Railbudget

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 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)