Ø Focus on passenger safety, amenities and punctuality
Ø To develop 50 stations at tourist and religious places with internal facilities via PPP
Ø Upgrade CST, Pune, new Delhi, Jaipur, Howrah
Ø Computerised tickets from 5000 post offices
Ø 50 mobile vans to sell train tickets
Ø AC double decker trains for inter city transfers
Ø To give automated tickets vending services at 200 stations
Ø Security plan at 140 stations
Ø Anti-collision devices to be installed on 1780 km lines
Ø To acquire 18,000 wagons in FY10
Ø To form expert panel for rail optic fibre network
Ø Encouragement to private ops for freight terminals
Ø Vast land bank of railway to be used for Industrial Purpose
Ø Done viability study for 4 dedicated freight corridors
Ø New coach factory to be set up with state-of-art-facility to make 500 coaches pa in a JV with the private sector
Ø To setup 1000MW power plant with NTPC
Ø SMS updates for wait-listed passengers
Ø Unreserved ticketing systems to be expanded from 5,000 to 8,000 terminals
Ø Super fast parcel express trains to be started on a pilot basis between Delhi and Chennai and Delhi and Mumbai
Ø Seven nursing colleges to be set up on railway land in places including Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
Ø ATMs on 200 mid and small sized stations
Ø Railway to provide infotainment services for Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express
Ø 309 stations to be developed as ideal stations
Ø Aim for 1300 km of gauge conversion in FY10 and to spend Rs.1750 crore for this
Ø Proposal for 53 new lines
Ø Aim for 700kms lane doubling in FY10, proposal for doubling 12 lines
Ø Tatkal period reduced from five days to two days
Ø No change in freight tariff
Ø No increase in passenger fares
Ø To expand Calcutta Metro
Ø Hiked Railway Budgetary support by Rs 5,000 crore
Source: www.premiuminvestments.in (S P Tulsian)
