramanagaram 6 days a week (3 Pairs)
ii) Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh
DEMU services
i) Bengaluru-Neelmangala (Daily)
ii) Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via Ballia
iii) Baramula-Banihal (Daily)
iv) Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week)
v) Yesvantpur-Hosur (6 days a week)
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