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Bullet trains for Bangalore and pancakes for the rest of them.

more trains for karnataka and less tracks through forest :banana: Railway budget 2011-12, Feb 25


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Speech of Mamata Banerjee
introducing the Railway Budget 2011-12
25th February 2011
1. Madam Speaker, I rise to present before this august House the Revised
Estimates for 2010-11 and the estimated receipts and expenditure for 2011-12.
I deem it an honour to present the third Railway Budget under the kind guidance
of the hon'ble Prime Minister. I profusely thank the Finance Minster for his
continued support and encouragement to the railways.
2. As the hon’ble members are aware, the wheels of the railways continue to
move 24 hours, all 365 days. Railway’s services are comparable to emergency
services, required all the time. I am proud of the 14 lakh members of my
railway family, who toil day and night with unparalleled dedication. I am also
grateful to all passengers without whose cooperation and consideration, we
could not have run this vast system. I have also received unstinted support from
our two recognised federations and staff and officers’ associations.
3. Madam, rail transportation is vitally interlinked with the economic
development of the country. With the economy slated to grow at a rate of 8-9%,
it is imperative that the railways grow at an even faster pace. I see the railways
as an artery of this pulsating nation. Our lines touch the lives of humble people
in tiny villages, as they touch the lives of those in the bustling metropolises.
4. We are taking a two-pronged approach, scripted on the one hand, by a
sustainable, efficient and rapidly growing Indian Railways, and on the other, by
an acute sense of social responsibility towards the common people of this
nation. In this budget, we have attempted to combine a strong economic focus
with an equal emphasis on social inclusion with a human face.
5. Madam, while railways deliver on their promises, they are not good at
publicity. This House and the nation do not come to know of our achievements
or what we are doing.
Hum Aah Bhee Karte Hain Toh Ho Jaate Hain Badnaam
Woh Katl Bhee Karte Hain Toh Charcha Nahi Hota
6. We need a large heart and a large mind to undertake big works. With
every big work, our stature grows and our mind opens out to a larger vision.
During this year, we have met industry leaders, Chambers of Commerce and
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Industry to encourage investment in the specified areas of infrastructure,
rolling-stock or service provision. Railways will provide economic share to our
partners for such endeavours. With this objective, railways have developed
several business-oriented policies for the first time. Some of these policy
initiatives are:-
i. Railways’ Infrastructure for Industry Initiative (R3i)
ii. Private Freight Terminal (PFT)
iii. Special Freight Train Operators (SFTO)
iv. Automobile Freight Train Operators (AFTO)
v. Automobile and Ancillary Hubs
vi. Kisan Vision (Cold Chains)
vii. New Catering Policy
viii. Rail Connectivity to Coal and Iron ore mines (R2CI)
7. The response to the policies has been encouraging and 85 proposals have
already been received. We have set up a Single Window System under
Secretary, Railway Board to take these forward.
8. As the hon’ble members would agree, expansion of rail infrastructure
requires meticulous planning. Rising demand for coaches, locos and wagons
cannot be met immediately because their manufacture requires components
whose production has to be planned well in advance. Even some key material
and components for rolling stock are not readily available in the country and we
often have to depend on imports. As a result, supply of rolling stock has been
falling short of our requirements. Even now it is not available according to our
requirement. To meet the demand of passengers for more coaches, MEMUs,
DEMUs etc., we have decided to set up rail-based industries.
9. I appreciate that the demands of every hon’ble member and citizens are
genuine. It is their right and I fully understand. I would like to help them as
much as I could but for constraints of coaches, locomotives and line capacity.
Thus it is difficult to meet every individual demand. We have tried to meet
some of the demands collectively within the limited resources. I would like to
assure the House if we are positive, if we go according to Vision 2020, we can
meet the demand within a short period. I believe in positive approach and
action. As Swami Vivekananda said :
Strength is life and weakness is death.
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10. Madam, in the last two budgets, to meet the growing demand and to
create employment opportunities for the unemployed youth, I had announced
setting up of a large number of rail-based factories/manufacturing projects.
Work on all these projects are at different stages of progress and
implementation. The works at New Jalpaiguri, Adra, Jellingham and Kulti have
been taken up in collaboration with different PSUs. I thank SAIL, NTPC and
RINL for their cooperation and support. Other PSUs are also welcome to come
forward for such joint ventures.
11. Madam, I am happy to report that work on the new coach factory at Rae
Bareli is progressing rapidly now. The first coach is expected to be turned out
from the new plant within the next three months.
12. Railways have also been working on a number of projects involving longterm
supply contracts for locomotives, coaches and critical loco components at
Madhepura, Marhowra, Kanchrapara and Dankuni. Since these project models
are being attempted for the first time in the railways, it is necessary to carry out
due diligence. All these projects are progressing and a Core Group of officers is
working on these PPP/JV industries to take them forward.
13. Railways are already executing works either departmentally or through
PPP/JV at Budge Budge, Dankuni, Naopara, Anara, Tindharia, New Cooch
Behar, Kharagpur, Haldia, Guwahati and Kazipet. Work on the wagon factory
in Orissa will also be taken up once the site is finalized.
14. Work on ICF, Perambur’s second unit will start soon. We have decided
that whatever problems are there will be sorted out and we will set up the
Palakkad coach factory. Railways are interested to partner with Autocast and
SILK at Cherthala, for which business plan is being revised to bring it in line
with the current needs of the railways.
15. Madam, I am happy to inform that Burn Standard Company Limited and
Braithwaite Company Limited have been brought under the administrative
control of Ministry of Railways this year.
16. Madam, to further expand rail-based industries, I would now like to
mention some new initiatives.
17. The prestigious Jammu-Kashmir Rail Link project involves a large
number of bridges. I propose to dedicate an industry for our brothers and sisters
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of J&K, who are close to our heart. Therefore, railways will set up a Bridge
Factory in J&K, which is our heaven on earth. This industry will help in
developing ancillary industries leading to employment generation in the area. I
also propose to set up a state-of-the-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge
Engineering at Jammu.
18. As per my announcement to set up a coach factory at Singur, land has not
been made available by the state government. However, several landowners
have volunteered to sell their land directly to the railways. In order to fulfill this
commitment, I propose to set up a metro coach factory on the land purchased
from willing sellers at Singur/adjacent Polba.
19. Northeast is our priority area and receives government’s full support.
Imphal, the capital of Manipur will soon be connected to the railway network. I
have planned in advance. Therefore, I propose to set up a diesel locomotive
centre in Manipur.
20. Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is the professional IT
arm of Indian Railways. It is a nursery for development of software specialists
in the country. I propose to open a Centre of Excellence in software at
Darjeeling under the aegis of CRIS.
21. I propose to set up two more wagon units under JV/PPP mode, one each
at Kolar and Alappuzha, Kerala, and one more at Buniadpur.
22. A large number of small and medium size track machines have been
developed indigenously and are also being manufactured in India. I propose to
pursue a joint venture between railways and a partner to set up a
manufacturing industry for the indigenous production of large on-track
machines at Uluberia. I also propose to set up a new track machine POH
facility at the same place.
23. Madam, I am happy to announce setting up of a “Rail Industrial Park”
at Jellingham. This Park will be a cluster of diverse industrial units whose
output will be consumed by the railways. The Park will initially focus on high
volume safety and vital components. With this, we shall make a beginning
towards creating a global hub in India for the railway industry. A unit to
manufacture car steel bogies and couplers through a joint venture between Burn
Standard Co. Ltd. and SAIL has already been initiated in this Park. I also
propose to set up a Rail Industrial Park at New Bongaigaon.
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24. The electrical energy requirement of railways is growing rapidly with the
expansion of the rail infrastructure and traffic. A captive thermal power plant of
1,000 MW at Nabinagar is at an advance stage of construction. A second
thermal power plant of 1,320 MW capacity at Adra is in the process of being set
up. Depending upon the fuel being made available at economic cost, I propose
to set up a 700 MW gas-based power plant at Thakurli in Maharashtra.
25. I propose to set up more mechanized laundries for improving the quality
of linen in trains at Nagpur, Chandigarh and Bhopal, in addition to Wadibunder,
Tikiyapara, Kamakhya, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Indore, Lucknow, Banaras,
Samastipur, Sealdah, Tatanagar, Danapur, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Durg, Hatia,
Chennai, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, where they are commissioned or are being
set up. Proposals for laundries at Vishakhapatnam, Bhubaneshwar, Puri,
Gwalior, Manduadih, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri, Jammu, Delhi,
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Tirupati, Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Hubli, Bengaluru,
Yashwantpur, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Mau, Amethi and Kota are also under
examination.
26. Madam, after having discussed the policy initiatives and rail-based
industries, I would now come to expansion of rail infrastructure.
27. For the first time ever, railways have framed Vision 2020, providing a
definite roadmap, both short-term and long-term, for the future. We intend to
go forward to achieve our goals with careful planning.
28. Madam Speaker, we had added only 10,677 km of new lines since
independence. I had announced an ambitious target of 1,000 km of new lines in
2010-11. This is in contrast to average addition of 180 km annually. In the
current year, we may do over 700 km, falling short of the target. But this would
be almost double of the highest ever performance in any single year. Unless we
set our targets high, we cannot realize the goals of Vision 2020. The hon’ble
members will be happy to know that railways will be achieving its target of 800
km for gauge conversion, 700 km for doubling and 1,000 km of electrification.
29. Railways’ efforts to provide dignity to the poor through the Izzat scheme
in 2009-10 have benefitted over four lakh disadvantaged citizens. They are now
able to travel to their workplaces with their heads held high. Poverty drives
many people to live dangerously near railway tracks and often risk their lives.
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Many perish every year. Their lives are very important to us. These dwellers
also affect smooth movement of trains. That is why we have decided to give
them small shelter through Sukhi Griha Scheme. This scheme is being taken
up on pilot basis to provide 10,000 dwelling units at Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri,
Tiruchirapalli and other places. This is our humble effort to help these dwellers.
Annual Plan 2011-12
30. Madam, the Annual Plan for the year 2011-12 has been proposed at
`57,630 cr which is the highest ever plan investment by the railways in a
single year. The Plan is proposed to be financed through GBS of `20,000 cr,
diesel cess of `1041 cr, internal resources of `14,219 cr, market borrowings of
`20,594 cr through Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), considering its
past excellent performance in the financial market. Normally IRFC raises
between `9,000-10,000 cr annually for leasing of rolling stock. Next year, an
additional amount of `10,000 cr will be raised through tax free bonds for
financing select capacity enhancement works. Railways will ensure servicing
this debt of tax-free bonds. Further, external source of financing through PPP,
WIS etc is expected to yield `1,776 cr.
31. Improving upon 2010-11, a greater thrust is being given to the expansion
of the rail network with a larger allocation of ` 9,583 cr for new lines. It is
planned to complete 1,000 km of new lines in 2011-12. In addition, the left
over new lines from last year’s target will also be completed. Apart from this,
`5,406 cr and `2,470 cr has been given for doubling and gauge conversion
projects to complete 867 km and 1,017 km respectively. To overcome shortages
in wagons, coaches and locomotives, `13,820 cr has been earmarked for
acquisition of rolling stock.
32. Indian Railways are a true symbol of inclusive growth and it is the
lifeline of the nation and contributes to national integration. It is an irony that
despite the presence of railways in India for 157 years, large parts of our
population have never seen a railway line. In the coming decade, Indian
Railways will continue to keep its service focus on the underprivileged and the
poor, even as it expands its services for the more fortunate. I quote Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore:
“Give me the strength never to disown the poor or
bend my knees before insolent might.”
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33. In the last budget I had announced updation of surveys for 114 socially
desirable new lines. Out of this 94 will be completed by March, 2011 and the
remaining by December, 2011. I propose to take up construction of these lines
in the 12th five year plan since this budget year is the terminal year of the 11th
plan. Our dream is to bring about a social revolution through rail connectivity.
We need political freedom along with economic freedom that will usher in
prosperity for our millions of countrymen, more especially to the common man.
34. Madam, we have proposed to create a fund to implement the socially
desirable projects during the 12th Plan. Under the umbrella of this non-lapsable
fund, not only will the pending socially desirable lines be completed, but many
other similar new line projects would also be taken up. The scheme is being
named, Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana. I am extremely thankful to the
hon’ble Prime Minister for his support and guidance.
35. Madam, it is our continuous endeavour to connect unserved and
underserved regions to the rail network. We want underdeveloped areas to
develop and the people of these regions to join the process of growth. I
therefore, propose to take up construction of the following new lines in a few
such areas:-
i. Wadsa-Gadchirholi in Maharashtra
ii. Bhadutola-Jhargram via Lalgarh in West Bengal
iii. Gudur-Durgrajpuram in Andhra Pradesh
iv. Hansdiha-Godda in Jharkhand
36. Railways are already executing 19 projects in the similar difficult and
underdeveloped areas in the States of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Bihar and
Maharashtra and I propose to increase the allocation to these projects to `771 cr.
37. A non-lapsable Fund for railway projects in the northeast region has
been created that will boost the progress of projects. All the state capitals of
this region except Sikkim will get connected by rail network in the next seven
years. The prestigious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project is also
progressing and work on India’s longest tunnel between Banihal and Qazigund
would be completed this year.
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Safety & Security
38. Safety is our first priority. Every incident is unfortunate. We do not want
to see loss of even a single life. Unfortunately in two incidents of sabotage and
suspected sabotage, 216 innocent lives were lost. We are trying sincerely to
ensure such incidents do not occur. We extend our condolences to their
families.
39. Indian Railways connect 7,083 stations, and carry 2.20 crore people and
over 2.5 million tonnes of goods every day. As a result of our sustained efforts,
the index for train accidents has decreased significantly from 0.29 per million
train km in 2004-05 to 0.17 in 2009-10. This is despite the increase in traffic
from 16,021 trains per day and 538 crore passengers annually in 2004-05 to
18,820 trains and 720 crore passengers in 2009-10. Madam, it is very sad that
every year over 1.30 lakh people die in road accidents. Railway is passenger
friendly, safe and a cheap mode of transport. Rail fares are close to one-fourth
that of the road.
40. In my first tenure, I had approved the introduction of Anti Collision
Device (ACD). After ten years I find that it has been implemented only on NF
railway. Madam, our recent trials with an improved version of ACD have met
with success and it will be commissioned on three zonal railways, Southern,
South Central and South Western Railways. Considering the successful trials, I
have decided to extend this device to Eastern, East Coast, East Central and
South Eastern Railways. With this we will have covered 8 of the 17 zonal
railways.
41. The number of incidents at unmanned level crossings, on which we are
working very seriously, has come down by 36% with the elimination of 1,500
unmanned crossings, construction of 172 ROBs and 240 RUBs/subways. I have
lowered the eligibility criteria for manning from 6,000 TVUs to 3,000 TVUs.
Efforts will be intensified in the coming year by eliminating the remaining
eligible 2,500 unmanned level crossings as well as construction of 200 ROBs
and 325 RUBs/subways. Any other crossing required to be eliminated will also
be taken up for conversion.
42. A GPS based ‘Fog Safe’ device has been deployed and I am happy to
report that this year railways have handled the foggy weather without any
untoward incident.
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43. Madam, railways being a soft target, has been facing the wrath of
extremists, agitations and other unsocial elements. Incidences of disruptions by
way of bomb-blasts, sabotage, track-tampering etc. are on the rise. I appeal to
my countrymen to exercise discretion and restraint. Railways are their own
property and any damage will only result in inconvenience and loss of revenue
and will not help their cause.
44. As law and order is the responsibility of the state governments, railways
are mostly helpless in handling such situations. We cannot ensure efficient and
punctual operations of trains without the help of state governments. Some
states do help, some states are helpless. Frequent calls for ‘rail rokos’ are not
only crippling operations on Indian Railways but also causing immense
hardship to passengers, not to talk of substantial loss of revenues. There have
been 115 cases of ‘rail roko’ agitations during the period from April to
December 2010, a few of which have spread over a period of three weeks. In
the current year, till now more than 1,500 passenger carrying trains have been
cancelled, another 1,500 diverted over longer routes and more than 3,500
rescheduled on account of such disruptions. We want cooperation from all
concerned. Those who help us, we will also help them.
45. I am now making an offer that whichever state ensures trouble-free train
running for the whole year, shall be given two new trains and two projects as
a special package.
46. An All India Security Help Line on a single number has been set up to
facilitate passenger security and is likely to become operational this year. A
comprehensive bill has been drafted to empower RPF to deal with passenger
related offences and it is likely to be placed before Parliament soon. We are
reviewing the passenger security care programme to bring about all round
security improvement for passengers.
47. Madam, the thrust of the Budget this year is also on modernisation. A
number of measures will be taken to usher in latest technology. I would like to
spell out some of these steps for improving the efficiency of the system that will
ultimately benefit our customers:-
i. Based on the success of the pilot project of SIMRAN, jointly
developed by IIT, Kanpur and RDSO, a Real Time Train
Information System (RTIS) will provide reliable information on
train running.
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ii. Collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University,
Shibpur for using jute geo-textiles in embankment design;
iii. A project with IIT, Chennai on prototype manufacture of ultrasonic
systems;
iv. Partnership with Jadavpur University for development of new
designs for rail steel bridges;
v. A collaborative study with IIT, Mumbai on the problem of
corrosion of rails;
vi. The Centre for Railway Research (CRR), collaboration between
IIT, Kharagpur and RDSO, has been sanctioned and is under
implementation.
vii. Centres of Excellence for development and prototyping various types
of Mechatronics systems at RCF/Kapurthala and DMW/Patiala;
viii. E-procurement and e-auction to ensure transparency and economy.
ix. Development of a comprehensive web-based databank for land and
asset management database for optimum utilization of our resources.
x. Issuing paperless railway receipts;
xi. Extend web based system of allotment of iron ore rakes to coal
traffic
xii. Run double-stack container trains from Gujarat ports to the major
ICD at Gurgaon.
Green Initiatives
48. Madam, railways are always environment friendly and are considered
evergreen. It is also the most fuel efficient mode of transport. Therefore, I have
declared 2011-12 as the “Year of Green Energy”. I would like to share some
of the green measures taken by the railways:-
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i. Free supply of 14 lakh CFLs to railway households and phasing out of
incandescent lamps.
ii. Regenerative braking in Mumbai EMUs
iii. Windmill at ICF, Chennai
iv. Production of locos with ‘hotel load converter’
v. Increase use of solar energy at LC gates, stations etc.
vi. Use of bio-diesel, CNG and LNG in locos, workshops etc.
Passenger/Rail Users’ Amenities
49. Madam, for passengers a fresh thrust has been given to improve the
amenities and provide better experience at stations. In the last two years, we had
announced the upgradation of 584 stations as Adarsh Stations, out of which 442
stations will be completed by March 2011. The remaining will be completed in
2011-12.
50. Upgradation of stations would provide safe drinking water, pay & use
toilets, high-level platforms, better accessibility for the physically challenged
among many other facilities at these stations. I would like to assure all the
hon’ble members that all the suggestion for Adarsh stations given by them have
been included in the following list of 236 stations. I will be happy to receive
suggestions from the hon’ble members to add more stations.
Abhaipur, Acharya Narendra Dev Nagar, Achhnera, Alipurduar court,
Alipurduar Jn., Ambalgram, Ambernath, Ambikapur, Anara, Asoknagar Road,
Azimganj Jn., Baghdogra, Bagula, Bahadurpur, Baharu, Bahirgachhi,
Bahirpuya, Bahraich, Balagarh, Bala Mau, Balarambati, Balgona, Ballalpur,
Bamangachhi, Bamangram Halt, Bamanhat, Banarhat, Baneswar, Banka pasi,
Bankimnagar, Banstala, Barabhum, Baragaon, Barasat Jn., Barhni, Barmer,
Barsoi Jn., Basudevpur, Basuldanga, Batasi, Bathnakrittiba, Belakoba,
Beldanga, Beliaghata Rd, Beliatore, Betberia ghola, Bhadaiyan, Bhadrak,
Bhagalpur, Bhagwangola, Bharwari, Bhimgarh, Bidyadharpur, Bishnupur,
Boinchi, Brindabanpur, Buniyadpur, Burnpur, Chanchai, Chamagram, Champa,
Chandanpur, Chatra, Chatterhat, Chengannur, Chintamani, Chirimiri, Chitrakut
Dham Karvi, Chowrigacha, Churu, Dainhat, Darjeeling, Daryabad, Dasnagar,
Deoria Sadar, Deulti, Dhatrigram, Dhubulia, Dhulabari, Dildarnagar, Diva,
Dubrajpur, Dumurdaha, Durgachak, Eklakhi, Ettumanur, Falakata, Fatehpur,
Fatehpur Sikri, Gadadharpur, Gandhigram, Ghanpur, Ghoksadanga, Ghoragata,
Ghum, Gidhni, Gobra, Guntur, Gurap, Harishdadpur, Harishchandrapur,
Hasimara, Hindmotor, Hotar, Hridaypur, Hubli, Jabalpur, Jaganath Temple
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Gate, Jakhalabandha, Jalor, Jamikunta, Janai road, Jangaon, Jessore road,
Jhantipahari, Jodhpur, Jorhat Town, Joychandipahar, Kahalgaon, Kaikala,
Kalchini, Kalinagar, Kaliyaganj, Kamakhyaguri, Kamareddi, Kanjiramittam,
Kanthi, Karimnagar, Kathgodam, Kathua, Khagraghat Rd., Khajuraho,
Khalilabad, Khemasuli, Khurja Jn., Kiraoli, Kishanganj, Kolar, Korba, Kotshila,
Kulpi, Kumbakonam, Kunda Harnam Ganj, Kurukshetra, Kuruppantara,
Labpur, Lohapur, Loknath, Lower Parel, Madarihat, Madhusudanpur, Majhdia,
Malatipur, Malda Court, Malkajgiri, Manendragarh, Manigram, Maninagar,
Mararikulam, Matigara, Mayiladuturai, Meerut City, Meghnagar, Mollarpur,
Mulanturutti, Murarai, Nabadwip Ghat, Nabagram, Nagore, Nagrakata,
Naimisharanya, Nandakumar, Narendrapur, Navsari, New Alipurduar, New
Bhuj, New Cooch Behar, Old Malda, Palla road, Palsit, Panagarh,
Pandaveswar, Panjipara, Patranga, Patuli, Phusro, Piravam Road, Pirtala,
Prantik, Quilandi, Raghunathpalli, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajbandh, Rajgoda,
Rajnandgaon, Ramrajatala, Rangiya, Ratangarh, Remount road, Rudauli,
Rupnarayanpur, Sabarmati, Sadulpur, Sagardighi, Sakoti Tanda, Salanpur,
Salboni, Salem, Sambre, Sankrail, Santaldih, Sardiha, Sasthankotta, Satna,
Shahganj, Shalimar, Sidlaghatta, Simlagarh, Sirathu, Sitapur Cantt., Sivok,
Sohawal, Sonada, Srinivaspura, Sukna, Sultanpur, Talit, Thanabihpur, Tildanga,
Tiruppur, Tuticorin, Udhna, Vaikam Road, Vasco-da-gama, Vellarakkad.
51. Though railways have announced the setting up of number of world class
stations, not much headway could be achieved because of their high costs. We
are taking a relook at the parameters and guidelines to provide what will suit
Indian passengers best. This work will definitely be taken up in the coming
year.
52. Out of the 160 MFCs announced, a few are completed and few are in the
process of completion. I have given a special target to complete all the MFCs
next year. I propose to set up more MFCs with budget hotels at Bangarpet,
Secunderabad, Amethi, Ramnagar, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Amritsar,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kamakhya, Gaya, Rae Bareli, Deoghar, Varanasi,
