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Highlights of Railway Budget 2009-10

New Delhi, February 13, 2009

• Investment of Rs 2.3 lakh crore in 11th 5-yr plan; Rs 70,000 crore in the past four years
• Paradigm shift in consumer services by implementing e-ticketing and call centres for enquiry.
• Fully air-conditioned Garib Raths, free upgrade facility to higher class to enable common people enjoy comfort.
• Rail service to be extended upto Baramula in the next few years.
• Started work on Dehi-Mumbai freight corridor
• Feasibility on for Bullet Trains between Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Amritsar, Chennai-Bangalore
• 25 survey planned for 8 doubling projects
• 43 new trains in FY10
• 6th Pay comm to benefit 1.4 mn rail employees
• Financial turn-around of railways managed without putting burden on common man.
• Railways raised $ 100 million debt at 4 per cent.
• Significant improvement in safety record- accidents down to 194 in 2007-2008 as against 325 in 2003-2004.
• Dedicated Ludhiana-Kolkata freight corridor to be inaugurated this month by Sonia Gandhi
• Eco-friendly zero discharge toilets in Rlys soon
• There has not been any burden on the common man in the past five years
• Surplus of Rs 90,000 crore in 5 years
• Railway raised loan at 4% in Nov 2008
• The makeover of Railways has been better than that of private sector companies
• Railway raised $100mn loan at 4% in Nov 2008
• The makeover of Railways has been better than that of private sector companies
  Winning customers hearts is key
• Ticket booking beyond Internet, petrol pumps,
• Average freight revenue rate up 3-8% in five years
• Goods train to have 78% more capacity
• Passenger trains to have 22% more capacity
• 1,100 km of new rail lines installed in last five years
• Freight revenues up 14%
• Revenues up 12% till December, more than expected
• Wagon output to be increased from 6000 to 15,000 a year
• Rs 37,905 crore to be invested in FY10
• Expects 19,320 cr cash revenue
• FY09 Operating ratio seen at 88%; FY10 Operating ratio seen at 89%
• FY10 freight revenue expected at Rs 59,060 crore
• To spend Rs 37,900 cr in FY10

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