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Following are the highlights of the Railway Budget 2009-10

1. Fares reduced by Re 1 for ordinary trains travel costing up to Rs 50 per ticket for journey above 10 km.
2. Second class and sleeper class fares cut by two per cent for tickets costing Rs 50 and more.
3. A/C First Class, II and III tiers and A/C Chair Car fares cut by two per cent.
4. As many as 43 new trains to be started in 2009-10.
5. Frequencies of 14 trains to be increased and another 14 to be extended.
6. Plan outlay kept at Rs 37,905 crore.
7. Gross traffic receipts estimated at Rs 93,159 crore, an increase of Rs 10,766 crore from last fiscal.
8. Passenger traffic estimated to grow by 7 per cent.
9. Freight loading targeted at 910 MT, up by 60 MT from last year.
10. 25 surveys proposed comprising 14 new lines, of which three for gauge conversion and eight for doubling projects.
11. Pre-feasibility study for bullet trains being pursued at 6 stretches, including Delhi-Amritsar and Delhi-Patna.
12. Dividend payable to general revenues kept at Rs 5,304 crore for 2009-10.
13. Ordinary working expenses budgeted at Rs 62,900 crore to cover the full year impact of 6th Central Pay Commission.
14. Work on diesel and electric locomotive factories at Marhoura and Madhepura targeted for early start.
15. Construction of rail wheel factory at Chapra on.
16. Bharat Wagon Ltd, Mokama and Muzaffarpur transfered to the Railways Ministry.
17. Transfer of wagon units of Burn Standard at Burnpurand Howrah to Railways Ministry is also under consideration.
18. Number of accidents came down to 194 in 2007-08.
19. For the fiscal 2008-09, plan outlay revised at Rs 36,773 crore.
20. Implementation of 6th CPC likely to cost Rs 9,000 crore more on staff cost and Rs 4,500 crore on pension in 2008-09.
21. Freight loading target retained at 850 MT, passenger growth estimated at 7 per cent for 2008-09.
22. Dividend payable to general revenues for 2008-09 kept at Rs 4,711 crore.
23. Cash surplus before dividend for 2008-09 projected at Rs 19,320 crore.
24. Ordinary working expenses raised to Rs 55,000 crore and appropriation to pension fund to Rs 10,500 crore in 2008-09.

List of 43 new trains announced in Rail Budget

1. Bilaspur – Tirunelveli via Thiruvanathpuram Express (Weekly)
2. Ranchi -Jaynagar Express (Tri-weekly)
3. Secunderabad – Manuguru Superfast (Daily)
4. Mumbai – Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)
5. Bhopal – Lucknow Junction Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
6. Durg – Jaipur Express (Weekly)
7. Chhatrapati Sahu terminal (Kolhapur)–Dhanbad Link Service via Parasnath (Weekly)
8. Sengottai – Erode Passenger (Daily)
9. Dibrugarh Town – Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
10. Ajmer – Bhagalpur via Delhi Garib Rath Express (Bi-weekly)
11. Nizamuddin – Bangalore via Kacheguda Rajdhani Express (Tri-weekly)
12. Barauni – Delhi Jan Sadharan Superfast (Bi-weekly)
13. Mumbai – Varanasi Superfast (Daily)
14. Mysore -Yesvantpur Express (Daily)
15. Jamalpur – Gaya Passenger
16. Koraput – Rourkela Express via Rayagada (Daily)
17. Agra – Ajmer Superfast (Daily)
18. Sitamarhi – Patna Link Service (Daily)
19. Tiruchirapalli – Madurai Express (Daily)
20. Mumbai – Bikaner Superfast (Bi-weekly)
21. Jaynagar – Ajmer Link Service (Bi-weekly)
22. Agra – Lucknow Junction Shatabdi Express (Daily)
23. Gandhidham – Kolkata Superfast (Weekly)
24. New Delhi – Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Bhagalpur (Weekly)
25. Mumbai – Tirunelvelli Superfast via Thiruvanathpuram (Bi-weekly)
26. Jammu Tawi – Darbhanga Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
27. Saharsa – Delhi via Express Patna (Weekly)
28. Gwalior – Bhopal Intercity Express via Guna (5 days a week)
29. Coimbatore – Tuticorin Link Service (Daily)
30. Howrah – Haridwar Superfast (5 days a week)
31. Machhalipatnam – Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly)
32. Varanasi – Jammu Tawi Superfast (Daily)
33. Gorakhpur – Mumbai Superfast (Daily)
34. Jhajha – Patna MEMU
35. New Delhi – Palwal MEMU
36. New Delhi – Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Muzaffarpur (Weekly)
37. Veraval – Mumbai Link service (Daily)
38. Ranchi – Patna Jan Shatabdi (Daily)
39. Jhansi – Chhindwara Superfast (Bi-weekly)
40. Mumbai – Jodhpur Express (Weekly)
41. Hajipur – Bagaha Link Service
42. Howrah – Delhi Link Service via Azimganj- Bhagalpur (Weekly)
43. Sitamarhi –Delhi Garib Rath Express via Patna (Weekly)