Bhubaneswar, Vellore, Kanyakumari, Srinagar, Sasaram, Bhagalpur, Panipat,
Bhuj, Anand, Arsikere, Birur, Neemach, Ratlam, Azamgarh, Ujjain, Adra,
Midnapore, Tamluk, Purulia, Thakurnagar, Sagardighi, Jangipur, Bahrampur,
Nabadwip, Kulti, Bolapur, Diamond Harbour, Naihati, Kanchrapara, Hajipur,
Islampur and Rohtak.
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53. Some of the measures taken/proposed to be taken to improve passenger
amenities are:-
i. Introduction of a pan-India, multi-purpose “Go-India” smart card on a
pilot basis. This will be one single window package for the passenger to
seamlessly pay for tickets for long distance, suburban, metro etc.
journeys. The card can be used in booking counters, vending machines,
internet etc.;
ii. Two new coaching terminals at Nemam and Kottayam in Kerala, one in
Mau Nath Bhanjan in Uttar Pradesh and another in Dankuni, West
Bengal;
iii. Better accessibility at stations for physically challenged customers;
iv. Extension of Rail Yatri Sevaks with modern trolleys to six more
stations: New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and
Thiruvananthapuram;
v. A new portal for e-ticketing by Centre for Railway Information
Systems (CRIS) is ready and will be launched shortly. Booking of tickets
through this portal would be cheaper with a charge of only ` 10 for AC
classes and ` 5 for others;
vi. Provision of internet access on Howrah-Rajdhani Express as a pilot
project;
vii. Extension of Train Management System to New Delhi, Bangalore,
Secunderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow stations to provide information
on running of trains,
viii. Introduction of advance booking of retiring rooms.
54. Madam, I propose to introduce a new Super AC class of travel. The
new class will provide improved comfort and features and more exclusivity.
Golden Rail Corridor
55. Madam, I am happy to announce that pre-feasibility study for the western
leg (Delhi-Mumbai) of the Golden Rail Corridor would start early next year.
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The study is being undertaken with help from Japan, with the objective of
raising speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph. Similar studies will be
initiated for other corridors including Mumbai-Kolkata, Chennai-Bangalore,
Delhi-Jaipur and Ahmedabad-Mumbai.
Staff
56. Madam, our employees are our biggest asset and it is they who keep the
wheel of progress moving. Some of the measures I propose to take for their
welfare are:-
i. Expand the scope of Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for
Guaranteed Employment for safety category staff by enhancing the
existing criteria of grade pay from `1,800/- to `1,900/-.
ii. Considering the Indian family structure and values, extending medical
facilities to both dependent father and mother of railway
employees.
iii. Increasing the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group
‘D’ employees to `1,200 per month for higher education.
iv. Setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya Prabandhan Board (RVPB) to
improve quality of education to children studying in 269 railway
schools. The Board will draw up a plan for improving the physical and
educational infrastructure of these schools to be implemented in a time
frame of three years.
v. In order to provide easy access to medical facilities in remote and
inaccessible areas for our employees, it is proposed to provide 20
Medical Road Medical Vans at different locations to begin with.
vi. I am happy to report that all the proposed 20 hostels for children of
railway employees have been commissioned and another 20 would
be set up next year.
57. Madam, my Ministry is undertaking restructuring of all the cadres in
the railways to afford adequate promotional opportunities to the officers and
staff.
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Recruitment
58. Madam, after the new recruitment policy announced last year,
recruitment process has already been set in motion for filling the vacancies of
about 1.75 lakh in Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ posts. Steps have also been taken
to fill up about 13,000 posts in Railway Protection Force. These mega
recruitment drives will cover the backlog of SC/ST/physically handicapped
quota.
59. I am happy to inform that for the first time, railways are inducting 16,000
ex-servicemen by end of March 2011. As also announced last year, we are also
recruiting more than 1,200 ex-servicemen in RPF. It is our humble tribute to our
brave jawans who defend our borders.
koi sikh koi jaat maratha
koi gurkha koi madrasi
sarhad par marnevaala
har veer tha bhaaratvasi
jo shaheed hue hain unki
jara yad karo kurbani….
Training
60. To enhance skills of our frontline staff in dealing with the customers, a
training centre is proposed to be started at Kharagpur. Also multidisciplinary
training centres would be set up at Dharwad, Kolkata and Pune
including an exclusive international centre at Agra. A new basic Training
Centre at Kurseong is proposed to cater to the needs of Northeast Frontier
Railway including Darjeeling - Himalayan Railway.
Setting up of Polytechnics
61. I am happy to announce that five Polytechnics will be set up at Varanasi,
Machlandpur, Vadodara, Bhilai and Hubli-Dharwad under MOU with Ministry
of Human Resource Development. This will also contribute towards the
national mission of skill development.
Sports
62. As the hon’ble members are aware, railways have always provided
congenial and enabling environment for breeding of sports talent in the country.
I take great pride in reporting that railway sportspersons brought 25 medals
(including 13 Gold of the 38 won by India) in the recently held Commonwealth
Games, 2010. The excellent performance of railway sportspersons continued in
the Asian Games also with a contribution of 7 out of 14 Golds for India.
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Railways also ran a special Commonwealth Express which was visited by 8
lakh people.
63. Madam, railways will continue to strengthen the sports infrastructure and
open more sports academies, stadia and multi-purpose halls. It is also proposed
to create a separate sports cadre so that their aspirations are fully met.
Promotion of Cultural Activities
64. Madam, you will agree that the Railway family cannot isolate itself from
the cultural field. Therefore, I have formed a Cultural Promotion Board to
boost the cultural activities across the length and breadth of the country which
will be railways’ efforts to preserve and promote the diverse and rich cultural
heritage of the nation.
65. To commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath
Tagore, on 9th May, 2010, a special exhibition train, “Sanskriti Express”, was
launched. It is showcasing artistic works, philosophy and teachings of Gurudev.
The train has been moving across the country and has been visited by more than
24 lakh people in 18 states so far.
66. At the invitation of our beloved Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister
of Bangladesh, this train is set to go on a cultural exchange programme to
Bangladesh according to their convenience. I am thankful to her for suggesting
‘Sonar Tori’ as the name of the train. I wholeheartedly accept her suggestion.
67. Several other special exhibition trains such as “Mother Express” a
tribute to Mother Teresa on her birth centenary and “Aurobindo Express” have
also been run to disseminate the message of these great personalities. In
addition, running of “Vivekananda Express” will be extended for two years up
to his 150th birth anniversary in 2013. We have also run a “Technology
Express” to spread the awareness of science and technology among youth and
students.
Financial Performance
68. Madam Speaker, I have no hesitation in informing this august House that
Indian Railways are passing through a very difficult phase. The year 2009-10
was challenging for the railways. Implementation of the 6th Pay Commission’s
recommendations increased the expenditure on staff and pension by an
unprecedented 97%. The latest assessment of Pay Commission’s impact reveals
an additional expenditure of `73,000 crore during the XI Plan period. This has
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heavily impacted our internal generation for plan investment. However, by
prudent financial management, we have not only paid the full dividend for
2009-10, but also achieved an operating ratio of 95.3%. In fact, if we do not
take pay commission arrears into consideration, which rightfully are liabilities
of previous financial years, the operating ratio would have been 84% even with
payment of higher salaries and pension. If the salaries and pension are also kept
at the earlier levels, the operating ratio comes down even further to 74.1%.
69. The testing times for the railways continue in 2010-11 due to the impact
of allowances and several post-budgetary factors. On the earnings side,
disruption of train movements has resulted in a loss of about `1,500 cr and
another `2,000 cr due to the ban on export of iron ore. As a result, the loading
target had to be reduced by 20 million tonnes to 924 million tonnes. However,
in the revised estimates, goods earnings have been retained at the budget level
based on trends of higher yield per NTKM. The total gross earnings have now
been fixed at `94,742 cr which is `177 cr higher than the budget. With the
reduced traffic suspense clearance of `98 cr, Gross Traffic Receipts is higher
than the budget target by `75 cr at `94,840 cr.
70. On the expenditure side, two hikes in the rates of HSD oil and increased
electricity tariff in some states, higher DA rates and excise duty rates, as well as
impact of unanticipated higher salary and allowances, raised the requirement by
`5,700 cr. I am proud to say that we will save `3,700 cr by our economy drive
and other austerity measures. Next year we will save more. Ordinary Working
Expenses has now been fixed at `67,000 cr, an increase of `2,000 cr over
Budget Estimate. After providing for `5,700 cr and `14,500 cr towards
Depreciation Reserve Fund and Pension Fund respectively in the Revised
Estimates, the Total Working Expenses are likely to be `87,200 cr. Accounting
for full dividend liability of `4,917 cr, the “Excess” comes to `4,105 cr. The
revised operating ratio works out to 92.1% which would have been 72.8% with
pre-pay commission salaries. The revised plan outlay has been kept at `40,315
cr.
71. Madam, I would like to thank all the Parliamentary Committees including
the Railway Convention Committee for their full support.
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Budget Estimates, 2011-12
72. Madam, I shall now deal with the Budget Estimates for 2011-12.
73. On the basis of freight traffic projection of 993 million tonnes and
passenger growth of 6.4% over 2010-11, the Gross Traffic Receipts are
estimated at `1,06,239 cr assuming a clearance of `200 crore from traffic
suspense. Madam, for the first time, railways’ earnings are set to exceed the
rupees one lakh crore mark. Ordinary Working Expenses have been assessed
at `73,650 cr. This represents an increase of 9.9% over Revised Estimates of
2010-11 to cater for annual increments of salaries, DA, higher requirement for
fuel and materials for increased level of activity and lease payments. The
appropriation to Pension Fund is placed at `15,800 cr and to Depreciation
Reserve Fund at `7,000 cr compared to `5,700 cr in the Revised Estimates,
2010-11. Total Working Expenses therefore are placed at `96,450 cr. A
provision of `6,735 cr has been made for dividend payment leaving an “Excess”
of `5,258 cr to be utilized for Development Fund and Capital Fund. The
expected Operating Ratio is 91.1%.
74. With this, I hope the railways will soon emerge stronger, leaving behind
the impact of the Pay Commission and engage fully in the revival of its
financial health.
Hamara Mushkil Daur Gujar Chuka Hai
Aur Hum Din-o-din Majboot Hote Jayenge
(Tough times are now over and Railways,
will grow from strength to strength from here)
Metropolitan Projects
75. Madam, Indian Railways have only one metro i.e. Kolkata Zonal Metro
Railway. We are proud of it. As a full-fledged zone, Kolkata Metro is
expanding its network. A core committee has been set up to closely monitor the
progress of ongoing works for the speedier completion of the following
sections:-
i. Naopara to Barasat via Bimanbandar
ii. Baranagar to Barrackpore and Baranagar to Dakshineswar
iii. Dum-Dum Airport to New Garia via Rajerhat
iv. Joka to BBD Bagh via Majerhat
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76. The entire section from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) to Kavi
Subhash (New Garia) has been commissioned. Every day over 5 lakh
passengers utilize the metro services.
77. It is also proposed to take up the following new surveys for new
connectivity of Kolkata metro:-
i. Joka-Diamond Harbour
ii. Baruipur - Kavi Subhash
iii. Howrah Maidan to Srirampur via Dankuni and Singur
iv. Howrah Maidan – Belur
v. Howrah Maidan – Santragachi – Dhulagarh
vi. Joka-Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
vii. Barrackpore to Kalyani
78. It is also proposed to introduce 34 new services in Kolkata Metro in the
coming year.
79. Railways are committed to continue the partnership with Maharashtra for
strengthening Mumbai’s suburban system.
80. I am happy to inform the august House that for the first time, 20-car
MEMU trains have been introduced on Northern Railway during 2010-11 to
reduce overcrowding.
Integrated Suburban Railway Networks
81. Madam, India is witnessing rapid urbanization putting great pressure on
our cities and towns. Transport infrastructure will be a key to their growth and
sustenance. I propose the development of integrated suburban railway networks
in large cities like Mumbai, bringing together suburban railway, metro railway
and other rail infrastructure under a single integrated system which will provide
faster, efficient, affordable and comfortable transportation to the citizens. To
begin with, I plan to introduce this concept in those cities where suburban
system exists, such as Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, and Chennai. We
propose to strengthen the suburban system of Hyderabad-Secundeabad by
implementing six projects under MMTS Phase II.
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82. Madam, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has helped bring
enormous improvements in Mumbai’s suburban system. I now wish to bring
about a similar transformation to the suburban transport system of the other
megalopolis of the country, Kolkata. For a 100 km and more around Kolkata,
the lives of the people are inexorably linked with activities, trade and industry
of the city. There is a great need to upgrade the entire suburban system of
Kolkata with better, faster and more number of services including 15-car trains.
83. I am aware that such improvements need substantial finances. Railways
have limited resources. Therefore, I propose to set up Kolkata Rail Vikas
Corporation (KRVC) on the lines of MRVC, which will raise funds through
banks and other financial institutions, Municipal Corporation and other
stakeholders. I believe, this single measure will kick start Kolkata’s return to its
days of glory. Similar corporations can be considered for congested suburban
systems in other states.
Production Units
84. I must complement all the Production Units who have performed well in
2009-10. I am happy to report that CLW has turned out the first locomotive
with ‘hotel load converter’ to meet power requirement of coaches and pantry
car. The capacity of Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) is being augmented to
300 locos. It has also indigenized GM locomotives to bring the cost down.
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)
85. All the eleven Railway PSUs have performed well in 2009-10 with a
turnover of more than `15,000 cr, earning a net profit of `1,782 cr. These PSUs
paid a dividend `311.88 cr to the railways.
Concessions
86. At present physically handicapped persons are not entitled for
concessions on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. It is proposed to extend the
concession facility to them in these trains also.
87. Press correspondents are now entitled to avail 50% concession with
family once in a year. It is proposed to increase this facility to twice a year.
88. It is proposed to extend the facility to the Kirti and Shaurya Chakra
awardees of travelling in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains.
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89. In case of unmarried posthumous Param Vir Chakra and Ashok
Chakra gallantry award winners of armed forces, it is proposed to extend the
facility of card passes to the parents.
90. At present the concession for senior citizens is extended to both men and
women at 60 years of age. I propose to reduce this in case of women to 58
years. I also do not want to annoy the men, and therefore, propose to increase
their concession from 30% to 40%.
Wagon Procurement
91. Madam, adequate supply of wagons is a pre-condition to fulfilling ever
increasing demand for rail transport. The august House would be happy to
know that a record procurement of 16,500 wagons is being done in the current
year. We have also kept a higher target of 18,000 wagons for the next year.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC)
92. Madam, the main loan agreement for phase I of Western Corridor of DFC
with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been signed and
bidding process for civil and track work has commenced. For the Eastern
Corridor, the appraisal by World Bank for Khurja-Bhaupur section would be
carried out next month. I am extremely happy to announce that work from
Dankuni end on the eastern corridor has already started. We want to complete
the DFC project by December, 2016 as scheduled.
93. As hon’ble members are aware, land is a sensitive issue. With the
objective of reducing the number of land losers, we have made efforts to bring
the alignment of the DFC parallel to the existing railway network and thereby
using 12,000 acres from railways’ land bank. It has also reduced the
requirement of land acquisition by 2,718 acres resulting in a saving of about
`300 cr.
New Lines
94. Madam, as I mentioned earlier, all the 114 socially desirable projects
which have been surveyed recently, will be included in the 12th Plan and
financed through the proposed Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana.
95. In my last budget speech, 33 new line sections covering 1,021 km were
identified for completion as compared to less than 200 km normally. I am
happy to inform the House that we have taken a giant leap in completion of new
lines projects. The progress of laying new lines will be further accelerated and
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in the year 2011-12, we are confident of exceeding a milestone of laying of
1,000 km of new lines. The sections which have either been completed or will
be completed during 2010-11 are:-
1. Chandurbazar-Narkhed
2. Deogarh- Dumka
3. Mandarhil – Hansdiha
4. Bhawanipatna-Junagarh
5. Barkakhana-Kuju
6. Nawadih –Dhanwar
7. Tarn Taran-Goindwal
8. Lalitpur-Udaipura
9. Mahrajganj - Bishunpur Mahuari
10. Ajmer-Pushkar
11. Jagityal- Mortad
12. Khanapur- Homnabad
13. Salem – Namakkal
14. Ramaganjmandi - Jhalawar
15. Lonand-Phaltan
16. Rampurhat- Pirargarhia
17. Deoghar – Chandan
18. Khurda Road – Begunia
19. Phulwarisharif-Patliputra
20. Jhajjar-Rohtak
21. Abohar-Fazilka
22. Agra-Fatahabad-Bah
23. New Coochbehar-Golakganj
24. Nossam- Banaganapalli
25. Vishnupuram- Jahanpad
26. Gadwal-Pandurangswami Nagore – Karaikkal
27. Matnasibpur - Masagram
96. The target of 800 km for Gauge Conversion was fixed for 2010-11 and I
am happy to inform the house that this target will be met. The sections which
have either been completed or will be completed during 2010-11 are:-
1. Krishnanagar - Shantipur
2. Sitamarhi-Bairgania
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3. Kaptanganj - Thawe
4. Katihar-Tejnarayanpur
5. Mavli-Nathdwara
6. Mayiladuturai - Tiruvarur
7. Anandapuram-Talguppa
8. Bodeli-Chottaudepur
9. Bardhman – Balgona
10. Aunrihar – Jaunpur
11. Aluabari-Siliguri
12. Ratangarh-Bikaner
13. Dindigul - Palani
14. Tirunelveli - Tenkasi
15. Bharuch-Samni-Dahej
97. The target for Doubling was fixed as 700 km for the year 2010-11 and I
am happy to inform the august House that this target will be met. Sections
which have either been completed or will be completed during 2010-11 are as
under:-
1. Pen-Kasu
2. Dhanauri – Kiul
3. Kalinarayanpur – Biranagar
4. Nalikul – Tarkeswar
5. Pandabeswar – Chinpai
6. Umeshnagar-Khagaria of Begusarai-Khagaria
7. Targena-Jehanabad
8. 4th line between Kottavalasa-Simhachalam
9. Chakki Block Hut-Chakki Bank
10. Tundla – Yamuna Bridge
11. Khalilabad – Munderwa
12. Mau – Indara
13. Malda-Old Malda
14. Netravati - Kankanadi
15. Ennolre - Attipattu
16. Barbil-Barajamda doubling
17. Champa Bypass Line
18. Mysore-Naganahalli
19. Devanur-Ballakere
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20. Part of Udhna-Jalgaon
21. Gandhidham-Kandla Port
22. Palwal - Bhuteshwar third line
23. Rajathgarh-Barang
24. Nancherla-Aspari
25. Kamalapuram-Muddanuru
26. Part of Panskura- Kharagpur
27. Panvel-Apta
28. Barasat – Sondalia
29. Baruipur – Magrahat
30. Khamargachi – Jirat
31. Karhagola-Kursela of Semapur-Kursela
32. Begusarai-Lakho of Begusarai-Khagaria
33. Sasan-Rengali
34. Budhi-Kathua
35. Panki-Bhaupur- 3rd line
36. Bankata - Bhatni
37. Govindnagar - Basti
38. New Guwahati-Digaru
39. Harsauli-Rewari
40. Mavelikkara - Chengannur
41. Kayankulam - Haripad
42. Adra-Joychandipahar doubling
43. Ramangaram-Settihalli
44. Mugad-Kambarganvi
45. Kalapipal-Phanda
46. Gandhidham-Adipur
47. Part of Bilaspur-Urkura
48. Khurda-Barang
49. Guntakal – Raichur
50. Gooty – Pullampet
51. Kondapuram-Tadipatri
52. Salkaroad-Anuppur doubling
98. The new lines sections covering 1,075 km proposed to be completed in
2011-12 are:-
1. Admednagar-Narayandoh
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2. Gokulnagar-Mayonapur
3. Dumka-Shikaripara
4. Biraul-Kusheshwarsthan
5. Koderma-Barhi-Hazaribagh-Mandu-Kuju
6. Runisaidpur-Jubbasani
7. Part of Talcher-Bimalgarh
8. Pandu Pindara-Bhaibwa
9. Bhind-Etawah
10. Bishnupur-Mahuari-Mashrakh
11. Bhatni-Chauria
12. New Mal Jn. to Changrabandha
13. Harmuti-Naharlagun
14. Namakkal-Karur
15. Angamalli-Kaladi
16. Raichur-Pandurangaswamy
17. Nossam-Banaganapalle
18. Devarakadra-Krishna
19. Kanivehalli-Chikmagalur
20. Hirisave-Shravanabelagola
21. Talpur-Arambagh
22. Banka-Karjhusa Halt
23. Ajimganj-Jiaganj
24. Part of Daniawan-Biharsharif
25. Part of Dhanawar-Giridih
26. Kosi Bridge
27. Morinda-Khamnano
28. Part of Udaipura-Mawai Fatehabad-Bah
29. Etawah-Mainpuri
30. Bathua Bazar-Panchdeori
31. Paniyahwa-Chhitauni
32. Part of New Coochbehar-Golakganj
33. Dausa-Deedwana
34. Walajah Road-Ranipet
35. Metpally-Armoor
36. Homnabad-Hallikhed
37. Banaganapalli-Nandyal
38. Deshpran-Nandigram
39. Sakrayapanta-Kanivehalli
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40. Part of Lalitpur-Khajrao-Satna, Khajuraho-Mahoba & Rewa-
Singraullli
99. Madam, a target of 1,017 km has been fixed for Gauge Conversion in
2011-12 including the following sections:
1. Krishnanagar-Nawadwipghat
2. Murliganj-Banmankh
3. Chauradano-Raxaul
4. Anandnagar-Naugarh
5. Rangiya-Rangapara North
6. Ratangarh-Sardarsahar
7. SriganganganagarHanumangarh
8. Palghat-Pollachi
9. Nidamangalam-Mannargudi
10. Ankeleshwar-Rajpipla
11. Madhepura-Murliganj
12. Bairgania-Chauradano
13. Bareilly-Lalkuan
14. Naugarh-Barhni
15. New Malda Junction-New Maynagori Road
16. Sikar-Churu
17. Palani-Pollach
18. Mahamadurai-Virudhnagar
19. Kolar-Chintamani
20. Ratlam-Fatehabad
100. The following sections covering 867 km are proposed to be doubled in
2011-12 are as under:-
1. Apta-Pen
2. Jirat-Guptipara
3. Chandpara-Bongaon
4. Dakshin Barasat-Lakshmikantapur
5. Chandrapur-Bhandaridih
6. Korukonda-Vizianagaram
7. Palwal-Ballabgarh
8. Jakhal-Mansa
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9. Chauri Chaura-Baitalpur
10. Burhwal-Jhangirabad
11. Banas-Swarupganj
12. Manchiriyal-Mandamari
13. Gokulpur-Midnapur Doubling
14. Muri-Muri Outer with Bridge
15. Tikiapara-Santragachi
16. CPH-Bye pass
17. Ballakere-Birur
18. Vyara-Chinehpada
19. Kasu-Roha
20. Guptipara-Ambika Kalna
21. Ghutarisharif-Canning
22. Magrahat-Diamond Harbour
23. Jharsuguda-Rengali
24. Kottavalsa-Kantakapali
25. Tughlakabad-Faridabad
26. Domingarh-Sahjanwa
27. Baitalpur-Bhatni
28. Keshavganj-Sirohi
29. Part of Chengalpattu-Villupuram
30. Raghavapuram-Peddampet
31. Dumetra-Champajharan
32. Banspani-Jaroli
33. Kalumna-Nagpur
34. Maddur-Hanakere
35. Birur-Ajjampur
101. In the last two budgets, I had announced 251 updating surveys/new
surveys for new lines/gauge conversion/doubling. Of these, the following 190
surveys have been completed or will be completed by the end of this financial
year. These lines will also be taken up in the 12th Plan:-
1. Bhadrachallam-Kovvur
2. Hyderabad-Gazwal-Siddipet-Sircilla-Jagityal
3. Nizamabad-Ramagundam
4. Barwadih-Chirimiri
5. Raipur-Jharsuguda
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6. Pendra Rd-Korba/Gevra Rd
7. Bhavnagar-Mahuva
8. Patiala-Kurushetra
9. Panipat-Meerut
10. Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar
11. Hisar-Sirsa via Agroha, Fatehabad
12. Bilaspur to Leh via Kullu & Manali
13. Una-Jaijon Doaba
14. Jogindernagar to Mandi
15. Parwanoo-Darlaghat
16. Baramulla-Kupwara
17. Jammu-Poonch via Akhnoor, Rajouri,
18. Kathua-Basoli-Bhadarwah-Kishtwar
19. Barajamda-Tatina
20. Bhojudih-Mohuda
21. Hansdiha-Godda
22. Kandra-Namkom
23. Raigarh-Mand Colliery to Bhupdeopur
24. Ranchi-Kandra
25. Gadag-Harihar
26. Tumkur-Davangere
27. Madurai-Kottayam
28. Erumeli-Punalur-Trivendrum
29. Barpeta Road-Tihu.
30. Jogighopa to Silchar via Panchratna
31. Murkongselek-Pasighat
32. Naginimora-Amguri
33. Rangpo-Gangtok
34. Salna-Khumtai
35. Sarthebari – Changsari
36. Tuli-Tuli Road
37. Gunupur-Theruvali
38. Puri-Konark
39. Yamunanagar-Patiala
40. Una-Hoshiarpur
41. Jagadhri-Paonta Sahib-Rajban
42. Beas-Kapurthala
43. Qadian-Beas
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44. Devli-Tonk-Sakatpura
45. Dindigul-Kumli
46. Rameswaram-Dhanushkoti
47. Amethi-Shahganj via Sultanpur
48. Diamond Harbour-Budge Budge- Akra
49. Pandabeshwar- Ikra
50. Ikra-Churulia- Gourandi
51. Bongaon- Kalyani
52. Ranaghat- Duttapulia
53. 3rd line between Krishnanagar- Naihati
54. Lucknow-Lakhimpur-Pilibhit via Sitapur
55. Kapilvasthu- Basti via Bhansi
56. Tanakpur- Bageshwar
57. Kanti- belda
58. Digha- balichak
59. Marikuppam- Kuppam
60. Nangli- Chittoor
61. Ahmedabad-Botad & Dhasa-Jetalsar
62. Rajkharswan-Ranchi
63. Hasnabad-Samshernagar
64. Arambagh-Khana
65. Canning-Gosaba via Basanti
66. Kakdweep-Sagar-Kapilmuni
67. Dullabcherra-Cheraji
68. Mandir Bazar-Ramganga
69. Chalsha-Jhaldhaka
70. Ghatakpukur-Minakhan
71. Bilara-Bar
72. Baruipara-Furfura Sharif-Arambagh
73. Ratlam-Banswara-Dungarpur
74. Krishnanagar-Nabadwipghat extension to BB loop
75. Machhlandpur-Swarupnagar
76. Sainthia-Chowrigacha via Kandi
