Rail Budget Highlights

• Annual investment of over 57,000 crore rupees.
• Rail based industries to be set up under Vision 2020 to meet the demand for coaches.
• Metro Coach Factory to be set up in Kolkata.
• Coach factory to be set up in Singur.
• Economic focus along with social concerns.
• Railway Industrial Park to be set up in Nandigram.
• 10,000 shelters to be built for homeless.
• Housing units will come up in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri and Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis.
• Manipur to be connected to Rail network for the first time.
• Proposal for setting  up gas-based power plant in Maharashtra.
• Diesel Locomotive Centre at Manipur.
• Railway Bridge Factory in Jammu and Kashmir.
• Safety will be first priority for Railways.
• Centre for Excellence in software will be set up by CRIS.
• 85 new proposals through Public-Private partnership.
• Anti-collision devices to be commissioned in three railway zones including South and South Central soon.
• No increase in passenger fares.
• Nine new Duranto, frequency of five Duranto trains to be increased.
• Three new Shatabdi - Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur- Agra, Ludhiana-Delhi.  
• 56 new express trains and 13 new passenger services.
• A new Super AC class , New Go India smart card  and extension of concessions for senior citizens and physically challenged.
• Ten Rajya Rani express trains connecting state capitals with important cities.
• Four Kavi Guru Express trains and an equal number of  Vivek Express trains to commemorate the 150th  Birth anniversaries of Rabindrarnath Tagore and Swami Vivekanand.
• To promote tourism, special  trains called Janam Bhumi Gaurav will also be run on four routes connecting important historical and educational places.
• 25 new lines will be added while  six gauge conversion and 28 doubling projects would be taken up.
• Sukhi Griha scheme under which  10,000 dwelling units  for those living along the rail track sides will be provided.
• Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana proposed for implementing social projects of the railways during the 12th plan.
• Internet access on a pilot basis will be introduced in Howrah Rajdhani Express , Rail yatri sevaks with  modern trollies will be launched in six more stations and new portal for e ticketing would be set up.
• Railway Vidyalay Prabandhan Board to improve the quality of education in 269 Railway schools.