Extension of Trains

1. 5761/5762 Ranchi – Alipurduar Express to Guwahati
2. 9269/9270 Porbandar – Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffapur
3. 1471/1472 Jabalpur – Bhopal Express to Laxmibai Nagar, Indore
4. 6865/6866 Ernakulam – Tiruchchirapalli Express to Nagore
5. 3155/3156 Kolkata – Darbhanga Mithilanchal Express to Sitamarhi
6. 2175/2176 Howrah – Gwalior Chambal Express to Mathura
7. 2177/2178 Howrah – Agra Cantt Chambal Express to Mathura
8. 6507/6508 Jodhpur – Bangalore Express to Coimbatore
9. 2187/2188 Jabalpur – Mumbai Garib Rath Express to Allahabad
10. 2927/2928 Mumbai – Vadodara Express to Chhotaudepur
11. 541/542 Patna – Darbhanga Kamlaganga Fast Passenger to Biraul
12. 3113/3114 Kolkata – Murshidabad Hazar Duari Express to Lalgola
13. 2993/2994 Mumbai – Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Delhi
14. 2143/2144 Nagpur–Gaya Dikshabhoomi Parasnath Express to Dhanbad via Parasnath

Increase in Frequency:

1. 2423/2424 New Delhi – Guwahati/Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express from 5 days to 6 days
2. 2443/2444 Bhubaneshwar – New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 2 days to 4 days
3. 2395/2396 Ajmer – Rajendra Nagar Ziyarat Express from weekly to Bi-weekly
4. 2211/2212 Nizamuddin – Bapudham Motihari Garib Rath from weekly to Bi-weekly
5. 2183/2184 Bhopal – Lucknow Junction Express from Bi-weekly to Tri-weekly
6. 7091/7092 Secunderabad – Patna Express from Bi-weekly to Daily
7. 2739/2740 Secunderabad – Vishakhapatnam Garib Rath Express from 4 days to Daily
8. 2111/2112 Amravati – Mumbai Amravati Express from Tri-weekly to Daily
9. 2149/2150 Pune – Patna Express from 4 days a week to Daily
10. 2957/2958 Ahmedabad – New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 6 days to Daily
11. 2947/2948 Ahmedabad–Patna Azimabad Express from Bi-weekly to Tri-weekly
12. 2887/2888 Puri – Howrah Express from weekly to Bi-weekly
13. 2487/2488 Jogbani – Delhi Seemanchal Express from 5 days to 6 days a week
14. 2823/2824 Nizammudin-Durg Chattisgarh Sampark Kranti from 2 days to 3 days a week

Gauge Conversion

1.  Khijadia – Amreli – Junagarh
2.  Champaner – Pani Mines
3.  Chhuchhapura –Tanakhla with extention to Rajpipla

Doubling of Rail Lines

1.   Hospet – Swamihalli
2.   Tornagallu – Ranjitpura
3.   Bandikui – Alwar
4.   Ajmer – Palanpur
5.   Tinpahar–Bhagalpur
6.   Anand Vihar – Tilak Bridge 3rd & 4th line
7.   Dangoaposi – Pandrasali 3rd line
8.   Katwa – Farakka

New Lines Surveys

1.   Ringus – Didwana via Khatu Shyamji
2.   Islampur – Manpur via Khijar Sarai/Sarbhada
3.   Bakulha- Belthara Road
4.   Bihariganj – Forbesganj via Muraliganj, Kumarkhand, Chhatapur
5.   Piduguralla – Narasaraopet
6.   Madhepura -Virpur via Singheshwar, Pipra, Triveniganj
7.   Botad – Jasdan via Gondal
8.   Bihariganj – Naugachia via Udakishunganj, Puraini, Chausa
9.   Samdari – Phalodi
10.   Burhwal – Bahraich
11.   Areraj – Narkatiaganj via Lauria
12.   Lalganj – Faizabad via Akbarganj, Maharajganj and Rae Bareilly
13.   Parasnath – Madhuban
14.   Dheng – Sonbarsa via Majorganj, Kanhauli

Source:New Delhi (PTI)

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