77. Yamuna Nagar-Chandigarh via Sadhaura, Naraingarh
78. Singur-Nandigram
79. Dabwali-Kalanwali via Sirsa
80. Mirik-Gangtok
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81. Joynagar-Raidigi
82. Madurai-Ernakulam (Cochin)
83. Dantewara-Malkangiri
84. Alamatti-Kopal
85. Medak-Akkanapet
86. Madhuban-Giridih
87. Ajmer-Sawaimadhopur via Tonk
88. Sambalpur-Behrampur
89. Rajkot- Viramgam
90. Chhindwara-Nainpur-Mandla Fort
91. Ahmedpur-Katwa
92. Nagbhir-Nagpur
93. Tala-Princepghat-Majerhat
94. Secunderabad-Mahboobnagar
95. Sahibganj-Bhagalpur
96. Sambhal-Gajraula
97. Daurala-Bijnor via Hastinapur
98. Chandigarh-Dehradun via Jagadhari
99. Rishikesh-Doiwala
100. Roorkee-Haridwar
101. Hasnabad-Pratapadityanagar
102. Chaparmukh-Dibrugarh
103. Dangri-Dhola
104. Dehradum-Kalsi
105. Port Blair-Diglipur
106. Pandurangpuram-Bhadrachalam
107. Pattancheru - Adilabad
108. Jagdalpur-Dantewara
109. Bhavnagar-Tarapore
110. Kharhagola-Santhalpur
111. Kaithal-Karnal
112. Bilaspur-Rampur Bushahr
113. Udhampur/Katra - Bhairawah, Doda to Kishtwar
114. Gua-Manoharpur
115. Jhajha-Giridih via Sonuchakai
116. Lohardaga-Korba
117. Nawadah-Giridih via Satgawan
118. Tori-Chatra
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119. Almatti - Yadgir
120. Dhule-Amalner
121. Jalna-Khamgaon
122. Wardha-Katol
123. Warora-Umrer
124. Ramtek-Gotegaon via Sioni
125. Baran-Shivpuri
126. Lalabazar-Vairengte
127. Lekhapani-Kharsang
128. Rupai-Parashuramkund via Mahadevpur, Namsai, Chingkham
129. Jeypore-Malkangiri
130. Navrangpur-Jeypore
131. Patiala-Jakhal/Narwana via Samana
132. Ajmer-Kota
133. Jaisalmer-Barmer
134. Nokha-Sikar
135. Pushkar-Merta
136. Sardarshahr-Hanumangarh
137. Jolarpettai-Hossur via Krishnagiri
138. Etah-Kasganj
139. Sitapur-Bahraich
140. Haridwar-Kotdwar-Ramnagar
141. Ramnagar-Chaukhutiya
142. Kharagpur-Dhankuni
143. Nasik Dahanu Road
144. Hamirpur- Hamirpur Road
145. Phaphund- Kounch
146. Bharatpur-Deeg-Kama- Kosi
147. Jogigopa to Guwahati via Barpetta- Sarthebari
148. North Lakhimpur- Along -Silapathar
149. Guwahati- Lumding-Tinsukhia- Dibrugarh doubling
150. Hastinapur - Meerut
151. Bacharwan-Lalganj
152. Piran Kaliyar Sharif- Haridwar
153. Sirhind - Nangal Dam
154. Bhiwani- Loharu- Pilani- Churu
155. Pushkar - Merta
156. Digha- Raichak-Kulpi
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157. Shahganj-Unchahar via Sultanpur, Amethi, Salon
158. Bongaon-Bagdaha
159. Banspani-Bimalgarh-Barsuan
160. Dankuni-Jorgalpara-Furfura Sharif-Jangipara-Bargachia
161. Chikballapur-Sri Satya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam
162. Balurghat-Hilly
163. Salboni-Jhargram via Lalgarh, Belpahari
164. Digha-Jaleswar-Puri
165. Bishnupur-Mukutmonipur
166. Gadag-Haveri
167. Samsi-Dalkhola
168. Krishnanagar-Beharampore via Chapra, Karimpur
169. Gadag-Wadi
170. Tarakeshwar-Magra restoration
171. Shimoga-Harihar
172. Kaliyaganj-Buniadpur
173. Panskura-Ghatal-Chandrakona and Ghatal-Arambagh
174. Anekal Road-Bidadi
175. Namkhana-Bakkhali
176. Pune-Nasik
177. Yadagir-Shahapur-Shorapur-Muddebihal-Alamatti
178. Nanded-Bidar
179. Ramnagar-Chaukhutiya
180. Vishnupuram-Vinukonda
181. Erumeli-Pathanamthitta-Punalur-Thiruvananthapuram
182. Bolangir-Nawapada
183. Mokama-Ara
184. Rewari-Hissar
185. Dankuni-Bally 3rd line
186. Bibinagar-Nallapadu
187. Krishnanagar-Lalgola
188. Bandel-Saktigarh 3rd line
189. Jhansi-Kanpur
190. Rampurhat-Ghumani 3rd line
Rail Tourism
102. We have planned for rail business with Ministry of Tourism. If
successful this year, we will expand the partnership. To improve look of twenty
railway stations and its approaches, the cost will be shared on 50:50 basis. The
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stations are Hyderabad, Hospet, Agra, Rae Bareli, Belur, Varanasi, Kamakhya,
Haridwar, Dooars, Gaya, Madurai, Tarapith, Thiruvananthapuram, Furfura
Sharief, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Nanded, Puri, Tarakeshwar, Rameshwaram,
Tirupati, Guwahati, Jaipur and Ajmer.
NEW SERVICES
Suburban Services
103. With a view to further enhancing the carrying capacity of suburban
services in Mumbai area, 47 additional services on the Thane-Vashi, Thane-
Panvel, Borivali-Virar, Andheri-Virar, Bandra-Virar and Churchgate-Borivali
sections will be run. It is also proposed to augment 107 suburban services in
Mumbai area from the present 9 car EMUs to 12 Car EMUs.
104. In Chennai area, it is proposed to run 9 additional services on Chennai
Beach-Gummidipundi, Gummidipundi-Chennai Central, Avadi -Chennai
Beach, Chennai Central-Tiruvallur, Tiruvallur-Chennai Central, and Chennai
Beach- Tambaram is proposed to be extended to Chengalpattu.
105. To strengthen the suburban services in Kolkata area, 50 new services will
be introduced including from Howrah-Uluberia, Howrah-Midnapur, Howrah-
Kharagpur, Howrah-Singur, Howrah-Memari, Howrah-Barddhaman, Howrah-
Haripal-Tarakeswar, Howrah-Kolaghat, Howrah-Sarupnagar, Sealdah-
Canning/Jaynagar Majilpur, Sealdah-Kakdwip-Namkhana, Sealdah-Sonarpur,
Sealdah-Baruipur-Diamond Harbour, Sealdah-Barasat-Hasnabad, Sealdah-
Thakurnagar, Sealdah-Barasat-Bongaon, Sealdah-Naihati-Ranaghat-Gede,
Sealdah-Shantipur-Krishnanagar, Sealdah-Kalyani, Sealdah-Barrackpore,
Sealdah-Budge-Budge, Sealdah-Dankuni, Bongaon-Ranaghat-Shantipur,
Howrah-Seoraphuli-Bandel and Sealdah-Basirhat. It is proposed to introduce at
least two suburban services in each of the above sections.
106. It is also proposed to introduce running of peak time local to BBD Bagh
from Bongaon/Krishnanagar. Two non-stop trains between Bardhaman &
Howrah are also proposed.
107. In Secunderabad area, it is proposed to run 10 additional services on
Falaknuma – Lingampalli, Lingampalli – Hyderabad, and Hyderabad –
Falaknuma sections. 83 sub-urban services in Secunderabad area will be
augmented from the present 6-car to 9-car services.
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108. In Delhi area, it is proposed to run 2 additional services on Delhi –
Ghaziabad section.
Duronto trains
109. The following new Duronto trains are proposed to be introduced:
i. Allahabad-Mumbai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
ii. Pune- Ahmedabad AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
iii. Sealdah – Puri non AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
iv. Secunderabad- Visakhapatnam AC Duronto (Tri-weekly)
v. Madurai- Chennai AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
vi. Chennai - Thiruvananthapuram AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
vii. Mumbai Central- New Delhi AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
viii. Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC Duronto(Bi-weekly)
ix. Shalimar – Patna Duronto (Tri-weekly)
Double Decker AC
110. AC double-decker services are proposed to be introduced on the
following routes:
i. Jaipur- Delhi
ii. Ahmedabad-Mumbai
Shatabdi Express
111. The following new Shatabdi Express trains will be introduced:
i. Pune -Secunderabad
ii. Jaipur-Agra
iii. Ludhiana - Delhi
112. Increase in frequency of Duronto services
i. Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto Express from 2 days to 4 days (12261/12262)
ii. Mumbai- Ahmedabad Duronto Express from 3 days to daily (12267/12268)
iii. Sealdah–New Delhi Duronto Express from 2 days to 5 days (12259/12260)
iv. Nagpur- Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily (12289/12290)
v. Howrah -Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days (12245/12246)
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Vivek Express
113. To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which will be
celebrated in 2013, I propose to introduce new trains called “Vivek Express”.
The first four such trains will be introduced on the following routes:
i. Dibrugarh- Thiruvanthapuram-Kanniyakumari Express (weekly) via
Kokrajhar
ii. Dwarka-Tuticorin Express (weekly) via Wadi
iii. Howrah-Mangalore Express (Weekly) via Palghat
iv. Bandra (T)- Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Marwar-Degana- Ratangarh-
Jakhal- Ludhiana
Kavi Guru Express
114. We are celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindranath
Tagore this year. As our homage to the great poet, I propose to run the
following Kavi Guru Express trains:
i. Howrah-Azimganj Express (daily) via Sagardighi
ii. Guwahati- Jaipur Express (weekly) via Kasganj – Faizabad – Gorakhpur -
Kokrajhar
iii. Howrah-Bolpur Express (daily)
iv. Howrah-Porbander Express (weekly)
Rajya Rani Express
115. I propose to introduce a new set of trains connecting state capitals with
important cities/towns in those states:
i. Sawantwadi Road - Mumbai Express (daily)
ii. Saharsa - Patna Intercity Express (daily)
iii. Meerut- Lucknow Intercity Express (daily)
iv. Mysore - Bangalore Express (daily)
v. Damoh - Bhopal Intercity Express (daily)
vi. Silghat – Dhubri Intercity Express (tri-weekly via Guwahati – Kokrajhar -
Jogighopa)
vii. Bankura – Howrah Express (tri-weekly)
viii. Nilambur Road – Thiruvananthapuram Link Express (daily)
ix. Jharsuguda – Bhubaneswar Express (tri-weekly)
x. Manmad – Mumbai Express (daily) via Nasik
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Janam Bhoomi Gaurav
116. Madam, to take forward our efforts of promoting rail tourism, I propose
to launch special tourist trains called “Janam Bhoomi Gaurav”. These special
trains connecting important historical and educational places, will run on the
following routes:
i. Howrah - Bolpur - Rajgir (Nalanda) – Pataliputra (Patna) - Varanasi
(Sarnath) - Gaya- Howrah
ii. Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan (Space Facility, Belur, Halebid,
Shravanbengola)- Hubli-Gadag (Hampi) - Bijapur (Gole Gumbaz) -
Bangalore
iii. Chennai-Puduchcheri-Tiruchichirappali-Madurai-Kanniyakumari-
Thiruvanthpuram-Ernakulam -Chennai
iv. Mumbai-Ahmedabad-(Lothal)-Bhavnagar(Palitana)-(Alang)-Gir-
Diu(Somnath-Veraval)-(Junagarh)-Rajkot-Mumbai
Express trains
117. I propose to introduce following new express trains:
1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty,
Dharmavaram
3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
4. Nagpur -Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Latur road, Purna,
Akola
5. Malda Town-Digha Express(weekly) via Rampurhat
6. Pune-Nanded Express(weekly) via Latur
7. Visakhapatnam- Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express(weekly) via Kharagpur
9. Mumbai- Chandigarh Express(weekly) via Phulera-Ringus- Gurgaon-
Kurukshetra
10. Bardhaman – Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
11. Bikaner- Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
12. Hyderabad- Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
13. Howrah – Tirupati Express (weekly)
14. Narsapur- Nagarsol Express(bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
15. Puri-Shalimar Express(weekly)
16. Ranchi- Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express(weekly) via Katni, Kota
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18. Chennai- Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
19. Coimbatore- Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
21. Yesvantpur- Mysore Express (daily)
22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express(weekly)
23. Mysore- Chennai Express (weekly)
24. Ahmedabad- Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
25. Bhavnagar- Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
26. Gorakhpur- Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal,
Kacheguda
27. Bhuj- Dadar Express(bi-weekly)
28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express(weekly) via Asansol
29. Jabalpur- Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
30. Porbander- Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
31. Kolkata-Agra Express(weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
32. Lucknow- Bhopal Express (weekly)
33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
34. Nagpur – Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly ) via Itarsi – Khandwa
35. Puri-Gandhidham Express(weekly) via Durg
36. Howrah-Visakhapatnam Express(weekly)
37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express(Daily)
38. Howrah – Darbhanga Express (weekly)
39. Vasco-Velankani Express(weekly)
40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast(weekly)
41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
44. Udaipur-Bandra(T) Express(tri-weekly) via Ratlam
45. Purulia –Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
46. Asansol – Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
47. Delhi – Puducherry Express (weekly)
48. Asansol – Tatanagar Exppress (tri-weekly) via Purulia
49. Indore- Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
50. Bhagalpur – Ajmer Express (weekly)
51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express(weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
52. Ernakulam – Bangalore Express (weekly)
53. Mangalore – Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
54. Varanasi – Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)
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56. Hardwar – Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)
Passenger services
118. The following new passenger services will be introduced:
1. Delhi- Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar Passenger (daily)
2. Kendujhargarh- Bhubaneswar Fast Passenger ( 5 days a week)
3. Koraput- Bolangir-Sambalpur Passenger (daily)
4. Barkakhana- Dehri-on-Sone Passenger(daily)
5. Jodhpur- Hissar Fast Passenger (daily)
6. Tirupati- Guntakal Passenger (daily)
7. Coimbatore- Mettupalayam Passenger (6 days a week)
8. Bhuj- Palanpur Passenger (daily)
9. Silghat- Chaparmukh Passenger (daily)
10. Siliguri-Dinhata Passenger (daily)
11. Abohar – Fazilka passenger (daily)
12. Bilaspur-Katni Passenger (daily)
13. Raipur – Korba Passenger (daily)
DEMU
119. Following new DEMU services will be introduced:
1. Gondia -Ballarshah
2. Vasai road-Diva
3. Ratlam-Neemuch
4. Ratlam-Chittaurgarh
5. Sealdah – Jangipur
6. Ahmedabad-Patan
7. Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet
8. Dharmapuri-Bangalore
9. Marikuppam-Bangarpet
10. New Jalpaiguri-Balurghat
11. Falaknuma-Medchhal
12. Mriyalguda-Nadikudi
13. Kacheguda-Raichur
14. Raichur-Gadwal
15. Radhikapur- New Jalpaiguri
16. Jalna-Nagarsol
17. Nizamabad-Secunderabad
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18. Kacheguda-Mriyalguda
19. Baripada-Bangariposi
20. Sealdah - Bhagwangola - Lalgola
21. Kolar-Bangalore
22. Krishnanagar – Behrampore Court
MEMU
120. The following MEMU services will also be introduced:
1. Ranchi-Asansol
2. Ernakulam – Kollam (via Alappuzha)
3. Vasai Road-Panvel
4. Bangarpet -Koppam
5. Falaknuma-Bhongir
6. Midnapore - Jhargram
7. Kollam - Nagercoil
8. Jhargram-Purulia
Extension of trains:
121. The run of the following trains will be extended:
1. Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102)
2. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express to Delhi (11103/11104)
3. Udaipur-Gwalior Express to Khajuraho (12965/12966)
4. Solapur- Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)
5. Jabalpur-Nagpur Express to Amravati (12159/12160)
6. Nizamuddin- Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur (12211/12212)
7. Jammu Tawi-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur (12491/12492)
8. Lucknow- Allahabad Express to Vindhyachal (14209/14210)
9. Chandigarh- Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Ajmer (12983/12984)
10. Indore-Ajmer Express to Jaipur (19655/19656)
11. Lucknow- Saharanpur Express to Chandigarh (15011/15012)
12. Chennai Egmore –Nagore Express to Karaikal (16175/16176)
13. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18509/18510)
14. Sambalpur- Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18309/18310)
15. Mysore- Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)
16. Valsad- Vadodara Express to Dahod (12929/12930)
17. Surat- Bhavnagar Express to Mahuva (19025/19026)
18. Sultanpur – Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (19603/19604)
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19. Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri (19601/19602)
20. Mumbai-Allahabad Express to Faizabad via Jaunpur, Shahganj (12563/12564)
21. Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)
22. Saharanpur- Delhi to Farukh Nagar (14546/14545)
23. Lucknow – Bhopal Express to Pratapgarh (12183/12184)
24. Delhi- Shahjahanpur Passenger to Sitapur Cantt. (54075/54076)
25. Moradabad- Chandausi Passenger to Bareilly (54311/54312)
26. Hajipur- Phulwaria Passenger to Bathua Bazar (55221/55222)
27. Hajipur- Thawe Passenger to Kaptanganj (55007/55008)
28. Nagercoil- Thiruvanthapuram Passenger to Kochuvelli (56318/56317)
29. Hyderabad- Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)
30. Hubli- Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)
31. Nagda- Kota Passenger to Ratlam (59803/59802)
32. Ambala – Una DEMU to Amb Andaura (74991/74992)
33. Ambala – Amritsar DEMU to Kurukshetra (74645/74646)
Increase in frequency of trains
122. The frequency of the following trains will be increased:
1. New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12015/12016)
2. Nagpur- Ahmedabad Express from weekly to bi-weekly (11453/11454)
3. Nizamuddin -Dehradun AC Express from 6 days to daily (12205/12206)
4. Secunderabad -Bikaner Express from weekly to bi-weekly (17037/17038)
5. New Delhi- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express from 6 days to daily (12423/12424)
6. Jaipur- Pune Express from weekly to bi-weekly (12939/12940)
7. Rourkela- Bhubaneswar Express from 6 days to daily (18105/18106)
8. Bangalore- Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12079/12080)
9. Habibganj- Jabalpur Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12061/12062)
10. Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Udaipur Chetak Express from 4 days to daily
(12981/12982)
11. Indore- Udaipur Express from 3 days to daily (19657/19658)
12. Rajkot- Porbander Express from 3 days to daily (19571/19572)
13. Mumbai CST- Mangalore Express from 3 days to daily (12133/12134)
14. Chennai-Tiruchendur Express from weekly to daily (16735/16736)
15. Surat- Amravati Fast Passenger from 2 days to 3 days (59025/59026)
16. Thiruchchirappalli- Karur Passenger from 6 days to daily (76835/76836)
17. Shoranur- Eranakulam Passenger from 6 days to daily (56607/56608)
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Special Trains
123. Railways often have to meet large spikes in the demand for passenger
traffic during vacations, festivals, Kumbh or other melas etc. In the current year,
we already operated 130 pairs of additional special trains which made 36,000
trips. In the coming summer season, it is planned to operate 8,000 trips to
handle the rush, and a total of 40,000 for the whole year. This not only helps
railways to achieve a healthy growth in passenger earnings but also satisfies to a
large extent the seasonal travel demands. Preparations to cater to the expected
massive demand by pilgrims during ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ in 2013 are being
planned.
New Lines
124. I propose to take up the following new line projects in 2011-12:-
1. Murkongselek-Pasighat
2. Rae Bareli – Akbarganj
3. Somnath – Kodinar
4. Joynagar – Durgapur
5. Sultanpur – Amethi
6. Mateswar – Memari
7. Itahar to Raiganj
8. Bankura – Purulia
9. Mellacheruvu – Janpahad
10. Bhangankhali and Basanti
11. Bongaon and Poramaheshtala
12. Irphala to Ghatal
13. Nadikudi-Srikalahasti
14. Baruipara to Furfura
15. Madurai-Tuticorin
16. Kalikapur and Minakhan via Ghatakpur
17. Tumkur-Davangiri
18. Chandranagar to Bakkahali
19. Whitefield-Kolar
20. Kakdwip and Budhakhali
21. Bira to Chakla
22. Ratlam-Banswara-Dungarpur
23. Basanti – Jharkhali
24. Barabani – Churulia
25. Shimoga-Harihar
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Gauge Conversion
125. The following new gauge conversion works are proposed to be taken up
next year:
i. Baraigram-Dulabchera
ii. Shapur – Saradiya
iii. Karimganj – Mahisasan
iv. Mehsana – Taranga Hill
v. Lucknow-Pilibhit via Sitapur, Mailani
vi. Miyagam-Dabhoi-Samlaya
Doubling
126. The following new doubling works are proposed to be taken up this
year:
1. Kalyan-Kasara - 3rd line
2. Rae Bareli – Utratia
3. Bhusawal-Jalgaon - 3rd line
4. Bhagalpur-Pirpainti
5. Ambari Falakata to New Mainaguri
6. Doubling across bridge no. 16,18 & 19 between Kathua-Madhopur
7. Rewari- Manheru
8. Guriya-Marwar & Karjoda-Palanpur
9. Guntur-Tenali
10. Kumblam-Thuravur
11. Plassey-Jiaganj
12. 3rd line between Bandel & Boinchi
13. 3rd line between Sainthia-Tarapith
14. Simhachalam - Gopalapatnam bye-pass line
15. Patch doubling of Aunrihar-Manduadih section
16. Doubling across Beas Bridge between Mirthal-Bhangala
17. Rani – Keshav Ganj
18. Ajmer –Bangurgram
19. Omalur – Metturdam - Patch doubling
20. Toranagallu-Ranjithpura
21. Shivani – Hosdurga Road
22. 3rd line between Boinchi & Shaktigarh
23. Kharagpur-Gokulpur
24. Kirandul –Jagdalpur
25. Parbhani-Mudkhed
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26. Vijaywada – Gudivada – Bhimavaram - Narasapur and Gudivada –
Machlipatnam
27. Bina-Kota
28. Viramgram-Samalkhiali
Project Implementation
127. Hon’ble members have been expressing their anguish over delays in
project execution and non-utilisation of funds allotted for works. I fully
appreciate their grievances. Therefore, I propose to set up a Central
Organization for Project Implementation (COPI) with offices in Delhi,
Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore, each headed by an officer of GM rank. COPI
will also ensure uniformity of systems and methodologies, follow the best
practices and optimize on resources. Core groups in the four offices will
monitor and ensure the funds allocated to different projects are fully utilized and
not surrendered or diverted and projects completed in a time-frame. They will
also ensure accountability and fix responsibility for non-performance.
New Line Surveys
128. On the basis of requests received from the hon’ble members, state
governments and others, the following surveys are proposed to be taken up in
2011-12:-
1 Bitragunta - Donakonda
2 Adilabad - Armoor
3 Bronachalam - Bellary
4 Poddatur – Yerraguntla
5 Karimnagar – Hassanparthi
6 Patancheru – Adilabad
7 Bhadrachalam Road – Visakhapatnam
8 Dimapur-Tizit
9 Bapudham Motihari - Riga
10 Dhamtari - Kanker
11 Rail connectivity to Jowai(Jaintia Hills) with Lokro
12 Dahod - Nathdwara
13 Rail connectivity to Santalpur, Suigam, Vav, Sanchor, Radhanpur
14 Taranga - Abu Road via Ambaji
15 Rail connectivity to Gariawar Taluka in Bhavnagar
16 Surat -Hazira
17 Viramgam -Sankheshwer
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18 Daman -Nasik
19 Nadiad -Tarapur -Kheda -Matar
20 Tarapur –Mahemadabad
21 Ahmedabad -Khedbrahma - Ambaji
22 Mahesana -Harij -Radhanpur
23 Vejalpur –Botad
24 Jakhal - Hissar
25 Alwar - Charkhi Dadri
26 Ghatshila – Ranchi
27 Simri Bakhtiyarpur - Bihariganj
28 Thakazhy-Tiruvalla
29 Tumkur-Chamarajnagar
30 Kolhapur – Dharwar
31 Ramganjmandi – Neemuch
32 Laji - Kirnapur
33 Farrukhabad - Shahjahanpur upto Mailani
34 Damoh - Hatanagar - Khajuraho
35 Pandra Road-Gotegaon(Shreedham).
36 Rail connectivity to Fatehabad-Chandravatiganj with Ratlam-Indore project
37 Chhindwara – Sagar
38 Rail connectivity of Kolhapur to Konkan Railway
39 Additional suburban line on Virar - Diva - Panvel section
40 Fast corridor on Harbour Line
41 Bye-pass line from Chudawa - Basmat Station
42 Paradip Port - Dhamara Port
43 Bhadrachalam - Kharagpur through Koraput-Talcher-Baripada
44 Rajmahendri - Raipur
45 Salem - Karaikal via Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai
46 Rajpura Junction – Chandigarh
47 Dharamkot - Moga
48 Barmer-Palanpur
49 Jaisalmer-Kandla
50 Nagore – Falaudi
51 Mannargudi - Pattukkottai
52 Tirupati to Nagore via Kancheepuram.
53 Balrampur - Khalilabad
54 Gwalior - Shahjahanpur via Fetehabad, Katana, Rajpur, Jalalabad
55 Manakpur - Madarsah Majar
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56 Barabanki - Fatehpur via Deva
57 Kasganj - Etawah via Mainpuri
58 Hasnabad - Machalandapur
59 Kushinagar- Kapilvastu (Nepal)
60 Ghughli - Anandnagar via Maharajganj
61 Dibrugarh-Dangri via New Tinsukia Town
62 Cuddaph - Hindupur via Kadiri
63 Kannur - Mattannur
64 Nandyal - Atmakur via Mahanandi
65 Parumamilla-Bakrapet
66 Thellapur - Patancheru
67 Rail connectivity to Dondi Lohara
68 Sabarmati - Abu Road
69 Palanpur - Bhuj
70 Bhildi – Jodhpur
71 Dhrangadhara -Santalpur
72 Palanpur -Ambaji -Abu Road
73 Dhanera -Goradu
74 Tahrad -Vav -Suigam
75 Bharuch -Dahej -Jambusar
76 Rail linkage for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor in Gujarat
77 Gandhinagar-Prantij
78 Nadiad-Dholka
79 Pirpainti - Jasidih
80 Koppal-Singanur
81 Tiruvalla - Ranny -Pampa
82 Kozhikode-Beypore
83 Nanjangode-Nilambur Road
84 Jabalpur-Udaipura-Sagar
85 Katangi-Tarodi
86 Kolhapur - Rajapur
87 Nagar -Kalyan
88 Karad - Belgaum via Nipani
89 Karaikal - Teralam
90 Karaikal - Sarkazi
91 Nandigram-Hijli Pirbaba via Jelingham
92 Sriperambudur-Guduvanchery with spur to Irun Kattukottai - Avadi-
Sriperumbudur
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93 Sausar - Pandhurana
94 Talasserry-Mysore
95 Shillong-Chandranathpur
96 Sivok-Mirik
97 Tirap-Lekhapani
98 Silghat-Tezpur
99 Bagnan - Shyampur
100 Hyderabad-Srisailam
101 Secunderabd-Karimnagar via Siddipet
102 Rohtak - Hansi via Meham
103 Ramagundam-Renigunta
104 Sivok-Kalimpong
105 Katwa-Karimganj
106 Nandakumar-Moyna(Bolai Panda)
107 Belda-Narayangarh
Gauge Conversion Surveys
129. Following surveys are proposed to be taken up in 2011-12:-
1. Gwalior - Degond
2. Katosan Bahucharaji-Ranuj
3. Hapa-Dahisar
4. Veraval-Dhasa Jn via Talala-Visavadar-Khijadia
Doubling Surveys
130. Following surveys are proposed to be taken up in 2011-12
1. Pune - Lonavala 3rd line
2. Gutti - Dharmavaram with electrification
3. Rajkot-Viramgam
4. Ahmedabad-Junagarh
5. Rajkot-Surendranagar
6. Birur-Shimoga
7. New Bongaigaon-Rangiya-Kamakhya
8. Irugur-Podanur
9. Macherla-Nadikude
10. Virar - Ahmedabad 3rd line
11. New Bongaigaon-Kamakhya via Goalpara Doubling
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12. Ahmedabad-Palanpur
13. Rohtak-Bhiwani
14. Hubli-Bangalore
15. Podanur - Palghat 3rd line
16. Ernakulam-Shoranur 4th line
Railway Electrification
131. The hon’ble members will be happy to know that railways would exceed
the original XI Plan target of 3,500 route-km of electrification. In 2011-12, the
following sections covering around 1,000 km are proposed to be electrified:-
i. Vizianagaram-Rayagada-Titlagarh-Raipur
ii. Rosa-Sitapur-Burhwal
iii. Alwar-Rewari
132. In addition to the above, feasibility study for the electrification of the
following sections will be undertaken:
i. Ahmedabad – Palanpur – Phulera – Ringus – Rewari - Delhi including
Kandla / Mundra Port – Gandhidham - Bhildi-Palanpur and
ii. Amla-Chindwara-Kalumna
133. Madam, I have already outlined the road map, the railways will take in
future. My mind is always with the common people. Railways provide the only
affordable mode of long distance travel. I do not want to further burden them
this year. That is why on behalf of the government I have not increased the
fares for the last two years despite all pressures on our finances.
134. With these words, Madam, I commend the Railway Budget for 2011-12
to the House.
*****


