Rail Budget 08-09 at a Glance
Fare Reduction
Sleeper fare would be reduced by 5%,
5% deduction in 2nd class fares beyond 50 km, coming to about reduction of Rs. 50
AC-I fares would be step down by 7%
AC-II fares reduced by 4%
AC-III fares brought down by 3%
Ticketing Reforms
UTS counters would be increased to 15,000 and ATVM s to 6000 in two years
Information technology would be introduced at ticket counters
Planning of ticket confirmation through mobile phone
Arrival time would be printed on tickets
E-ticket booking to increase from 1Lac to 3Lac annually
Ticket reservation would be made possible from anywhere
Multi department innovation promotion group in railway boards
Auto ticket sale machines will be increased to 6,000 in 2 yrs
Automated ticket vending machines will be 250 now
Plans of doing away with long queues at ticket counter in next 2 years
Special Discounts and Concessions
Discounts on development of bulk and non-bulk goods terminals
Boys studying in class 12 to get special confreightcessions to visit their home towns via trains
50 per cent concessions for women senior citizens
For AIDS patients 50% concession in railway fare
Staff benefit fund to be increased 10 times in 2009
Free Rajdhnai, Shatabdi journey for Ashok Chakra winners
Free season tickets would be made available for girl student till graduation
Decorated soldiers would get special concessions
Profits Railways made during Previous Years
Rs. 68,778 crore cash surplus in four years
Railways earned profit because of UPA govt policies
Surplus Rs 20 bn earned on freight services
Attained 790 tonnes pay-load target
Railways registered Profit of Rs 25,000 last year
Operating ratio of railways at 76.3 per cent in the year 2006-07
Introduction of New lines
10 New Garib Raths
53 New Ttrains
Ranchi-Bhagalpur new train would be run thrice in a week
Indore-Udaipur via Ratlam new train to be introduced thrice in a week
Introduction of new weekly Puri-Darbhanga express
Khajuraho-Delhi new train to run thrice in a week
Coming up of new weekly Varanasi-Rameswaram express
Machhlipatnam-Bangalore new train to be run thrice in a week
Amravati-Mumbai express new train to run twice in a week
New Delhi-Jammu Tawi train to run daily
Salsa-Amritsar Garib Rath thrice in a week
Bagalkota-Jaswantpur train now would be run daily
Kurla to Howrah train twice in a week
Mathura-Lucknow train would be extended to Patna
Varanasi-Ranchi via Rourkela train up to Sambhalpur
Bangalore-Coimbatore train extention to Ernakalum
Special train between Pune-Delhi for Commonwealth to be started in Oct
New train Saharsha- Janasebharan Expess would be run weekly
New train Malda-Patna Express thrice in a week
New train Amritsar-Kochuveli Express to be run weekly
Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani to start
New Itarsi-Katni passenger train to be run daily
New daily Ahmedabad-Patan express to be introduced
New daily Ahmedabad-Patan express to come up
Chennai-Salem new train on a daily basis
Special train between Pune-Delhi for Commonwealth to be started in October
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Sleeper fare would be reduced by 5%,
5% deduction in 2nd class fares beyond 50 km, coming to about reduction of Rs. 50
AC-I fares would be step down by 7%
AC-II fares reduced by 4%
AC-III fares brought down by 3%
Ticketing Reforms
UTS counters would be increased to 15,000 and ATVM s to 6000 in two years
Information technology would be introduced at ticket counters
Planning of ticket confirmation through mobile phone
Arrival time would be printed on tickets
E-ticket booking to increase from 1Lac to 3Lac annually
Ticket reservation would be made possible from anywhere
Multi department innovation promotion group in railway boards
Auto ticket sale machines will be increased to 6,000 in 2 yrs
Automated ticket vending machines will be 250 now
Plans of doing away with long queues at ticket counter in next 2 years
Special Discounts and Concessions
Discounts on development of bulk and non-bulk goods terminals
Boys studying in class 12 to get special confreightcessions to visit their home towns via trains
50 per cent concessions for women senior citizens
For AIDS patients 50% concession in railway fare
Staff benefit fund to be increased 10 times in 2009
Free Rajdhnai, Shatabdi journey for Ashok Chakra winners
Free season tickets would be made available for girl student till graduation
Decorated soldiers would get special concessions
Profits Railways made during Previous Years
Rs. 68,778 crore cash surplus in four years
Railways earned profit because of UPA govt policies
Surplus Rs 20 bn earned on freight services
Attained 790 tonnes pay-load target
Railways registered Profit of Rs 25,000 last year
Operating ratio of railways at 76.3 per cent in the year 2006-07
Introduction of New lines
10 New Garib Raths
53 New Ttrains
Ranchi-Bhagalpur new train would be run thrice in a week
Indore-Udaipur via Ratlam new train to be introduced thrice in a week
Introduction of new weekly Puri-Darbhanga express
Khajuraho-Delhi new train to run thrice in a week
Coming up of new weekly Varanasi-Rameswaram express
Machhlipatnam-Bangalore new train to be run thrice in a week
Amravati-Mumbai express new train to run twice in a week
New Delhi-Jammu Tawi train to run daily
Salsa-Amritsar Garib Rath thrice in a week
Bagalkota-Jaswantpur train now would be run daily
Kurla to Howrah train twice in a week
Mathura-Lucknow train would be extended to Patna
Varanasi-Ranchi via Rourkela train up to Sambhalpur
Bangalore-Coimbatore train extention to Ernakalum
Special train between Pune-Delhi for Commonwealth to be started in Oct
New train Saharsha- Janasebharan Expess would be run weekly
New train Malda-Patna Express thrice in a week
New train Amritsar-Kochuveli Express to be run weekly
Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani to start
New Itarsi-Katni passenger train to be run daily
New daily Ahmedabad-Patan express to be introduced
New daily Ahmedabad-Patan express to come up
Chennai-Salem new train on a daily basis
Special train between Pune-Delhi for Commonwealth to be started in October
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