http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1307015&page=9

^^this year for sure there would be a pandora's box for the states going in for elections this summer!!!..:okay:

btw, when is railway budget, AFAIK Union Budget is on 28/2..right?

btw, when is railway budget, AFAIK Union Budget is on 28/2..right?

yep, union budget is what people ought to be discussing about.

Edit: Railway budget is on 25th I guess.

Wishlist for entire IR::: Note: pls use erail.in, coloumn 2 to note station code with station name.

Starting of construction of following new lines-
BRML-Kupwara
PTA-KKDE
Sardarshahr-suratgarh
Ambala-dehradun via paonta sahib
Mertacity-Pushkar-Ajmer
Wadi jn- Bijapur
Jeypore- Malkangiri (orissa)
Titlagarh-Jeypore
Parbhani-beed
Pune-rajgurunagar-ahmednagar (ANG)- BEED
JJJ-Una himachal
Bilaspur-kawardha
Rewa- Sidha
Tanakpur-Bageshwar
Khambhaliya-Porbandar
Kurnool town to Macherla
Akhaura-Agartala

Doubling:
VM-MV-TPJ-MDU (urgent)
MLDT-NJP-GHY
kayankulam-ERS
CNB-JHS
Manikpur-ALD
virangram-surendranagar

Gauge conversions:
Rangiya-Murkongselek
Agartala-Lumding, Lumding-silchar,bhairabi,Jiribam.
Karaikudi-Nagapattinam
Dahej-BH
BE-Katgodam


New trains:

Durantos:
Mumbai-delhi (specific: BCT to NDLS): time 3.40 pm-8.00 am (biweekly)
howrah-guwahati (read:: SDAH-KYQ) (biweekly)
Delhi-Patna (read:: ANVT-RJPB)

Mumbai-bangalore via mangalore (biweekly SF)
mumbai CST- Thal daily passenger
BCT- Rajkot Superfast (12 hrs journey) (triweekly)
Pune- Madgaon overnight intercity (daily)
AWB-RN express (triweekly)
KRPU- R express (daily)
SBC-JAT weekly via SC, NGP, NDLS, ASR. slip coaches of this train to DDN
New rajdhani from Delhi to madgaon via NGP,akola,purna, parbhani, Latur, Kurudwadi, Miraj, Belgaum, Gonda, Vasco- biweekly.
New shatabdi from PUNE to ST


Extend & regularise:
Kongu exp to ASR
Any one swarna jayanti to CDG
Regularise BKN-DDR SF Spl and extend to SGNR
Regularise Pune-SC Spl with 3 CC, 4 2S, 3 GN
Regularise Delhi sarairohilla -Ratangarh spl and extend to BKN on guage conversion
GHY-LEDO express to Lekhapani on 1 side and APDJ on other & rename it to assam express
R-Kesinga express to Bhawanipatna

this is railway forum i guess!!...though taxes are more which hurts us on our purse!!!

The viable route is Nilambur-Wayanad-Nanjangud

The route is like this: Nilambur Road - Vythiri - Kalpatta - Meenangadi - Sulthan Bathery - Muthanga - Mulhole - Maddur - Gundlupet - Begur - Nanjangud .

This will shorten distance from Kanyakumari/TVM/Kochi to Mysore/Bangalore

Starting of construction of following new lines-

1. Bilaspur - Leh
2. Kalyan - Ahmednagar
3. Nashik - Dahanu
4. Ranchi- Tatanagar

New Trains

1. Delhi Puducherry Rajdhani
2. Mumbai Puducherry

Extend BANGALORE - KACHEGUDA Express to MYSORE so that two tourist destinations can connect to each other

New Lines that were announced last budget

Mysore-Madikeri-Mangalore
Mysore-Thalassery
Chamarajnagar-Krishnagiri

Bharat Tirth Trains that were announced last budget

Howrah-Chennai-Puducherry-Madurai- Rameshwaram-Kanyakumari-Bangalore-Mysore-Chennai-Howrah

Pune-Tirupati-and-Madurai-Hyderabad

scrapping of railway ministry

What is the proposed date of coming rail budget?

A very rapid electrification up to Guwahati (at least up to Rangiya) from Khana or Azimganj is urgently required.

scrapping of railway ministry

and mamta going hysterical in the parliment and jumping on the speaker who in turn adjourns Lok sabha and calls for an emergency session , where it is decided that Railways will be entirely privatized.

wishlilst:

thread hijacking..

provide escalators in budget 2011 for Rly station, at-least State Capitals we need it

wishlilst:









thread hijacking..

IR Ministry itself is hijacking its own projects its noting special in that :):):)

Much expected Chennai Avadi-Sriperumbadur-Oragadam-Guduvancheri rail link.

Billion dollar industries in the sriperumbadur - oragadam regions where companies like hyundai, nissan, renault, nokia, sony, samsung, apollo tyres, dell, komatsu are located are requesting for a rail line for exports and employee transports for almost a decade. I wish atleast in this budget the link is approved and funds are allocated.

give your valuable views on this topic whether Indian Railways be Privatized or it should remain as Public Sector

if yes/ if no then what and how much?

1. How much and Why should the Railways be privatized?
2. What new initiatives need to be taken to revolutionize Railways.

New Lines
Shillong-Guwahati
Agartala-Akhaura
Rangpo-Darjeeling
darjeeling-Thimpu(Bhutan)
varanasi-Kathmandu
Borivali-Konkan
Jammu-Doda
Manali-Shimla
Tawang-guwahati-TO CONTROL CHINESE AGGRESSION

New Trains
Mumbai-Patna
Mumbai-Trichy
Mumbai-Bangalore-Duranto OR mumbai bangalore short route within 15 hrs
(BUS TAKES HRS FRM MUMB_BANG)
Delhi-Mysore rajdhani/garib Rath via Mumbai-Bangalore

Bring Mangalore under South Western Railway and make it as a Division
Upgrade Chamundi Express to double-Decker

No more trains from Howrah (HWH)..as howrah has become overpopulated Terminal, one has to wait for a long time (can extend upto 45mins) for line clearence!...or else expand Howrah station by adding at least 10 more platforms!
some more trains on Jammu Tawi-Kolkata route. there's only onne train...:ohno:

What is the proposed date of coming rail budget?

25/2

Only sops for West Bengal due to elections.. Ticachi?:lol::lol:

bangalore-delhi duronto
bangalore-mumbai duronto
:bash:

No more trains from Howrah (HWH)..as howrah has become overpopulated Terminal, one has to wait for a long time (can extend upto 45mins) for line clearence!...or else expand Howrah station by adding at least 10 more platforms!
some more trains on Jammu Tawi-Kolkata route. there's only onne train...:ohno:

or better transfer some trains to Chitpore.
That terminal is pretty much unused.

New projects can be Focused

Nilambur-Gundalpet-Nanjangud
Pandavapura-Nagamangala-Tumkur
Mysore-T Narasipur-Kollegal-Hanur
Mysore-Bannur-Malvalli-Kanakapura-Anekal-Hosur
kabaka Puttur-uppinangadi-Dharmasthala

or better transfer some trains to Chitpore.
That terminal is pretty much unused.

its a good idea but there is problem. NR and NFR route trains can easily be run from Kolkat (chitpore) Terminus, but for ER and SER, especially trains on Kharagpur line (SER), for both Chennai and CST/AMD lines and Burdwan line (ER) for NDLS, it would prove a disaster as the trains have to detour a long way, hence loss of time and money!!..what they could do is they could shift the whole of SER line trains to Shalimar, the station near Vidyasagar Setu, from the branch line @ Satragachi, this would make the station busy, and would also help people to reach the could the reach the city faster!

hmm more mumbai to pune trains and more trains for the locals in mumbai

its a good idea but there is problem. NR and NFR route trains can easily be run from Kolkat (chitpore) Terminus, but for ER and SER, especially trains on Kharagpur line (SER), for both Chennai and CST/AMD lines and Burdwan line (ER) for NDLS, it would prove a disaster as the trains have to detour a long way, hence loss of time and money!!..what they could do is they could shift the whole of SER line trains to Shalimar, the station near Vidyasagar Setu, from the branch line @ Satragachi, this would make the station busy, and would also help people to reach the could the reach the city faster!

hmm.
How is the traffic management outside the Chitpore terminus?
are there good/enough connections for major landmarks?

howrah/sealdah/durgapur/kharagpur/etc etc will get more trains and new paths.

hmm more mumbai to pune trains and more trains for the locals in mumbai

even if the current locls frequency is 10-tupalated, still mumbaikars will demand more locals :D

and for mumbai-pune, run an AC double decker train twice a day doing mumbai-pune-mumbai 2 journeys of 2 hr 55 min each. i.e. cstm 06.00- pune 08.55, pune 09.40-cstm 12.35; cstm 15.50- pune 18.45; pune 19.30-cstm 22.25. dats more than enuff, give it a janshatabdi status, will drop down its fares for CC (chair car); tiff competition for shivneri and other luxury buses...

http://www.business-standard.com/ind...011-12/422986/
Orissa seeks Rs 2085 crore in Railway Budget for 2011-12
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar January 26, 2011, 0:51 IST

In the run up to the Railway Budget for 2011-12, the Orissa government has requested the Ministry of Railways to sanction Rs 2085 crore for the state in the current financial year for various railway projects including new rail links, extension of existing rail links, improvement in passenger amenities, introduction of new trains and increase in frequency of trains.

The state government has sought Rs 350 crore for the Khurda Road-Bolangir rail link (289 km), Rs 250 crore for the Paradeep-Haridaspur rail link (82 km), Rs 150 crore each for the Angul-Duburi-Sukinda Road rail line (90 km) and Talcher-Bimalagarh (154 km) rail line and Rs 60 crore for the Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh rail link (56 km).

For gauge conversion, the state has sought Rs 20 crore for the 89-km Rupsa-Bangriposi and Rs 30 crore for the 90-km Nuapada-Gunupur.

Similarly, for doubling projects, the state government has requested the Ministry of Railways to allot Rs 760 crore. Presently, 20 doubling projects are under execution in order to further augment line capacity. Allocation of funds for the second bridge on Kathajori and Kauakhai and Haridaspur-Jakhapura (third line) needs to be sharply increased.

The proposals for new doubling include Rayagada-Koraput rail link and patch doubling of Kottavalasa-Kirandul line. The state government has requested the Ministry of Railways to sanction doubling of this rail link which connects the port city of Visakhapatanam with the iron ore rich area of Kirandul.

For undertaking new electrification works, the state has sought Rs 100 crore from the Ministry of Railways in 2011-12. It has also requested the ministry to sanction funds for the development of multi modal logistics parks and container freight stations at Kalinga Nagar, Angul, Jharsuguda, Rourkela and Choudwar.

The Railways ministry has been requested to sanction some new rail links in 2011-12. These include Rupsa-Burhamura-Chakulia (35 km), Nuapada-Gunupur-Theruvali (79 km), Banspani-Barbil (15 km), Bhadrachalam Raod-Malkangiri-Jeypore-Junagarh-Lanjigarh Road-Talcher-Bimlagarh, Bargarh-Nuapada via Padampur (120 km), Talcher-Gopalpur (245 km), Puri-Konark (35 km), Rupsa-Bangriposi-Gorumahisani (35 km), Badampahar-Keonjhar (70 km), Berhampur-Phulbani (169.8 km) and Khurda Road-Rajathgarh (59 km).

The Orissa government has proposed to set up a dedicated industrial corridor in the Meramandali-Angul-Talcher-Chhendipada belt linking the coal mines, power generating units and steel plants.

This proposed corridor, to be co-habited by multiple users, is estimated to cost Rs 2192 crore. The state government has requested the Railways ministry to finalize the policy to construct such dedicated rail corridors in coal and mineral bearing areas.

The state has also given proposal for introduction of 16 new trains. This includes Duronto type super fast trains between Bhubaneswar-Mumbai, Puri-jaipur, Bhubaneswar-Pune, Bhubaneswar-Bangalore and Puri-Surat. It has also presented proposal for introduction of a super fast express between Visakhapatanam and Allahabad, express train between Koraput and Visakhapatanam, express train from Titlagarh to Bhubaneswar via Rayagada, express train from Keonjhar to Howrah, express train from Barbil to Visakhaptanam, super fast express from Rourkela to New Delhi, inter-city express between Puri and Tata via Keonjhar, express train between Berhampur and Rourkela, direct train between Bhubaneswar and Kalka, express train service between Jagdalpur and Kolkata, inter-city express between Berhampur and Puri and passenger train services between Barbil and Puri as well as from Rayagada to Bolangir.

Moreover, the state has sought Rs 25 crore for five new coaching terminals and Rs 50 crore for seven 'Adarsh' stations (model stations) and two multi-functional complexes.

by Bombay2Calcutta

Karnataka set for railway budget

Published: Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011, 8:57 IST
By Bosky Khanna | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

If all goes according to plan, Karnataka will have a better rail infrastructure, and the proposal made by the state government will be implemented in the upcoming railway budget, said KH Muniyappa, Union minister of state for railways.

He said that the state government has penned a letter to the Centre, putting forth few demands.

Inaugurating a train service on Tuesday, chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said that the state government is optimistic about the upcoming budget for train connectivity.

Like the Bangalore-Shimoga and Shimoga-Mysore trains, more trains should be introduced connecting the rural and semi-urban areas. Further, the state is ready to undertake projects on cost sharing, where the state will bear 50% of the cost and also provide lands, he said.

Muniyappa added that the work on the proposed Kudachi- Bagalkot, on public-private partnership, is yet to commence. The project was proposed in 2009-10 at a cost of Rs 914 crore for laying 150 km.

So far, the state government has allotted an area of 60 km. He added that the proposed trains— Yeshwanthpur-Delhi Duronto, Howrah-Prashanthi Nilayam and Bangalore-Nelamanagala— will soon start functioning.He also said that plans are on to introduce a dedicated North-South freight corridor to reduce the cost and transportation time.

To make a world-class station in Bangalore, a proposal has already been sent to the railway board, he said. Bangalore’s divisional railway manager, S Mani, said that the station will be improved with a budget of Rs2-3 crore by March 31 next year.

A proposal is with the railway board for land acquisition of Binny Mills site for expanding the station. Conceptual reports are being prepared to make Byapanahalli a world-class station.

Bihar-CM demands Duronto trains for state
PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar has urged railway minister Mamata Banerjee to introduce Duronto trains in Bihar.

Kumar made the demand while flagging off two new trains, Patna-Sasaram daily passenger (53659- 53660) and Darbhanga-Patna-Mumbai weekly Karmabhoomi Express (12545 -12546), at a function at Patna Junction on Tuesday. He said though the railway network has spread in Bihar, the number of passengers has also increased during the past few years. "Passengers' requirements need to be fulfilled. Bihar urgently needs Duronto trains and I would urge the railway minister to consider this demand while preparing the railway budget for 2011-12," he said.

Reiterating the state's demand for the Patna-Digha line for its conversion into a four-lane road, Kumar said though the railway minister has in principle agreed to hand over the land to the state government, the matter has been hanging fire. The construction of four-lane roads on the route would decongest traffic in the city after the Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge is commissioned, he added.

Assuring the railways of all assistance from the state, Kumar said people must cooperate with railways for smoothly running trains. "Disrupting railway traffic or damaging railways' property is a crime. Railways is the national property which must be protected," he said.

Incidentally, the Patna-Ara-Sasaram line was sanctioned when Kumar was the railway minister.

ECR GM K K Srivastava welcomed the guests while Danapur DRM Gyan Prakash Srivastava extended a vote of thanks.


Read more: CM demands Duronto trains for state - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/CM-demands-Duronto-trains-for-state/articleshow/7362802.cms#ixzz1C8EQoG1D

hmm.
How is the traffic management outside the Chitpore terminus?
are there good/enough connections for major landmarks?

chitpore is near RG Kar Medical clge, taxi, bus and auto service is available there but taxis charge double the price which one has to pay as it is prepaid! area is north Kolkata near Tala (Baghbazar)!
chitpore se maximum 10-12 gari khulti hain! however circular rail has a halt out there!

even if the current locls frequency is 10-tupalated, still mumbaikars will demand more locals :D

and for mumbai-pune, run an AC double decker train twice a day doing mumbai-pune-mumbai 2 journeys of 2 hr 55 min each. i.e. cstm 06.00- pune 08.55, pune 09.40-cstm 12.35; cstm 15.50- pune 18.45; pune 19.30-cstm 22.25. dats more than enuff, give it a janshatabdi status, will drop down its fares for CC (chair car); tiff competition for shivneri and other luxury buses...

thats cause frequency on the harbour line is shit. Have a look at the timetable yourself. CR (mainline) and WR are fine.


the newly built Thane-Vashi-Panvel route needs more trains and is extremely popular. It needs an investment of a dedicated fast track to supplement it IMO.

on the pune issue, trains currently make it from CST to Pune in about 3 hours 15 min . Which is OK. I just want the frequency increased. Cost too is not that big an issue IMO. They can reduce it to maybe 2 hours and 30min if they invest in the track, but its not that major.There is a cost for everybody on those trains.

Youth lay a novel track of protest

A Correspondent

KALPETTA: Demanding a railway line between Nilambur in Malappuram district and Nanjangud in Karnataka, which, if laid, will pass through Wayanad district, hundreds of youths staged a novel protest here on Monday evening.

Under the aegis of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) district committee, they formed a kilometre-long symbolic human railway line on National Highway 212.

http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/18/stories/2011011853200300.htm

Wishlist

Mail/Express for this route:

Hassan - Mysore - Mandya - Ramanagara - Bangalore - Jolarpettai - Villupuram - Puducherry


Chamarajanagar - Mysore - Hassan - Hubli - Belagaum

Tirupati to Mysore ( At least twice a week bcoz exiting passenger train gets over crowded )

Mysore - Mandya - Ramanagara - Bangalore - Guntakal - Wadi - Pune - Mumbai

Wish there were a nonStop Duronto between Secunderabad and Vizag that covers the distance in 12 hours so that a pair of durontos can be run in both directions twice every day.

No more trains from Howrah (HWH)..as howrah has become overpopulated Terminal, one has to wait for a long time (can extend upto 45mins) for line clearence!...or else expand Howrah station by adding at least 10 more platforms!
some more trains on Jammu Tawi-Kolkata route. there's only onne train...:ohno:

What about much hyped Majherhat Terminal??.......
This was supposed to be a mega project by IR......
Any information about rhis project??

Extend Jaipur-Mysore Express to Agra ( to facilitate tourism )

Mysore to Vasco-da-gama ( At least twice a week )

Electrification & Introduce MEMU Trains between Mysore & Bangalore

I expect the Railway minister to announce the same things which were announced by her and before by laloo....like world class stations, private public partnership....the same things are repeated every year....but I wonder if any money is actually alloted and implemented...the WB state elections will be a factor this year...

Electrification & Introduce MEMU Trains between Mysore & Bangalore

This wont happen for next couple of years, doubling & electrification is still pending (progressing @ snails pace)

Yes, Bengaluru must get suburban EMU train service. It is a very crwoded city no, even starting metro.

What about much hyped Majherhat Terminal??.......
This was supposed to be a mega project by IR......
Any information about rhis project??

Majherhat station will not be soon made, at least after 5 years.

Yes, Bengaluru must get suburban EMU train service. It is a very crwoded city no, even starting metro.

No thanks. if we wanted it we would have got it long back. suburban trains are crude and outdated. :nuts:

this topic name is meaningless. It should be "WB" railway budget 2011 LOL!

:lol::lol::lol: Didi should present it in Eden Gardens why to waste time coming to Parliment..this topic name is meaningless. It should be "WB" railway budget 2011 LOL!

this topic name is meaningless. It should be "WB" railway budget 2011 LOL!

:lol::lol::lol: Didi should present it in Eden Gardens why to waste time coming to Parliment..

romba nakkal unga rendu perukkum(ur comments are sarcastic/mockery). Anyway lets hope all states will be treated equally in the budget!

Proposed Avadi-Sriperumbadur-Oragadam-Guduvancheri should be approved

:lol::lol::lol: Didi should present it in Eden Gardens why to waste time coming to Parliment..

yeah as it is its not gonna be used for the world cup :lol:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/orissa-asks-rs-2085-crore-in-the-coming-railway-budget---/articleshow/7374526.cms

BHUBANESWAR: Claiming to be a victim of negligence in Railway budgets, Orissa government has demanded an allocation of at least Rs 2085 crore for the state in the current financial year for various railway projects against the demand for Rs 1805 crore in the last fiscal. The projects include new rail links, extension of existing rail links, improvement in passenger amenities, introduction of new trains and increase in frequency of trains.

Last year the Naveen Patnaik government cried foul play from the railways’ raw deal when the state got only about Rs 836.64 crore including Rs 430 crore for completion of the ongoing new lines and Rs 421.73 crore for doubling of the tracks. Mr Patnaik has been seeking a special railway package for the state in view of the fast pace of industrialization.

This time, the state government has sought Rs 250 crore for the 82 km long Paradeep-Haridaspur rail link, Rs 350 crore for the 289 km Khurda Road-Bolangir rail link, Rs 150 crore each for the 90 km Angul-Duburi-Sukinda Road rail line and 154 km Talcher-Bimalagarh (rail line and Rs 60 crore for the 56 km Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh rail link. Similarly, the state has sought Rs 20 crore for the gauge conversion of 89-km Rupsa-Bangriposi and Rs 30 crore for the 90-km Nuapada-Gunupur.

As presently some 20 doubling projects are under execution in order to further augment line capacity the state government has requested the Ministry of Railways to allot Rs 760 crore. It called for allocation of funds for the second bridge on Kathajori and Kauakhai and Haridaspur-Jakhapura (third line).

...

Karnataka State wants 18 new trains

BANGALORE: The Union railway ministry is gearing up to prepare the budget for 2011-12 and Karnataka has put forth its demand for 18 new trains to be included in the plan. The state has also decided to take up the issue of including the long-pending demand for direct rail connectivity between Hyderabad-Karanatak and Mumbai-karnatak regions in the coming fiscal plan.

In a letter to railway ministers Mamta Baneerjee and K H Muniyappa, BJP leader V Dhananjaya Kumar, special representative of Karnataka in New Delhi, has requested to arrange for a meeting of railway board members in the first week of February to discuss pending and new railway projects to be included in the railway budget. "Karnataka MPs would also exert pressure on the Centre to get the state's due in railway development, particularly in neglected regions,'' he said.

The state has proposed 18 new mail and express trains for the Bangalore-Delhi Durranto, Yeshwantpur-Shirdi, Yeshwantpur-Sholapur, Karwar-Mangalore-Bangalore, Yeshwantpur-Amritsar, Gulbarga-Bangalore, Mysore-Arsikere, Marikuppam-Bangalore, Kolar-Bangalore, Bangalore-Bagalkot-Bijapur, Bangalore-Belgaum-Miraj, Shimoga-Harihara, Whitefield-Kolar, Davangere-Tumkur, Gadag-Haveri, Bijapur-Shahabad, Dharwad-Belgaum and Hassan-Bangalore routes. It has also requested to take up a survey on the Bangalkot-Raichur, Gulbarga-Bijapur and Koppal-Singanur lines.

Kumar added that the government has already set aside its share of Rs 600 crore to take up new projects, including those on the Bidar-Gulbarga, Munirabad-Mehboobnagar, Rayadurga-Tumkur and Kadur-Chikmagalur-Sakleshpur lines.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/State-wants-18-new-trains/articleshow/7387329.cms)

At least AP should get reasonable share in this Rail budget 2011-12 budget.
We are expecting 10 new trains and 10 extensions, frequency increases.

NEW TRAINS:
Kacheguda - Kochi - Thiruvananthapuram - Daily Express
KCG - BLR - Mangalore - Daily Express
KCG - HUBLI - GOA - Daily Express
SC - DEL - DEHRADUN - Daily Express
KCG - WARANGAL - VIZAG - Daily Express
KCG - MADURAI - KANYAKUMARI - Express BiWeekly
KCG - NIZAMABAD - AHMEDABAD - Express BiWeekly
KCG - DEL - AMRITSIR - Express Bi Weekly
KCG - GUNTUR - VIJAYAWADA - RAJAMUNDRY - Daily Passenger
KCG - KAZIPET - MANCHERIAL - MEMU

Extensions and Frequency Increases
PUNE - BUBANESWAR TRAIN frequency to daily
RAMESWARAM - KCG - OKHA TRAIN frequency to daily
SC - RAJKOT TRAIN frequency to daily
SC - GUWAHATY TRAIN frequency to Tri Weekly
SC - TPT Padmavathi TRAIN frequency to daily
MYSORE - JAIPUR TRAIN frequency to 5days a week
SC - GORAKHPUR TRAIN frequency to daily
KAKINADA - SC - BHAVNAGAR TRAIN frequency to 5days a week
SC - WADI - GTKL - DVM - PKLA - TPT TRAIN frequency to daily
NIZAMABAD - SC - SAMBALPUR TRAIN frequency to daily

NEW TRACKS and DOUBLING
BIBINAGAR - NALLAPADU - Doubling
SC - KURNOOL - Doubling
SC - NIZAMABAD - Doubling
MAHABUBNAGAR - MUNIRABAD - NEW Track
YERRAGUNTLA - NANDYAL - New Track (Started and About to complete in 2-3 years in this speed)
MIRYALAGUDA - JAGGAIAPET - New Track (Started and About to complete in 2-3 years in this speed)
MANOHARABAD - KOTHAPALLI - New Track
CUDDAPAH - BLORE - New Track
NADIKUDI - SRI KALAHASTHI - New Track
AARMOOR - ADILABAD - New Track
RAMAGUNDAM - MANUGURU - New Track
BADHRACHALAM - KOVVUR - New Track
KAKINADA - Pitapuram - New Track

These new tracks and doubling improves the transport infrastructure in AP and boosts the development. If the above infrastructure completes, AP will get more trains.
__________________
Suresh Kumar G,
HYDERABAD-INDIA.

our people friendly TN Govt CM will write a "letter" to Didi after the budget to complete the projects and for new trains. so that Didi (if she continues to be RM) can look into this next year.LOL

Karnataka State wants 18 new trains

BANGALORE: The Union railway ministry is gearing up to prepare the budget for 2011-12 and Karnataka has put forth its demand for 18 new trains to be included in the plan. The state has also decided to take up the issue of including the long-pending demand for direct rail connectivity between Hyderabad-Karanatak and Mumbai-karnatak regions in the coming fiscal plan.

In a letter to railway ministers Mamta Baneerjee and K H Muniyappa, BJP leader V Dhananjaya Kumar, special representative of Karnataka in New Delhi, has requested to arrange for a meeting of railway board members in the first week of February to discuss pending and new railway projects to be included in the railway budget. "Karnataka MPs would also exert pressure on the Centre to get the state's due in railway development, particularly in neglected regions,'' he said.

The state has proposed 18 new mail and express trains for the Bangalore-Delhi Durranto, Yeshwantpur-Shirdi, Yeshwantpur-Sholapur, Karwar-Mangalore-Bangalore, Yeshwantpur-Amritsar, Gulbarga-Bangalore, Mysore-Arsikere, Marikuppam-Bangalore, Kolar-Bangalore, Bangalore-Bagalkot-Bijapur, Bangalore-Belgaum-Miraj, Shimoga-Harihara, Whitefield-Kolar, Davangere-Tumkur, Gadag-Haveri, Bijapur-Shahabad, Dharwad-Belgaum and Hassan-Bangalore routes. It has also requested to take up a survey on the Bangalkot-Raichur, Gulbarga-Bijapur and Koppal-Singanur lines.

Kumar added that the government has already set aside its share of Rs 600 crore to take up new projects, including those on the Bidar-Gulbarga, Munirabad-Mehboobnagar, Rayadurga-Tumkur and Kadur-Chikmagalur-Sakleshpur lines.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/State-wants-18-new-trains/articleshow/7387329.cms)
The problem with KA's train infrastructure is that currently most of the trains connect to Blr originate from the neighboring southern states. The # of trains travel through KA north Blr to MH and other states is generally less. If I remember correctly, about a decade ago, there was no direct train between Blr and Kol. People used Chn as the connecting hub for that route. Blr Junction station used to be empty for most part of the day.

Right now, with a KA minister in the railways, there is a good chance of getting many of these demands met. On the other hand, the bitter rivalry between the parties in the State and Center could hamper the progress.

At least AP should get reasonable share in this Rail budget 2011-12 budget.
We are expecting 10 new trains and 10 extensions, frequency increases.

NEW TRAINS:
Kacheguda - Kochi - Thiruvananthapuram - Daily Express
KCG - BLR - Mangalore - Daily Express
KCG - HUBLI - GOA - Daily Express
SC - DEL - DEHRADUN - Daily Express
KCG - WARANGAL - VIZAG - Daily Express
KCG - MADURAI - KANYAKUMARI - Express BiWeekly
KCG - NIZAMABAD - AHMEDABAD - Express BiWeekly
KCG - DEL - AMRITSIR - Express Bi Weekly
KCG - GUNTUR - VIJAYAWADA - RAJAMUNDRY - Daily Passenger
KCG - KAZIPET - MANCHERIAL - MEMU

Extensions and Frequency Increases
PUNE - BUBANESWAR TRAIN frequency to daily
RAMESWARAM - KCG - OKHA TRAIN frequency to daily
SC - RAJKOT TRAIN frequency to daily
SC - GUWAHATY TRAIN frequency to Tri Weekly
SC - TPT Padmavathi TRAIN frequency to daily
MYSORE - JAIPUR TRAIN frequency to 5days a week
SC - GORAKHPUR TRAIN frequency to daily
KAKINADA - SC - BHAVNAGAR TRAIN frequency to 5days a week
SC - WADI - GTKL - DVM - PKLA - TPT TRAIN frequency to daily
NIZAMABAD - SC - SAMBALPUR TRAIN frequency to daily

NEW TRACKS and DOUBLING
BIBINAGAR - NALLAPADU - Doubling
SC - KURNOOL - Doubling
SC - NIZAMABAD - Doubling
MAHABUBNAGAR - MUNIRABAD - NEW Track
YERRAGUNTLA - NANDYAL - New Track (Started and About to complete in 2-3 years in this speed)
MIRYALAGUDA - JAGGAIAPET - New Track (Started and About to complete in 2-3 years in this speed)
MANOHARABAD - KOTHAPALLI - New Track
CUDDAPAH - BLORE - New Track
NADIKUDI - SRI KALAHASTHI - New Track
AARMOOR - ADILABAD - New Track
RAMAGUNDAM - MANUGURU - New Track
BADHRACHALAM - KOVVUR - New Track
KAKINADA - Pitapuram - New Track

These new tracks and doubling improves the transport infrastructure in AP and boosts the development. If the above infrastructure completes, AP will get more trains.
__________________
Suresh Kumar G,
HYDERABAD-INDIA.
AP is one big state which has been ignored by the Railways in the recent years, especially last year's budget. With SCR reporting highest profits across zones, I think AP will get a good share of the budget pie.

our people friendly TN Govt CM will write a "letter" to Didi after the budget to complete the projects and for new trains. so that Didi (if she continues to be RM) can look into this next year.LOL
True. Among the southern states, for its size, TN has the highest rail network density. In the past decade or so, more than new routes, it was gauge conversion that was going on in a big way in TN. Now, many of the important conversions are done and doubling has started; this will be the new set of projects for railways in this decade. Overall, new line additions in TN will be minimal. There could be some meat in this budget to just satisfy the TN state govt election agenda, if at all. New train additions will also be minimal because of age-old tracks that are already crumbling with poor maintenance and in need of replacement. :bash:

The problem with KA's train infrastructure is that currently most of the trains connect to Blr originate from the neighboring southern states. The # of trains travel through KA north Blr to MH and other states is generally less. If I remember correctly, about a decade ago, there was no direct train between Blr and Kol. People used Chn as the connecting hub for that route. Blr Junction station used to be empty for most part of the day.

Right now, with a KA minister in the railways, there is a good chance of getting many of these demands met. On the other hand, the bitter rivalry between the parties in the State and Center could hamper the progress.

our hyper-active bjp state govt is funding 50:50 in ALL railway projects, and releasing funds right away. so at least those projects that are sanctioned are being finished fast, but this comes at a cost of some 600 crore an year for state govt.

Indore badly needs a train between Indore and Bangalore/yeswantpur

Indore badly needs a train between Indore and Bangalore/yeswantpur
Won't the Blr-Delhi train pass through Indore?

^^ Bhopal falls on that route not Indore

Indore is the economic hub of MP and is the poorest in terms of rail connectivity.

I hope the doubling and electrification between Ujjain and Indore is completed ASAP

Till the electrification of the section takes place, they can work fast on the airport. When is the new terminal going to open? And what about the gauge conversion of Ratlam-Akola MG line?

Karnataka: State wants 18 new trains

TNN, Jan 30, 2011, 04.59am IST

BANGALORE: The Union railway ministry is gearing up to prepare the budget for 2011-12 and Karnataka has put forth its demand for 18 new trains to be included in the plan. The state has also decided to take up the issue of including the long-pending demand for direct rail connectivity between Hyderabad-Karanatak and Mumbai-karnatak regions in the coming fiscal plan.

In a letter to railway ministers Mamta Baneerjee and K H Muniyappa, BJP leader V Dhananjaya Kumar, special representative of Karnataka in New Delhi, has requested to arrange for a meeting of railway board members in the first week of February to discuss pending and new railway projects to be included in the railway budget. "Karnataka MPs would also exert pressure on the Centre to get the state's due in railway development, particularly in neglected regions,'' he said.

The state has proposed 18 new mail and express trains for the Bangalore-Delhi Durranto, Yeshwantpur-Shirdi, Yeshwantpur-Sholapur, Karwar-Mangalore-Bangalore, Yeshwantpur-Amritsar, Gulbarga-Bangalore, Mysore-Arsikere, Marikuppam-Bangalore, Kolar-Bangalore, Bangalore-Bagalkot-Bijapur, Bangalore-Belgaum-Miraj, Shimoga-Harihara, Whitefield-Kolar, Davangere-Tumkur, Gadag-Haveri, Bijapur-Shahabad, Dharwad-Belgaum and Hassan-Bangalore routes. It has also requested to take up a survey on the Bangalkot-Raichur, Gulbarga-Bijapur and Koppal-Singanur lines.

Kumar added that the government has already set aside its share of Rs 600 crore to take up new projects, including those on the Bidar-Gulbarga, Munirabad-Mehboobnagar, Rayadurga-Tumkur and Kadur-Chikmagalur-Sakleshpur lines.




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Rly budget likely to decide fate of several projects in state

The railway budget for 2011-2012 fiscal to be presented in the Lok Sabha next month is likely to decide fate of several railway projects sanctioned for Bihar.

Since 2002 onwards, the East Central Railway (ECR ) has always got a rich haul in the budget due to the fact that the railway minister used to hail from Bihar. At present, railway projects worth about Rs 55,000 crore are being executed in Bihar.

According to sources , railway minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to give priority to safety and modernisation work in the railways . Cleanliness, quality food supply at reasonable price and punctuality of mail and express trains may get importance in her proposed budget . Besides, Mamata may provide special funds for carrying out safety-oriented programmes , sources said.

The public-private partnership (PPP) ventures, which were earlier not given priority, may get importance in the budget. Since Mamata would not prefer to carry out many expensive railway projects proposed in Bihar at railway s own expenses , the PPP proposals could gain ground in the proposed budget for the fast completion of these projects in Bihar, including locomotive manufacturing factories at Marhaura in Saran district and Madhepura.

The early completion of eastern freight corridor from Kolkata to Ludhiana , passenger amenities and review of many passenger-related projects are likely to be the focal point in the ensuing budget. Hike in the upper class and second class fare is ruled out this time too. However, there is enormous pressure on the railway minister from the Planning Commission and finance ministry to hike marginally fare which has not been increased during the past five to six years, sources said.

From Bihar s perspective, the ECR has proposed to run a direct superfast train between Patna and Tiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum ) and a Duronto train between Patna and New Delhi or Patna and Lucknow. CM Nitish Kumar has also urged Mamata to give a Duronto train to Bihar, sources said.

The budget is likely to give green signal to the proposed new trains like Sitamarhi-Delhi Garib Rath , Darbhanga-Jammu Garib Rath and Saharsa-Delhi Express. That apart, the budget may consider increasing frequency of Patna-Ahmedabad , Patna-Secunderabad , Patna-Ajmer , Patna-Ahmedabad, Darbhanga- Bangalore Express and extension of Patna-Mathura up to Kota, sources said. The budget will also decide fate of many ambitious projects which are being executed in Bihar. Much will depend on allotment of funds in the budget , said an ECR official. TNN

our hyper-active bjp state govt is funding 50:50 in ALL railway projects, and releasing funds right away. so at least those projects that are sanctioned are being finished fast, but this comes at a cost of some 600 crore an year for state govt.

Originally Posted by ChennaiIndian View Post
The problem with KA's train infrastructure is that currently most of the trains connect to Blr originate from the neighboring southern states. The # of trains travel through KA north Blr to MH and other states is generally less. If I remember correctly, about a decade ago, there was no direct train between Blr and Kol. People used Chn as the connecting hub for that route. Blr Junction station used to be empty for most part of the day.

Right now, with a KA minister in the railways, there is a good chance of getting many of these demands met. On the other hand, the bitter rivalry between the parties in the State and Center could hamper the progress.

SBC should get a independent trains to all the important cities in INDIA this is the opportunity for karnataka as we have MoSR with us.

What about MMTS phase 2 mahn!! This local trains are in much demand & cant understand y dey r ignoring it dis project!! It can be implemented in just 2 yrs & save loads of money & provide alternate means of traffic for hyderabad!!!! It seems only railway minister from AP will do justice to dis project... Get ready to see Bengal & Karnataka railway budgets dis year rather than Indian railway budget!!! :bash:

At least AP should get reasonable share in this Rail budget 2011-12 budget.
We are expecting 10 new trains and 10 extensions, frequency increases.

NEW TRAINS:
Kacheguda - Kochi - Thiruvananthapuram - Daily Express
KCG - BLR - Mangalore - Daily Express
KCG - HUBLI - GOA - Daily Express
SC - DEL - DEHRADUN - Daily Express
KCG - WARANGAL - VIZAG - Daily Express
KCG - MADURAI - KANYAKUMARI - Express BiWeekly
KCG - NIZAMABAD - AHMEDABAD - Express BiWeekly
KCG - DEL - AMRITSIR - Express Bi Weekly
KCG - GUNTUR - VIJAYAWADA - RAJAMUNDRY - Daily Passenger
KCG - KAZIPET - MANCHERIAL - MEMU

Extensions and Frequency Increases
PUNE - BUBANESWAR TRAIN frequency to daily
RAMESWARAM - KCG - OKHA TRAIN frequency to daily
SC - RAJKOT TRAIN frequency to daily
SC - GUWAHATY TRAIN frequency to Tri Weekly
SC - TPT Padmavathi TRAIN frequency to daily
MYSORE - JAIPUR TRAIN frequency to 5days a week
SC - GORAKHPUR TRAIN frequency to daily
KAKINADA - SC - BHAVNAGAR TRAIN frequency to 5days a week
SC - WADI - GTKL - DVM - PKLA - TPT TRAIN frequency to daily
NIZAMABAD - SC - SAMBALPUR TRAIN frequency to daily

NEW TRACKS and DOUBLING
BIBINAGAR - NALLAPADU - Doubling
SC - KURNOOL - Doubling
SC - NIZAMABAD - Doubling
MAHABUBNAGAR - MUNIRABAD - NEW Track
YERRAGUNTLA - NANDYAL - New Track (Started and About to complete in 2-3 years in this speed)
MIRYALAGUDA - JAGGAIAPET - New Track (Started and About to complete in 2-3 years in this speed)
MANOHARABAD - KOTHAPALLI - New Track
CUDDAPAH - BLORE - New Track
NADIKUDI - SRI KALAHASTHI - New Track
AARMOOR - ADILABAD - New Track
RAMAGUNDAM - MANUGURU - New Track
BADHRACHALAM - KOVVUR - New Track
KAKINADA - Pitapuram - New Track

These new tracks and doubling improves the transport infrastructure in AP and boosts the development. If the above infrastructure completes, AP will get more trains.
__________________
Suresh Kumar G,
HYDERABAD-INDIA.

^^ If I am right, Hyd MMTS is already under-utilized.

MMTS Phase-I is not very popular among the people who live in inner city but very popular among people living in suburban areas like L'palli, H'pet, Chanda Nagar and some stations like F'numa, Malakpet, Y'pura, D'pura, H'city, Begumpet are very busy(not including n'pally and KCG). But Phase-II includes several crucial links to Patancheru, Airport, Medchal, Ghatkesar which will definitely receive much patronage

^^ Unlike the suburban lines in Mum, Chn and Kol, the Hyd MMTS doesn't have dedicated tracks for a long distance. This can affect the scalability of this system in the long run. Since Metro will anyway have a dedicated system of lines, its better to go for Metro than bank of MMTS for max coverage and long term planning.

Even if there arent dedicated corridors it does not affect much as the frequency is not that high for MMTS.

Several of the corridors to be taken in the Phase-II are to have dedicated tracks:
* Tellapur-Patancheru (track restoration & electrification)
* Umdanagar-Airport (new track laying)
* Moula Ali-Malkajgiri-Sitaphalmandi (doubling of chord line)
* Sanathnagar-Moula Ali (doubling & electrification)
* Bolaram-Medchal (doubling & electrification)

Hope this budget should cater to all the states evenly and not bengal centric. I am disappointed to see in every budget that konkan areas are neglected. Most of the express trains that are announced each year will be over night. Passenger trains reach to most of the common man's needs. Rail minister should announce some long route passenger/fast passenger trains in budget.

1. Kanyakumari - Vasco Fast Passenger
2. Kanyakumari - Tirupathi Fast Passenger
3. Mangalore - Hubli Passenger
4. Chennai - Nanded Fast Passenger
5. Bangalore - Tenkasi Passenger
6. Quilon - Pune Passenger

All these trains should depart during day time. It helps lot of poor people who travel on longer routes or not able to bear the express fares.

I also hope that there is a need of day time fast passenger between Bangalore & Thanjavur. After bangalore - salem passenger [7:15 am], there is a need of another train in hosur route.

Thanks & Regards
SRIRAM GS

mysore-kushalnagar-mangalore feasibility study was proposed in last budget. they should start mysore-kushalnagar 88km track now. coorg district has no railway connectivity at all. but kushalnagar-mangalore not required as it is thick forest and parallel track sakleshpur-mangalore is very closeby.

Originally posted by Krishnamoorthy K (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=208121)


Railway Demands

1. Separe Mangaluru Railway Division
2. World class railway station at Kankanady
3. Facilities at Mangaluru Central like second pedestrian bridge, etc
4. Kenjar Railway station
5. Completion of Jeppu-Panamburu Railway Doubling works
6. Railway bridges - Mahakalimadpu, Bajal, etc. Other railway under bridges in Jeppu-Marnemikatte area need to be extended to fourlane. Also Mangala Corniche needs bridges over/under railway.
7. Catch Siding construction in Sakaleshapura Ghat
8. Survey and completion of proposed railway connectivity to Dharmasthala, Moodabidire, Karkala, etc.
9. Doubling and electrification of Mangaluru-Bengaluru line
10. Doubling and electrification of Konkan railway
11. Survey and completion of Mangaluru-Madikeri line
12. Trains - Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Karwar new train, extension of (or new train) Mumbai-Mangaluru train to Subramanya, Mangaluru-Hasana-Kolkatta train, Extention of Kannur-Yeshwanthapura train (#6527) to Mangaluru, etc.

This is the current state of existing railway lines in Karnataka.

What are the New Lines that can be created ?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3298967469_588eea4f87_b.jpg


What are the New Lines that can be created ?

Source Praja (http://praja.in/en/gyan/map-existing-railway-lines-karnataka)

One of the most idiotic decisions of IR is not having a superfast train between Bangalore and Mumbai. The current ones take 24 hours (20 hours to Pune).

One of the most idiotic decisions of IR is not having a superfast train between Bangalore and Mumbai. The current ones take 24 hours (20 hours to Pune).

recently bangalore-delhi duronto introduced, next year budget will have bangalore-mumbai i think... :cheers: we have howra-digha duronto but no bangalore-mumbai, its ok we will wait till wb elections :cheers:

Railway budget presentation should be done away with....:ohno:

The great thing in IR is AndhraPradesh doesn't have a Shatabdi train.. IR can introduce Shatabhi between SC-VJA OR SC-RAJAMUNDRY OR SC-NAGPUR OR SC-PUNE OR SC-GNTR-ONGOLE.
Even smalll states in North India (Not NorthEast) has Shatabhi, But such a big state Ap doesn't have Shatabdi..

The great thing in IR is AndhraPradesh doesn't have a Shatabdi train.. IR can introduce Shatabhi between SC-VJA OR SC-RAJAMUNDRY OR SC-NAGPUR OR SC-PUNE OR SC-GNTR-ONGOLE.
Even smalll states in North India (Not NorthEast) has Shatabhi, But such a big state Ap doesn't have Shatabdi..

what AP doesn't have a shatabdhi train ? it only happens in INDIA :bash:

what IR doesnt think is the revenue it can earn and the comfort it can provide.... all it insists is Low cost Low cost and Low cost....

BENIFICIAL to BOTH: IR as well as passengers is:

1. more AC intercity trains. NOT duranto. NOT shatabdi. daily trains. ideal combos include:

pune-sc
pune-st
hyb-rjy
klk-cdg-ldh-asr-jat
ljn-cnb-ald-bsb
pnbe-rnc
mas-mdu-ten
mas-pdy
brc-bct
jat-asr-bte
rou-Raipur (R)
ngp-bpl-indb
adi-rjt-okha
brc-adi-ju-jp
ljn-aii

Next:
As i always stress, DOUBLING (and not electrification) is a sign of development. foll sectors for doubling:
pune-chennai
mas-cbe
mas-mdu
del-jp-ju
del-jp-aii
mldt-ghy


Next:
modernisation of workshops and rail coach factories and NOT adding more and more w/s's

Next:
increase in section speed of:

section/ MPS speed in kmph
mumbai-delhi 150
delhi-agra 200
delhi-jaipur 160
delhi-asr jat 160
delhi-cdg, ddn: 120
pnbe-mgs 130
dee-kolkata 150
kolkata-ghy 120
agra-bhopal 150
bhopal-ngp 120
ngp-chennai 120
mumbai-kolkata via nagpur 140
KR 150
mumbai-ahmdbad 140
mum-pune 130

^^ more duronto less express trains, flight like experience :banana: no stopping at stations, no fear of theft or people selling something at in between stations, co-passengers getting down, new ones coming in etc etc

electrification good for mother earth, u got it all wrong :ohno:

and I thought only my writing was bad

Pune - City's little India seeks more trains

PUNE: In almost every season of the Railway Budget, announcements for new trains from Pune have generally been given the go-by resulting in all-round disappointment. However, with another Budget around the corner, hope rises yet again in Puneites.

Trains are the most efficient and economical mode of transport for a vast majority. Moreover, Pune has people from several states working here who wanting better connectivity to their native places across the country. Besides new trains, several railway commuters' groups are also hoping for improvement in amenities and infrastructure from the budget.

In its list of suggestions and demands sent to the railway ministry, the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture has asked for improving rail connectivity to almost all major destinations in the country. "Pune is an important city and therefore there is need to improve rail connectivity," Anant Sardeshmukh, director-general of MCCIA said here on Wednesday.

The MCCIA, which has a separate committee on railway and road traffic management, has demanded that besides new trains, all holiday special trains to stations like Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Hyderabad should be converted into regular trains. The MCCIA has also suggested that trains which run once or twice a week should run daily.

Chairman of the committee, Chandmal Parmar said that there is a need for superfast trains originating from Pune to Bangalore, Hubli, Chennai, Mangalore and Goa. "Commuters for Delhi are depending exclusively on Jhelum and Goa-Nizamuddin express trains, which are inadequate to cater to the growing demand from passengers. The journey's time duration is abnormally high, even as passenger traffic to Delhi is increasing every day. The Duronto train to Delhi should run every day instead of twice a week," he said.

The MCCIA has also demanded new trains to Shirdi, Kolhapur, Latur, and Amravati in Maharashtra. To reduce the burden on the Karjat-Kalyan-Dadar section, the committee has suggested that the Karjat-Panvel route be used effectively. The panel also highlighted the need for intercity trains to Mumbai between 10 and 11.30 am and between 7 and 7.30 pm.

Chairperson of the Railway Users' Group, Harsha Shah said that the present trains up to Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Ernakulam (via Panvel), Indore, Jodhpur, and Lucknow should run daily as should both the Duronto trains to Howrah and Delhi. Trains from Pune to Bangalore and Chennai were needed and upgrading infrastructure facilities for the future would help, she added.

President of the Chinchwad Pravasi Sangh Gulamali Bhaldar said that the Railways proposal for a new line between Chinchwad to Roha in the Konkan should be explored. He added that more trains should halt in Pimpri-Chinchwad which would reduce the burden at Pune station and it will be of convenience to the passengers.


Officials said that all demands made by railway users groups are forwarded to the Central Railway office which sends it to the railway board

Read more: City's little India seeks more trains - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Citys-little-India-seeks-more-trains/articleshow/7414655.cms#ixzz1CvF0WARa

I THINK THE WISHLIST IS ENDLESS & ALSO FRUITLESS. ARE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS HEARING /READING OUR WISHLIST? IF NOT THIS IS PURELY NOTHING BUT A WASTAGE OPF ENERGY, TIME, SPACE & ELECTRICITY.

^^ more duronto less express trains, flight like experience :banana: no stopping at stations, no fear of theft or people selling something at in between stations, co-passengers getting down, new ones coming in etc etc

electrification good for mother earth, u got it all wrong :ohno:

:ohno:

chennai-coimbatore not allowing boarding at salem (Lolz)
amritsar-chandigarh not allowing boarding at ludhiyana (Lolz)

U cant have a train nonstop pune-hyderabad not stopping at solapur.

Ive given all above combinations wrt such cities (tier 2/3) which also have many imp cities in between them.

And u say fear of theft?? travel by trains like trivendrum rajdhani. the keepers demand tip per delivery of bedding. they literally beg (with dish)....

duranto is good for longer connectivity, taking 10 hrs+.... not for intercity
and it doesnt give FLIGHT LIKE EXPERIENCE. these trains DO STOP for technical reasons.... u know, u cant make a loco pilot run a train nonstop for 43 hrs :D (NZM-ERS duranto) these trains stop at intermediate stations just as other trains. the only thing is u wont get a ticket from/to intermediate stations. people come to sell stuff also, co-passengers who wish to pay for entire journey can also get down (for nzm0pune duranto has technical stop at vasai road, people who wish to go to mumbai pay for delhi-pune run and hop off at vasai road, (do u know this option is cheaper than rajdhani by 50 rs?)

and Plz,, electrification doesnt help mother earth :P
33% transmission losses.
no electricity in homes and u want eletricity to run trains passing by these homes? people would steal elec from OHE wires then.

whatever dust and pollution u create in a diesel engine, ull create it at the thermal power plant which supplies elec. plus add the losses

overall energy reqd/km run for diesel is high agreed (consider right from production to burning of diesel), but its cheaper (subsidized rate for IR), more viable, versatile....

BUT BUT, even if you can maintain a decent schedule with a single line and say 8 crossings per 500 km, u lose hell lots of energy and time decelerating and accelerating. (exactly same situation at delhi-jaipur, bhigwan-solapur-hyderabad,chennai; chennai-madurai. AND HENCE doubling imp than electrifcn

Plz think before u post :ohno:

and Plz,, electrification doesnt help mother earth :P
33% transmission losses.
no electricity in homes and u want eletricity to run trains passing by these homes? people would steal elec from OHE wires then.

:wtf:??
try stealing electricity from an overhead 25kV line !!

ha ha ha, how humorous comment!!

IE (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chamber-seeks-hourly-punemumbai-trains/745458/0)
Chamber seeks hourly Pune-Mumbai trains

Pune:Ahead of the Railway Budget on February 24, the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has drawn the attention of the Railway Ministry to various ssues in the Pune division, such as better connectivity between a number of cities and regions including Mumbai, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Konkan, southern as well as northern states.

MCCIA executive-director general Anant Sardeshmukh and chairman of MCCIA's railway, road traffic management committee Chandmal Parmar highlighted various demands like improving the railway stations and providing adequate toilet and drinking water facilities at the stations.

“Introduction of hourly trains between Pune and Mumbai will benefit thousands of commuters and generate substantial revenue for the railways. Owing to the non-availability of train service during certain period of the day, commuters are forced to opt for road transport. It is therefore, requested that the railways can introduce super-fast trains starting from both ends between 10 am and 11.30 am; between 12.30 pm and 2.00 pm; and between 7 pm and 7.30 pm respectively,” Parmar said.

“Presently, very few trains are available from Pune to the southern parts of India. Moreover, these trains initiate from Mumbai and hence the quota available for Pune is limited. T herefore trains to Bangalore, Hubli, Chennai and Mangalore are the need of the hour.” he said adding, “

Apart from this, the volume of passenger traffic to and from Gujarat and Rajasthan is very high and is growing faster than the capacity of existing services. Therefore, introduction of superfast trains to Ahmedabad and Rajkot are necessary. “The entire Konkan region, which is a major centre of agro-horticultural products, is a major tourist attraction and needs proper connectivity with the rest of the state. Therefore, superfast trains to Ratnagiri and Madgaon (Goa) should be introduced,” he said.

There is an urgent need to shift the Cement Goods Shed to the convenient places outside the Pune city areas. Shifting of the Goods Shed outside the city limits will reduce the vehicular burden on city roads caused due to the movement of trucks carrying cement. They also questioned the delay in expediting the electrification work between Pune and Daund.

:ohno:

chennai-coimbatore not allowing boarding at salem (Lolz)
amritsar-chandigarh not allowing boarding at ludhiyana (Lolz)

U cant have a train nonstop pune-hyderabad not stopping at solapur.


BUT BUT, even if you can maintain a decent schedule with a single line and say 8 crossings per 500 km, u lose hell lots of energy and time decelerating and accelerating. (exactly same situation at delhi-jaipur, bhigwan-solapur-hyderabad,chennai; chennai-madurai. AND HENCE doubling imp than electrifcn

Plz think before u post :ohno:

nowadays stop and go doesnt consume much power, as there is regenerative braking. daily duronto is future, salem ludhiyana ppl can board some other train than disturbing duronto flight ppl in middle of journey :bash:

:wtf:??
try stealing electricity from an overhead 25kV line !!

these days thieves are hi-tech :lol: they use transformers and all :cheers:

daily duronto is future, salem ludhiyana ppl can board some other train than disturbing duronto flight ppl in middle of journey :bash:



daily duranto is future, who said!

mas-cbe duranto runs everyday with technical halt at salem.
so will amritsar-chandigarh duranto (almost to be launched now)
and also howrah-digha (runs daily with 10% occupancy)
& howrah-puri duranto (no halt at bhubaneshwar, capital city of orissa)

All these are daily durantos, running very much like shatabdis, without allowing people to board at intermediate stations, though these trains halt at intermediate stations... and u wont get a flight like feeling. :bash:

and dont salem, ludhiana & bhubaneshwar people deserve an all AC train?

people at intermediate stops cant catch a train like that... its not catching a bus by showing ur hand... the quota for intermediate stations is very less. say 1 coach in 10 coaches. applicable for 90% trains of IR.

BTW, stealing was an overexaggerated comment

^^ as for stealing i do feel insecure when train stops in some station and lot of people get down and get in. my sleep is disturbed. as long as co-passengers dont get down or get in, fine with few stops, it is flight like experience for me :banana:

dont worry howrah-digha will be cancelled once wb elections over this May :lol: and dont the salem, ludhiana & bhubaneshwar people have some other A/C train to catch than duronto? bangalore-delhi duronto is currently weekly train, it will be made daily in around one year future :banana:

duronto is start of indian version of high speed rail.. its top speed will be increased gradually to 300kmph and travel time will almost match that of a flight :lol:

^^

dont worry howrah-digha will be cancelled once wb elections over this May :lol: and dont the salem, ludhiana & bhubaneshwar people have some other A/C train to catch than duronto? bangalore-delhi duronto is currently weekly train, it will be made daily in around one year future :banana:



i have no issues with long distance durantos. they are very much superhit.

bhubaneshwar people have only 1 AC coach in daytime to go to howrah.
well for amritsar-chandigarh, theres no direct train as of now. people hop off to ambala jn and go to chandigarh. So 2 shatabdis 1 garib rath 12 superfasts and 4 expresses, 2 mails, 1 passenger runs between ambala and amritsar..

salem peolpe dont have any other option but to suffer, being intermediate city. same condition with vadodara.

what route does bangalore-delhi duranto take? i think itll be faster via hubli,pune, vadodara (27 hrs)

See here

Accommodation Availability Enquiry

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Train Number Train Name Date
(DD-MM-YYYY) Source Station Destination Station Quota Code
12074 BBS JAN SHATABD 11-02-2011 BHUBANESWAR HOWRAH JN GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - CC Class -2S
1 11- 2-2011 WL 16/WL 16 AVAILABLE 347

2 12- 2-2011 WL 28/WL 17 AVAILABLE 247

3 14- 2-2011 WL 13/WL 11 AVAILABLE 521

4 15- 2-2011 WL 11/WL 8 AVAILABLE 553

5 16- 2-2011 WL 13/WL 5 AVAILABLE 496

This is the ONLY train which leaves bhubaneshwar early in morn and reaches hwh before lunch. And see its status for a week ahead. All Chair cars are wait listed. whereas all sitting coaches are having 400 available seats.

high time mamata realises we need more AC intercity trains.. with stops enroute. i dont prefer shatabdi bcoz of slightly high fare due to food provision (which is crap)

6 17- 2-2011 WL 13/WL 13 AVAILABLE 449

Mumbai-madgaon day train

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12051 JAN SHATABDI EX 12-02-2011 MUMBAI CST MADGAON GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - CC Class -2S
1 12- 2-2011 WL 75/WL 56 WL 293/WL 235

2 13- 2-2011 WL 41/WL 33 WL 218/WL 153

3 14- 2-2011 WL 46/WL 17 WL 145/WL 92

4 15- 2-2011 WL 33/WL 23 WL 234/WL 173

5 16- 2-2011 WL 62/WL 41 WL 395/WL 315

6 17- 2-2011 WL 57/WL 52 WL 515/WL 455

WTF.... 515 waitlisted.... :D
from mumbai to ratnagiri, same train
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Train Number Train Name Date
(DD-MM-YYYY) Source Station Destination Station Quota Code
12051 JAN SHATABDI EX 12-02-2011 MUMBAI CST RATNAGIRI GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - CC Class -2S
1 12- 2-2011 WL 75/WL 56 WL 293/WL 235

2 13- 2-2011 WL 41/WL 33 WL 218/WL 153

3 14- 2-2011 WL 46/WL 17 WL 145/WL 92

4 15- 2-2011 WL 33/WL 23 WL 234/WL 173

5 16- 2-2011 WL 62/WL 41 WL 395/WL 315

6 17- 2-2011 WL 57/WL 52 WL 515/WL 455

from ratnagiri to madgaon, same train
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(DD-MM-YYYY) Source Station Destination Station Quota Code
12051 JAN SHATABDI EX 12-02-2011 RATNAGIRI MADGAON GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - CC Class -2S
1 12- 2-2011 WL 75/WL 56 AVAILABLE 133

2 13- 2-2011 WL 41/WL 33 AVAILABLE 81

3 14- 2-2011 WL 46/WL 17 AVAILABLE 85

4 15- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 4 AVAILABLE 74

5 16- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 2 AVAILABLE 48

6 17- 2-2011 WL 57/WL 52 AVAILABLE 37

Which shows majority (75% people) get down at ratnagiri. This doesnt mean mumbai madgaon people are Nil. Thus if you want to have an AC train from Mumbai to Madgaon it must (and must) halt at ratnagiri.......


Wait for more examples.........





from ernakulam to trivendrum, only comfy shedule train is janshatabdi. in evening, its run is

Accommodation Availability Enquiry

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12075 JAN SHATABDI 12-02-2011 ERANAKULAM JN TRIVANDRUM CNTL GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - CC Class -2S
1 12- 2-2011 WL 12/WL 12 AVAILABLE 834

2 13- 2-2011 WL 30/WL 24 AVAILABLE 847

3 14- 2-2011 WL 14/WL 11 AVAILABLE 979

4 15- 2-2011 WL 12/WL 12 AVAILABLE 982

5 16- 2-2011 WL 2/WL 2 AVAILABLE 995

6 17- 2-2011 WL 29/WL 17 AVAILABLE 825

Again see, ACCC is waitlisted whereas sitting is empty....

this train janshatabdi runs to calicut.

from calicut to ernakulam: same train:

S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - CC Class -2S
1 11- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 38 AVAILABLE 733

2 12- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 29 AVAILABLE 1135

3 13- 2-2011 WL 11/WL 9 AVAILABLE 1151

4 14- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 69 AVAILABLE 1352

5 15- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 67 AVAILABLE 1254

6 16- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 94 AVAILABLE 1384

for 2 weeks ahead, 66% occupancy on chair car (110 capacity) and second sitting runs almost empty..... :)

Again repeating

HIGH TIME mamata realises AC intercities with intermediate stops are the need of the hour.... :)

Next:

See failure of duranto here:

from delhi to ernakulam you have 3 options: mangala ldweep, trivendrum rajdhani, and ernakulam duranto.
From Delhi To Ernakulam:
Duranto:
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12284 NZM ERS DURONTO 05-02-2011 H NIZAMUDDIN ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - 3A Class -SL
1 5- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 107 AVAILABLE 146

2 12- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 146 AVAILABLE 193

3 19- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 154 AVAILABLE 357

4 26- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 153 AVAILABLE 272

5 5- 3-2011 AVAILABLE 157 AVAILABLE 394

6 12- 3-2011 AVAILABLE 155 AVAILABLE 418

i.e. runs empty

Mangala lakshdweep:
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12618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP 12-02-2011 H NIZAMUDDIN ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL



S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - 2A Class -3A
1 12- 2-2011 WL 67/WL 19 WL 64/WL 34

2 13- 2-2011 WL 68/WL 20 WL 52/WL 41

3 14- 2-2011 WL 65/WL 13 WL 44/WL 31

4 15- 2-2011 WL 73/WL 8 WL 53/WL 33

5 16- 2-2011 WL 36/WL 18 WL 46/WL 34

6 17- 2-2011 WL 14/WL 6 WL 54/WL 36

ie. always and always waitlisted!!!!

trivendrum rajdhani:

S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - 3A Class -2A
1 13- 2-2011 RAC12/RAC 4 AVAILABLE 21

2 15- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 57 AVAILABLE 6

3 16- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 64 AVAILABLE 45

4 20- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 2 AVAILABLE 20

5 22- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 88 AVAILABLE 66

6 23- 2-2011 AVAILABLE 33 AVAILABLE 56

i.e. about 75% occupied.

Which means: Mangala exp, halts at numerous stations, still has very very high patronage.
duranto, which doesnt allow people to go in it, is a failure.
rajdhani does fair well with some stops at intermediate stations in kerala... and it doesnt take the mumbai passengers, thats why its emptier than mangala.... :)

^^ dude dont waste ur effort.. we arent bothered about occupancy etc, they make illogical kochi-delhi ahead of bangalore-delhi due to political reasons. duronto is proven success google it ur self. they should make duronto doors automatically close reducing aero drag and improve fuel efficiency and vibrating comfort..

initially there will be weekly durontos between all major cities, later all will be made daily. we are still waiting for bangalore-mumbai duronto :ohno: there is already both howra-delhi and sealda-delhi durontos :)

Forget about mumbai -bnglr.

We don't even have a mumbai delhi duranto..till date.
forget about mumbai bglr

^^ dude dont waste ur effort.. we arent bothered about occupancy etc, they make illogical kochi-delhi ahead of bangalore-delhi due to political reasons. duronto is proven success google it ur self. they should make duronto doors automatically close reducing aero drag and improve fuel efficiency and vibrating comfort..

initially there will be weekly durontos between all major cities, later all will be made daily. we are still waiting for bangalore-mumbai duronto :ohno: there is already both howra-delhi and sealda-delhi durontos :)


i m not wasting my time.... this is what i do 90% of the time i spend on internet.... trains trains and more trains.....
YOU arent bothered, but the railways are bothered! duranto is success only on special corridors like hwh-pune, hwh mum, sdah-delhi, mum-adi, and nothing much.


BTW doors of all trains have to be closed whenever train is in motion (except SLR and GN coaches. for less vibration we need better couplers, lets see how mum-hyd duranto feels...

Yeah bang-mum in 17 hrs would be strong competitor to airavat and shivneri.
and yea, mum-delhi daily duranto is much needed.

mamta introduces 16 coach trains right from beginning, the reason they run empty, whereas laloo introduced 12 coachers initially and IR later extended them to 16 coaches duriong mamtas regime.

Forget about mumbai -bnglr.

We don't even have a mumbai delhi duranto..till date.
forget about mumbai bglr

There still are couple of Rajdhanis, a Garib Rath and a few other SFs between Delhi-Mumbai. Bangalore-Mumbai has none. Either IR has failed to notice the growth of Bangalore in the past 20 years, or they have succumbed to the bus lobby.

^^ nope. politicians of mh and ka dont talk to each other and that is the reason. a train needs political will from both states.

^^ Railway is a national property and not a state proprty , so the theory does not hold true.

Originally posted by SRIRAM GS

Track utilization between chickjajur & bellary for passenger trains is not 100%. I wish to see some of trains on this route in coming budget:

1. Mangalore - Secundrabad Exp [Via Chitradurga, Bellary]
2. Mysore - Chitradurga - Bellary - Bidar Exp

Also wish for some imp trains for karnataka.

1. Bangalore - Karwar Exp
2. Bangalore - Gulbarga Exp
3. Hubli - Mangalore Exp
4. Mysore - Hubli - Goa Exp
5. Bangalore - Salem - Erode Passenger
6. Bangalore - Chamarajanagar Express
7. Mysore - Yesvanthpur - Kacheguda GaribRath
8. Hubli - Dadar Express
9. Bangalore - Belgaum Express

Originally posted by Suganthan Varadarajan

TPJ - MS (Via ML) - 1 ONT; 1-Day Intercity Exp
TPJ - SBC via VRI, SA ONT
NCR - SBC Via VRI, SA - 1 ONT, 1- Day Exp/Pass
MDU - MS day train Via ML
CBE - SBC ONT
NCR - MAQ Via Tpj - day train
Pondy - SBC Via Katpadi, JTJ
_________________
Suganthan Varadarajan

^^ Railway is a national property and not a state proprty , so the theory does not hold true.

but indian politics goes by states. even mp's are associated with state unit of a party.. they may not even know neighboring mp from another state.. occupancy matters 25% but politics matters 75% in railway decisions

^^ True. In India, there has to mandatory direct train connectivity between all Tier-1 cities and then with major Tier-2 cities across various regions.

^^ tier 1 cities should have at least 1 weekly train :bash:

Duronto Yesvantpur bangalore to Delhi Rohilla in 32 hours flat.

Sat 11:40pm from bangalore reach delhi on monday morning. finish work in 3 days and 2 nights and...
Wed 11pm from Delhi to bangalore

Announced in last budget but yet to be started :bash:

http://indiarailinfo.com/train/14035
http://indiarailinfo.com/train/14036
train no.s 12213 and 122134

that is average speed of 71km/h. if it is increased to 140km/h bangalore-delhi in 18 hours! :banana: look forward to that day!

More trains to Rajasthan sought

CHENNAI: More than 3,000 people have signed a petition addressed to the Railways urging to introduce more trains to Jaipur and Jodhpur from Chennai. In response to the demand of the community, Central Chennai MP Dayanidhi Maran has recommended to the Railway Ministry to increase frequency of trains between Chennai and Jodhpur.

People belonging to Rajasthan who live and do business in Chennai find it difficult to travel to their native place because the existing services from Chennai to Jaipur and Jodhpur are inadequate. Inspite of repeated demands railways is yet to introduce more trains in the sector.

Recently, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran wrote to union railways minister Mamta Banerjee demanding more trains between Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.

As the railways is not taking notice of the demand, a signature campaign has been launched by international human rights organisation in the city. The organisation has also sought permission from the city police to stage a protest demonstration on Tuesday to highlight their demand.

"The waitlist always runs to 200 or more on most of the days. People are finding it difficult to travel to Jaipur or Jodhpur because of the huge demand. Railways will get enough patronage even if they introduce two more trains in the sector," said Ashok Modi, founder of International Human Rights.

Dayanidhi Maran, in his a letter to Mamta Banerjee, said: "Chennai-Jodhpur Express should be operated thrice a week." Currently, the train is run only once a week

Read more: More trains to Rajasthan sought - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/More-trains-to-Rajasthan-sought-/articleshow/7439291.cms#ixzz1DHxBhKlF

Originally posted by AnandKumaR

EXP Trains
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PDY-Karaikal EXP
CBE-MS (Via SA-VRI-VM) (Day Time Exp) (Morg 9.00 from CBE)
CBE-MS (via TPJ,MV,VM) (OverNight EXP )
(Dept 23.00 From CBE and Arrival at 4.00 AM)
( It will be a night train for 10 Municipal Cities in VM-MV-TPJ Belt)
TPJ-SBC (Via VRI,SA)
CBE-ED-RMM (Tri Weekly)
VLKN-Kollam (Via TPJ,MDU,NCJ)
VLKN-Vasco (Bi weekly)
RMM-NDL (Via TPJ,MV,MS) (Bi Weekly)
MS-TUT (Tri Weekly) (VIa MV)
MS-NCJ (Tri Weekly)(VIa MV)
MS-TPJ( IC or JS) via MV ( (TPJ-6.45)=>(MS-13.15/14.00)=>(TPJ-21.00)


Passengers
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MDU-TUT
VM-TPJ (ML)
TPJ-RMM (Leaving 6.00 at RMM and arrival at 21.30)
(Connection for TPJ-PGT)
TPJ-VLKN
TPJ-MS (ML pass)
TJ-MS(ML pass)
VM-TPTY Via KPD
SA-CUPJ
MV-SA (Via CDM,CUPJ)
_________________
Regards
-Anand kumar

More trains to Rajasthan sought

CHENNAI: More than 3,000 people have signed a petition addressed to the Railways urging to introduce more trains to Jaipur and Jodhpur from Chennai. In response to the demand of the community, Central Chennai MP Dayanidhi Maran has recommended to the Railway Ministry to increase frequency of trains between Chennai and Jodhpur.



Avo ni sa... padharo mahre des.... :)

MYSORE MP CALLS ON RAILWAY MINISTER

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The Member of Parliament from Mysore, H.Viswanath, called on Union Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa in New Delhi this morning and requested for Survey of Mysore-Madikere line via Kushalnagar; introduction of daily passenger train service between Mysore-Arsikere; Opening of new railway reservation counter at Kushalnagar; Upgradation of infrastructure at CWS at Mysore and filling up of vacant posts in SWR

Source Star of Mysore (http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news)

The South Western Railway has sought Rs. 1,500 crore for various track-doubling works in its proposal submitted to the Railway Board in the wake of the forthcoming Railway budget.

Chief Public Relations Officer and Deputy General Manager (SWR) P. Shameer Basha told presspersons here on Tuesday that the zone had sought more funds for track-doubling work as the existing railway lines in the zone were overburdened.

Mr. Basha said that the two major track-doubling works proposed for the next fiscal were the Hubli-Chikkajajur and Tumkur-Arsikere lines.

He said track doubling of the 190-km stretch between Hubli and Chikkajajur would cost Rs. 660 crore and the 96-km railway line between Tumkur and Arsikere would cost Rs. 347 crore.

Mr. Basha said track doubling and new projects would help the zone in easing both freight and passenger traffic.

He said that the zone had also sought Rs. 250 crore for improvement of traffic facilities and Rs. 120 crore for upgrading of technology.

Mr. Basha admitted that development of the Hubli Railway Station had been stopped owing to lack of funds, but clarified that the work had been allotted under maintenance head and was not high on priority compared to other development works.

He said the zone had also sought another daily train between Yeshwanthpur and New Delhi, an inter-city train between Guntakal and Hubli.

The zone had also asked for bifurcation of Haripriya Express which now connects Kolhapur with Hyderabad and Tirupati, Mr. Basha added.

source the hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1169702.ece)

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Mamata Banerjee meets Pranab Mukherjee for budget strategy

Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called on Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the latter’s residence late on Friday.

During the meeting, Mukherjee sought help from the Trinamool chief in the smooth conduct of business in the coming budget session of Parliament.

Addressing media jointly after meeting, Mukherjee said: “I discussed with her (Mamata Banerjee) a few issues including the current situation of Bengal. We also discussed how to work together in the future since we (Congress-Trinamool Congress) have an alliance from Lok Sabha polls and we are in the government, we are running the government together and being members of the Cabinet, we discussed several issues.”

Banerjee said since she is not going to attend the meeting, Trinamool party will send a representative.

“We have budget session ahead of us. Pranab Mukherjee himself is very busy, despite the busy schedule, he came to Kolkata and discussed about West Bengal’s overall situation. Representatives of my party will attend the Feb 8 meeting. We feel Pranab Mukherjee commands respect in the government and we will follow what we will be told,” she added.

Source:- bugetonline (http://www.budgetonline.co.in)

Delegation to visit Delhi demanding circular train for Bangalore

By Rohith BR | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_delegation-to-visit-delhi-demanding-circular-train-for-bangalore_1507061)

BJP general-secretary and MP (Bangalore South) Ananth Kumar on Saturday said a delegation of state legislators and MPs would visit New Delhi to demand a circular train project for Bangalore in the upcoming Union railway budget. “It is a long-pending proposal from the state government that we want the railway minister Mamata Banerjee to sanction in the budget. The project needs an allocation of Rs500 crore and will go a long way in de-congesting traffic,” he said.

Kumar, who was speaking at a Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) programme in Nagarabavi on Saturday, said the project, along with the Metro, would build the city’s mass transport network. “The legislators’ delegation would also meet the Union minister of state for railways KH Muniyappa,” he said.

The circular train network will aim to connect the city with surrounding towns like Anekal, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur, Magadi and Ramanagaram. The project proposal is to have 241 km of railway connectivity. Kumar said that both the Namma Metro and the circular train projects would be assisted with a well-connected network of buses. The state is also demanding fund allocation for a 5,000mw power plant to address the power needs of Bangalore, he added

Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/13/stories/2011021351920300.htm)
SCR : New railway line proposal sent to Board

KHAMMAM: South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager M.S. Jayanth said that a proposal to lay new rail line between Pandurangapuram and Sarapaka near the temple town of Bhadrachalam has been sent to the Railway Board for its approval.

Mr Jayanth offered special prayers at the renowned Sri Seetharamachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam on Saturday. Speaking to media persons on the occasion, he said that a proposal for laying a new rail line from Pandurangapuram to Sarapaka near Bhadrachalam for a length of about 13 kms at an estimated cost of Rs 96 crore has been finalised based on a survey.

The survey found that the proposed rain link would be feasible with a favourable rate of return of 18 per cent, he said adding that the new rail line would be of immense benefit to the devotees visiting the temple town.

cc: TNN

Is Bengal getting a windfall this Railway Budget too,considering it is very close to the assembly elections Railway minister Mamata Banerjee will certainly have the state in mind while placing the 2011-12 budget before the Parliament on February 25,say retired railway officials.Most announcements are expected to be populist that will not address the real problems.
There will be no increase in passenger fares.Mamata may even announce some more schemes like the Izzat monthly.I believe she will also announce more rail-related industries for the state.Her primary aim is to woo voters from north Bengal and districts of East Midnapore,West Midnapore,Purulia and Bankura.There will be more allocation towards projects for which she had laid the foundation stones in the last couple of years, an official in Delhi said.
Retired officials believe that two mega bridges across the Hooghly and Muriganga are in the offing.Mamata may announce connectivity between Majerhat and South Eastern Railway network.For this,a bridge would be required across the Hooghly.This would have to take off somewhere near Santragachhi and come down near Budge Budge.She may also announce the rail-cum-road bridge between Kakdwip and Sagar Island.
A large number of Metro Railway projects are already under way.It is possible that the railway minister will announce a link between Barasat and Barrackpore.This was a proposal sent by the Metro.Mamata will also announce her ministrys involvement with the East-West Metro in Kolkata, the official said.
Retired officials say that upgradation of suburban services particularly in the Sealdah division is the need of the day.The immediate need is to remove the bottleneck near Dum Dum due to which suburban trains are detained on a regular basis.A flyover is required there.However,such an announcement wouldnt be too populist as people are on the lookout for i m m e d i at e gains.Keeping this in mind,Mamata is expected to announce several more trains,adding to the congestion.
A n o t h e r area that the minister should concentrate on is the connection between Sealdah and New Jalpaiguri.Travel time between these important locations,567 km apart,can be brought down considerably if the stretch known as the Sahibgunj Loop is upgraded.Once that happens,it would even be possible to run a Shatabdi-like train on this route.Not everybody prefers to travel by night trains, another official said.
According to sources,Mamata is expected to announce a few more Duranto Expresses.While it is true that the Durantos have become immensely popular,additional trains will result in more pressure on maintenance yards.Maintenance staff and supervisors have been complaining about the lack of spares and manpower for quite some time now.While new coaches will not be available in a hurry,importance will have to be paid towards maintenance as existing rakes are under tremendous pressure.

^^

duronto is for u. flight like end to end non stop, bedding and food included in ticket, full ac, fastest and what not.. from above article:

According to sources,Mamata is expected to announce a few more Duranto Expresses.While it is true that the Durantos have become immensely popular,additional trains will result in more pressure on maintenance yards.

All Duruntos are not full AC

Mamataa’s train of non-viable Bengal projects

Hindustan Times (http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/Mamataa-s-train-of-non-viable-Bengal-projects/Article1-663337.aspx#)

New Delhi , February 17, 2011 Email to Author

Railways Minister Mamataa Banerjee's list of West Bengal projects for inclusion in the upcoming railway budget is mostly comprised of schemes that have been accessed as having a hugely negative rate of return (ROR). Of the total of 75 projects posed for clearance by the Finance Ministry and the Plan ning Commission, 19 schemes (approximately 25%) are related to West Bengal.

The big ticket projects being pitched for inclusion comprise the ambitious plan to construct a 33-kilometre rail link connecting Dumdum to Garia via Rajerhat at a cost of R1,565 crore. The ROR for this project has been assessed at minus 45%.

The rate of return figures indicate estimated ridership and revenue projections following the implementation of the project.

Railways ministers have justified inclusion of such non-viable projects on grounds that these are "socially desirable", but past experience has shown that such projects have always been short on funds.

"Apart from the political symbolism attached to such announcements, the inclusion of such projects does not cost much as only marginal sums are apportioned for implementation," said Sumant Chak of the Asian Institute of Rail Transport. Sources indicate that among the Bengal projects sought for inclusion in the upcoming budget include the proposed 48-kilometre rail link connecting Joka to Diamond Harbour with link line from Bakrahat to Pujali.

This project, costing R353 crore, has been assessed as having a minus 20% rate of return.

Similarly, the proposed 14-kilometre circular rail link connecting Tala-Principghat to Majerhat has a rate of return of minus 28%.

Costing R50 crore, the proposed 16-kilometre rail link from Chowrigacha to Kandi not only has a minus 24% ROR, but the Railways - after completing the survey work in 2004-05 - had also decided to shelve the project.

"Rail finances are in a mess. Particularly at this juncture, the inclusion of projects that do not bring proper return cannot be justified. Politicians only do such things for votes" and this 'tamasha' (drama) has been going on", retired railway official Satish Vaish said.

Of the eleven projects worth R10, 167 crore that have so far been cleared for inclusion in the upcoming budget, none relates to the Railways Minister's home state.

^^ we can stop almost of all those projects immediately once WB polls are over within just 3 months of budget :banana:

All Duruntos are not full AC

kolkata is exception. they start duronto from there even if there is not much traffic, so they will have to add non ac coaches

http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/02/17/Article//002/17_02_2011_002_003.jpg

kolkata is exception. they start duronto from there even if there is not much traffic, so they will have to add non ac coaches
Not only Kolkata, there are several other Durontos which are not completely AC

^^ leave it.. i thought people here dont know much :lol:

Rail Budget: What do people expect from Mamata? (http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-budget-2011-railway-budget-what-do-common-people-expect/20110217.htm)

Budget may add steam to suburban trains in Bangalore
By Bosky Khanna | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_budget-may-add-steam-to-suburban-trains-in-bangalore_1509061)

The Railway budget 2011-12 will be presented by the minister for Railways, Mamta Banerjee on February 26, two days before the Union budget. While the Centre and state governments chalk out the list of new trains to be introduced and new lines to be laid, members of the Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) demand that suburban trains be introduced this year in Bangalore.

The proposal for starting such a service has been discussed for a long time, but plans are yet to see the light of day. Mass transit experts have pointed out that such a service could reduce congestion on city roads, and create better connectivity between the hub of Bangalore and its outskirts.

Karnataka has already undertaken to bear 50% of project costs for the suburban railway and also hand over the necessary land.

There is thus optimism that the basis for the project would be laid in the budget to be presented this month.

Members of the ZRUCC have already chalked out a map and a proposal for Bangalore’s suburban trains. Such services already run in cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. If the ZRUCC proposal is accepted, trains will ply from Doddaballapur and Yeshwantpur to City Railway Station and also connect Ramanagara to the city’s hub. Another service from Malur to Ramanagara via Byappanahalli and the City Railway Station is also proposed.

Former ZRUCC member Prakask Mandoth said that demands for such services have been made for a decade. Existing tracks could be used for the service and since most lines are already electrified, there would be a cost advantage too. At least till the service begins to generate profits, already-laid tracks could be used, Mandoth said.

Experts opine that traffic jams could be greatly reduced by introducing regular and reliable train services and travel time too could be much reduced, when compared to travel by road.

ZRUCC is not alone in working out the details for suburban rail services. The Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) has also submitted a detailed report, involving expenditure of `998 crore, for a suburban train service. The Railway Vision Plan 2020 states that suburban rail services could be introduced in partnership with state governments, which could help establish infrastructure and manage the suburban services.

These trains could also act as a feeder to the Metro lines. And in cases where tracks are doubled, there would be an added advantage as it would only create greater connectivity to cities like Chennai and Mysore (where work is underway) and towards Salem. There is a huge rush of traffic towards these cities from Bangalore. Union minister of state for railways KH Muniyappa and chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, as also other ministers, have made repeated promises about the introduction of the suburban services.

Source (http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.Press_Release.Press_Release_2011.PR_North_Eastern_Railways_20110217#)
Recommendation to Railways in 9 important sectors of NE Region in Railways Budget of 2011-12

New Delhi, February 17, 2011

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Date: 17th February, 2011
New Delhi

Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Shri.Bijoy Krishna Handique has appealed to the Ministry of Railways for introduction of Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains in nine sectors of Northeast Frontier (NF) Railways in the upcoming Railway Budget for 2011-12. In a letter to Ms.Mamta Banerjee, Minister of Railways, Shri. Handique underlined the importance of the sectors in the light of boosting rail connectivity in the Region.

Shri. Handique mentioned "Despite the best efforts of the Government, the communication within North East and between various important towns of the Region is far from satisfactory. Heavy Dependency on road transport, which is not free from disruption, has not only strained the road infrastructure but also resulted in large number of road accidents resulting in loss of invaluable human lives and property. In this background, the services of DMU in NF Railways came as fresh breather at an opportune moment".

Shri. Handique appealed for the Introduction of DMU Services between the following Stations;
1. Tinsukia – Mariani – Jorhat
2. Jorhat – Dimapur – Nagaon
3. Guwahati – Goalpara
4. Goalpara – Bongaigaon – Kokrajhar
5. Lakhimpur – Tezpur
6. Tezpur - Guwahati
7. Agartala – Dharmapuri ( Tripura)
8. Silchar – Dharmapuri (Tripura)
9. Luumding – Silchar

Shri. Handique extensively pointed out the importance of each sector in order to - ensure Intra Regional Connectivity in Inter State Border Areas, maximise outreach to the agrarian communities in remote parts of the region, enhancing connectivity to tea garden belts, flood affected areas and isolated belts under Bodoland Territorial Council, increase tourist traffic to scenic areas in Barak Valley and Tripura, among others

Shri. Handique also lauded the efforts of the Ministry of Railways for its initiatives in improving the rail network in Jammu & Kashmir. He said " Indian Railways have done a great service to the people of Kashmir Valley by providing special DMU services and have earned a lot of goodwill not only for itself but for the entire country".

The Centre had last September announced an ambitious project for linking all capital cities in the Northeastern states with railway network at an estimated investment of Rs 17,000 crore by the year 2016. Shri.Handique had said the Ministry of Railways will implement the project it will be completed by 2016 provided the state governments concerned ensure early handing over of the land required for it.

The project was proposed in the Vision Document 2020, a blueprint for overall development of the region, which was released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the year 2008. The Ministry of DoNER is the Delivery Monitoring Unit for the Project of Gauge Conversion of Lumding – Silchar, Arunachal – Jiribam, Badarpur – Kumarghat from Metre Gauge Line to Broad Gauge encompassing 368.1 kms of railways with an estimated cost of 3909.49 Crores.

Mr. Geetartha Darshan Barua,
APS (Media Management)
to
Hon'ble Minister of Development of North Eastern Region,
Government of India,
New Delhi.

TELEGRAPH (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110212/jsp/northeast/story_13570927.jsp)
Assam :Gogoi plea to Mamata on projects
A STAFF REPORTER
Guwahati, Feb. 11: Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee for inclusion of new projects in the railway budget for the year 2011-12.

Sources today said Gogoi, in a letter to Banerjee, has requested for new railway lines to strengthen the railway infrastructure in the Northeast, including one from Salona to Khumtai and from Jorhat to Sivasagar in Assam.

These lines would help create a transport corridor along the south bank of the Brahmaputra, hitherto uncovered by railway services. Besides new tracks, Gogoi’s wishlist also included new express trains and decongestion of good terminals, which if granted, would help the Congress-led government woo the people before the Assembly elections, likely to be held in April.

Gogoi has also requested Banerjee to declare these as national projects to ensure smooth funds flow.

The railway budget will be presented this month. Since elections are scheduled to be held in five states, it is likely to be a populist one.

Gogoi’s requests included introduction of daily express trains (Duronto) to Calcutta and very fast daily express trains with limited stops from Dibrugarh-Guwahati to Mumbai-Pune in the west, Vellore-Chennai, Bangalore, Trivandrum-Kochi in the south and Amritsar-Jammu in the north.

He has also sought the introduction of diesel electric multiple units train services to replace the old intercity express train connections for faster mobility and turnaround between important and key stations like Guwahati-Jorhat, Guwahati-New Bongaigaon.

He has also requested for a survey of a railway line from Shillong to Chandranathpur to give an alternative route to the Badarpur-Silchar railway line

@ post 130: her PJs equally heart breaking Shayaris!!!...:lol:

http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HD/2011/02/18/Article//011/18_02_2011_011_005.jpg

Railway budget outlay is 90k crores.. good figure compared to say karnataka's budget of 70k crores :cheers: So railway minister is as powerful as a big state CM? not really as cm controls police too

Railway budget outlay is 90k crores.. good figure compared to say karnataka's budget of 70k crores :cheers: So railway minister is as powerful as a big state CM? not really as cm controls police too

^^ Railways has RPF...

The railway Budget 2011-2012

(Expected)

The union rail budget 2011-2012 is about to come by February end week.
The present railway minister, Mamataa Bannerji has called off a meeting of all the supervisors and officer of the 11 out of 14 railway zones of Indian Railways namely the ER, EcoR, SER, WCR, NCR, CR, NR, NER, SR, WR and NWR.

A few of the members from RRB and other public private partners were also invited for the meeting.

The expected budget claims as the budget for ordinary people.

*There shall not be any reduction or expansion in the fare of ordinary and Air Conditioned class.

*The fare of all class in Shatabdi Express and Yuwa Express will be reduced by 10%.

*New coach factory to be set up at Kota Junction, Digha & Nagpur

* There were several demands of the people to start the train services including the Duronto and Shatabdis. A long chart have been prepared under approval of honourable Railway minister to claim in the upcoming rail budget of 2011-2012.

The following new 90 Train services are proposed for the rail budget, out of which only 75 services will be taken under consideration and will be announced for rail budget 2011-2012.

*New Delhi - Panipat AC Express (daily)
*Howrah - Madurai Express (tri weekly)
*Howrah - Una Express (5 days a week)
*Secunderabad - Indore Express (bi weekly via. Nagpur)
*Secunderabad - Tata Express (daily)
*Hajur Sahib Nanded - Indore Express (weekly via. Nagpur)
*Howrah - Jammu Express (tri weekly)
*Howrah - Dehradun Express (bi weekly via. Agra)
*Howrah - Kolhapur Express (weekly)
*Jodhpur - Coimbatore Express (weekly)
*Jodhpur - Howrah AC Express (daily via. Nagpur - Bhopal)
*Howrah - Jaisalmer Express (bi weekly)
*Howrah - Bhuj Express (4 days a week)
*Dhanbad - Pune Express (bi weekly via. Allahabad)
*Howrah - Pune Express (daily via. Bhopal - Katni)
*Howrah - Firozpur Express (bi weekly)
*Ranchi - Ernakulam Express (weekly)
*Howrah - Mysore Express (bi weekly)
*Howrah - Chennai AC Duronto (tri weekly)
*Howrah - Guwahati AC Duronto (bi weekly)
*Howrah - Lucknow AC Duronto (weekly)
*Lucknow - Pune AC Duronto (bi weekly)
*Jaipur - Lucknow AC Duronto (tri weekly)
*Jaipur - Bhopal AC Duronto (tri weekly)
*Chennai - Mumbai CST Duronto (weekly)
*Mumbai CST - Ranchi Duronto Express (weekly)
*New Delhi - Vasco Duronto (weekly)
*Howrah - Agra AC Express (daily)
*Ferozpur - Puri Express (tri weekly)
*Chandigarh - Jabalpur Express (bi weekly)
*Bikaner - Gaya Express (weekly)
*Nagpur - Jaipur Express (daily)
*Nagpur - Kolhapur AC Express (daily)
*Miraj - Salem Express (daily via. Hubli)
*Bangalore - Amritsar Express (tri weekly via. Bhopal)
*Trivandrum - Mangalore Express (daily)
*Ernakulam - Dehradun Express (tri weekly)
*Digha - Tirunelveli Express (weekly)
*Ajmer - Jammutawi Express (daily)
*Howrah - Bareily Express (daily)
*Ranchi - Pune Express (tri weekly)
*Tirunelveli - Pune Express (4 days a week)
*Guwahati - Machilipatnam Express (bi weekly)
*Jaynagar - Bareily Express (daily)
*Jammutawi - Vizag Express (tri weekly via. Warangal)
*Pune - Mysore AC Express (daily)
*Pune - Udaipur Express (tri weekly)
*Ajmer - Palampur Intercity Express (daily)
*Chandigarh - Jaynagar Express (bi weekly)
*Amritsar - Malayaduthirai Express (weekly)
*Indore - Durg Express (daily via. Raipur - Bilaspur - Katni - Bina)
*Indore - Bangalore Express (bi weekly)
*Mumbai - Surat Intercity Express (daily via. Manmad)
*Vasco - Gorakhpur Express (bi weekly)
*Guwahati - Shriganga Nagar Express (weekly)
*Guwahati - Madgaon Express (bi weekly)
*Guwahati - Amritsar Express (weekly)
*Howrah - Valsad Express (weekly via. Manmad)
*Mumbai CST - Tata Express (bi weekly via. Allahabad)
*Chandigarh - Mumbai CST Express (4 days a week via. Surat - Ajmer - Jaipur - Ambala)
*Jaipur - Bhuj Express (daily)
*Habibganj - Ranchi Express (weekly)
*Jabalpur - Dehradun Express (tri weekly)
*Bilaspur - Bhopal Express (daily via. Nagpur)
*Tirupati - Coimbatore Express (5 days a week)
*Puri - Guwahati Express (daily via. Howrah)
*Puri - Mumbai CST AC Express (bi weekly)
*Kanpur - Gaya Intercity Express (daily)
*Dehradun - Pune Express (bi weekly)
*Agra - Pune AC Express (4 days a week)
*Indore - Pune AC Express (bi weekly via. Bhopal)
*Patna - Howrah Shatabdi Express (5 days a week)
*Guwahati - Howrah Shatabdi Express (bi weekly)
*Indore - Bhopal Jan Shatabdi Express (daily)
*Indore - New Delhi Link Shatabdi Express (6 days a week via. Bhopal)
*Muzaffarpur - Jodhpur Express (weekly)
*Ernakulam - Guwahati Express (weekly)
*Chennai - Ahmedabad AC Express (tri weekly)
*Varanasi - Kolhapur Express (daily)
*Sainagar Shirdi - Howrah Express (daily)
*Sainagar Shirdi - Jaipur Express (tri weekly)
*Sainagar Shirdi - Trivandrum Express (weekly)
*Tirupati - Hubli Intercity Express (daily)
*Ajmer - Vishakhapatnam Express (weekly)
*Asansol - Trivandrum Express (tri weekly)
*Howrah - Kanpur Express (daily)
*Gwalior - Mumbai Express (weekly)
*Chhindwara - New Delhi Express (tri weekly)
*Chhindwara - Rewa Express (daily via. Jabalpur)

A list of passenger train services have been identified in between :
*Bhopal - Jabalpur via. Itarsi
*Varanasi - Agra
*Howrah - Barbil
*Patna - Ranchi
*Danapur - Gorakhpur
*Danapur - Bilaspur
*Mumbai - Pune
*Kolhapur - Pune
*Ahmedabad - Bhuj
*Tirunelvelli - Salem
*Hubli - Ernakulam
*Jammutawi - Una via. Amritsar
*Vadodara - Jaipur
*Indore - Bina
*Chengannur - Salem via. Chennai

Source:- IFRCA

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Source (http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_nitish-kumar-seeks-speedy-completion-of-railway-projects-in-bihar_1509769)
Nitish Kumar seeks speedy completion of railway projects in Bihar

Chief minister Nitish Kumar today urged the railway minister Mamata Banerjee to completie various railway projects in Bihar in time as well as run new trains on different routes in the state, including a high speed Duranto Express between Patna and New Delhi.

In a letter to the railway minister outlining his wish list from the railway budget from the fiscal year 2011-12, Kumar demanded that all railway projects in Bihar be completed in a time-bound manner in the interests of the state and extended his government's cooperation and necessary assistance to the railway authorities in this regard.

He urged Banerjee to commit sufficient funds in this fiscal year's railway budget for the ongoing and incomplete projects in Bihar, including railway lines, wheel manufacturing plant at Chapra, diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Marhouwra, greenfield electric loco manufacturing plant at Madhepura.

Among his other demands, the chief minister has urged the railway minister to sanction a high speed Duranto express between the state capital and the national capital, besides trains between Bhagalpur-Bikaner, Patna-Dehradun, Muzaffarpur-Pune, Rajgir-Howrah, extension of Gaya-Chennai train to Bangarluru.

Kumar has further urged the railway minister to include Gaya and Hajipur stations for developing them into world class stations and time-bound completion of rail-road bridge at Digha.

One of the largest Railway Budget, Indian Railway Budget 2011 is due to come on February 26th.Mamata is gonna present her seond budget, hope it favours AAm admi( Common Man). It may affect your lives as well, so guys & girls raise your voice and post your expectations on this link.

New lines needed in Sealdah section

1)Ranaghat-Duttaphulia

2)Halishar-Bandel(this link was present in the British era,but for an unknown reason the link was stopped by E.R)

3)Link between S.E.R line and Sealdah E.R line via Majerhat.

Quadrupling & Doubling

1)Naihati-Ranaghat Quadrupling

2)4'th line between Naihati and Kankinara

3)Doubling of Ranaghat-Bongaon

4)Doubling of Ranaghat-Shantipur

5)Bandel-Katwa doubling(in progress but speed needs to be increased)

6)Howrah-Kharagpur quadrupling

New trains needed

1)Sealdah-Bethuadahari MEMU

2)More Sealdah-Ranaghat Locals

3)New trains between Purulia and Howrah at day time.

4)Sealdah-Bolpur Intercity

5)Sealdah-Baharampur Court Intercity

6)Sealdah-NJP Durnoto

7)More Burdwan locals from Sealdah(via Bandal and Dankuni).

8)More Katwa locals from Sealdah(galloping local).

Unwilling to increase fares, Mamata eyes Rs 39K cr aid

KOLKATA: When Mamata Banerjee presents the Railway Budget later this week, she will possibly be looking at a budgetary support of Rs 39,000 crore.

If the government agrees to release this amount, it is bound to impose taxes on citizens. While the minister does not want to burden commoners by increasing fares to improve the financial condition of railways, she won't seem to mind if they have to pay additional tax to support her budget, which is expected to be populist as assembly elections are round the corner.

"A dichotomy has always existed in the railways on whether it should be a purely commercial entity or one that keeps public interest in mind. For years, attempts have been made to balance the situation through compromise... Unless fares are increased, how does she propose to improve the financial condition of the railways? The only option is to cut down on either future investment (plan head) or modernisation. As she hasn't cut down on future investment, so modernisation and maintenance are bound to suffer," an official in Delhi said.

Experts are ready to give Mamata a 10 on 10 for developmental aspects in her 2010-11 Railways Budget, but they say she has failed to score where governance and performance are concerned.

"She has announced several projects. It's still too early to judge where these are headed. For the moment though, one must commend her for her futuristic approach. However, she has been a complete failure as far as day-to-day performance is concerned. The financial condition of Indian Railways has taken a severe beating. Freight targets have not been met and punctuality has dipped," the official added.

According to a former member of the Railway Board, the only way to improve the situation is to increase fares or go into an expansion mode. But, expansion plans will have to be economically viable.

"There are certain doubts on how successful public-private partnership (PPP) models proposed by the minister are going to be. Private companies will only invest if they get fast returns. All the projects announced have long gestation periods. Secondly, the investor would want the railways to sign a 100% purchase agreement. Where will the funds come from? If the railways were to purchase the entire production of diesel locomotives from Marhaura, electric locomotives from Madhepura (Bihar) and coaches from Kanchrapara, it would require nearly `9,000 crore from a total outlay of `19-20,000 crore. Where would the funds come to purchase items from its own manufacturing units like Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Diesel Locomotive Works, Rail Coach Factory and Integral Coach Factory," the retired official wondered.

Figures for April 2010 to January 2011 reveal that the Eastern and South Eastern Railways have not fared too well. They have recorded a higher growth of suburban traffic but lower earnings as compared to the national average. "No improvement is possible unless fares are increased. If freight rates are further increased, the result will be disastrous," the official said.



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Rs 6,000 crore boost for metro

The day President Pratibha Devisingh Patil outlined infrastructure as key for India’s economic growth, the government decided to provide a special package of Rs 6,000 crore for development of metro networks in smaller Indian cities via the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Metro trains have bee n found to be a viable alternative to personal vehicles in Delhi and the network has been expanded to cities such as Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kochi. Except Delhi, the metro services in other Indian cities have been implemented in the PPP mode.

The Planning Commission recently formalized a broad proposal for encouraging more private investment for metro networks in small cities with a population more than 50 lakh.

The success of PPP in some cities has been the reason for the new policy initiative, even though Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan had opposed private participation. He had cited the problems faced by Delhi Metro with Reliance Infrastructure, the company operating the Airport line, a reason for not allowing PPP in this vital transport sector.

Moreover, Sreedharan believes that a public sector unit can perform better, if they are allowed similar concessions as being proposed for the private bidders. His objections have not found much ground with the commission, which has decided to pursue the PPP mode.

“For this the government plans to provide Rs 6,000 crore to the state governments in the next budget,” a senior government official said. An announcement in this regard is expected in the budget next Monday by Finance minister Pranab Mukerjee.

To provide further impetus to urban infrastructure, the government has decided to allocate about Rs 13,000 crore to the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. Most of the money will be provided to improve transport and urban facilities in smaller Indian cities, where there has been a growth in population due to migration.

Another urban sector scheme for the poor, the Rajiv Gandhi Awar Yojana is set to get Rs 1,000 crore to provide housing to urban poor. The scheme was launched recently following the success of a similar programme for rural India.

Patil, in her speech, said infrastructure was critical for development and a high level national transport policy committee has been set up to provide policy direction for an intergrated and sustainable transport development.

The emphasis on infrastructure and social sectors could result in the budget cuts for ministries such as environment and rural development.

New lines needed in Sealdah section

1)Ranaghat-Duttaphulia
2)Halishar-Bandel(this link was present in the British era,but for an unknown reason the link was stopped by E.R)
3)Link between S.E.R line and Sealdah E.R line via Majerhat.

Quadrupling & Doubling

1)Naihati-Ranaghat Quadrupling
2)4'th line between Naihati and Kankinara
3)Doubling of Ranaghat-Bongaon
4)Doubling of Ranaghat-Shantipur
5)Bandel-Katwa doubling(in progress but speed needs to be increased)
6)Howrah-Kharagpur quadrupling

New trains needed

1)Sealdah-Bethuadahari MEMU
2)More Sealdah-Ranaghat Locals
3)New trains between Purulia and Howrah at day time.
4)Sealdah-Bolpur Intercity
5)Sealdah-Baharampur Court Intercity
6)Sealdah-NJP Durnoto
7)More Burdwan locals from Sealdah(via Bandal and Dankuni).
8)More Katwa locals from Sealdah(galloping local).

I never heard such Halisahar-Bandel link, but link between Bajbaj & Bauria is very needed.

Also EMU service up to palashi (not up-to Bethuadahari) is urgently needed.

Express train to firozpur, mysore, bhavnagar, solapur, nanded etc. from Kolkata area is also on demand.

source: CNN-IBN

Nearly 1.5 crore people use the Indian railways everyday, but the rising number of tragedies on the tracks have exposed a stark reality.
Due to a severe crunch in security and safety staff, the Railways said that a zero accident scenario is impossible.
The questions on passenger security on trains raised after a tragedy in Kerala, in which a 23-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a ladies compartment of a running train in Thrissur. She tried to escape by jumping off the train and lost her life.

"We hardly see any police personnel in the passenger trains. At least if the women's compartment would be painted in a different colour, it would be easy for us to identify," said Jinu.

While Soumya's brutal death was a rude wake up call for the authorities, the passengers are still hoping that the Government will formulate a comprehensive plan to ensure their safety.

But could the presence of Railway Protection Force (RPF) prevent another gruesome tragedy? On February 2, 18 ITBP job seekers travelling on rooftop of a train were squashed by a low over bridge near Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

"Railway can't say it can't do...there has to be some continuous warning system," said SK Vij, Member Engineering, Railway Board.

But the fact is that Indian Railways is short of security and safety staff.

There is a shortage of 10,000 personnel of RPF. And of the total 90,000 vacancy of safety staffs, Railways needs 20,000 locomotive pilots and 50,000 trackmen.

2010 has been one of the worse years for the Indian Railways, in which 302 people were killed in 90 train accidents.

And every time the issue of safety comes up, focus shifts to Railways' most touted safety device - the anti-collision device. But the second phase trial of a modified anti collision device has started only in October 2010.

Another safety system - the Train Protection Warning System is still at the tendering stage, and despite welding of tracks there is an overall deterioration of infrastructure.

Because of these reasons the issue of passenger safety and security could well take a centre stage in budget 2011, or rather this should be Mamata's priority.

source: CNN-IBN

Nearly 1.5 crore people use the Indian railways everyday, but the rising number of tragedies on the tracks have exposed a stark reality.
Due to a severe crunch in security and safety staff, the Railways said that a zero accident scenario is impossible.
The questions on passenger security on trains raised after a tragedy in Kerala, in which a 23-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a ladies compartment of a running train in Thrissur. She tried to escape by jumping off the train and lost her life.

"We hardly see any police personnel in the passenger trains. At least if the women's compartment would be painted in a different colour, it would be easy for us to identify," said Jinu.

While Soumya's brutal death was a rude wake up call for the authorities, the passengers are still hoping that the Government will formulate a comprehensive plan to ensure their safety.

But could the presence of Railway Protection Force (RPF) prevent another gruesome tragedy? On February 2, 18 ITBP job seekers travelling on rooftop of a train were squashed by a low over bridge near Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

"Railway can't say it can't do...there has to be some continuous warning system," said SK Vij, Member Engineering, Railway Board.

But the fact is that Indian Railways is short of security and safety staff.

There is a shortage of 10,000 personnel of RPF. And of the total 90,000 vacancy of safety staffs, Railways needs 20,000 locomotive pilots and 50,000 trackmen.

2010 has been one of the worse years for the Indian Railways, in which 302 people were killed in 90 train accidents.

And every time the issue of safety comes up, focus shifts to Railways' most touted safety device - the anti-collision device. But the second phase trial of a modified anti collision device has started only in October 2010.

Another safety system - the Train Protection Warning System is still at the tendering stage, and despite welding of tracks there is an overall deterioration of infrastructure.

Because of these reasons the issue of passenger safety and security could well take a centre stage in budget 2011, or rather this should be Mamata's priority.



I too support your opinion. There is irresponsible attitudes from railway authorities. The words of Trivandrum Railway Divisional Manager shows this. He says railway has no responsibility on the security of passenger. So who will care about passenger?:bash:

I never heard such Halisahar-Bandel link

This link was present in the British era,but I'm not 100% sure,because I have heard this from my father and other persons.


Also EMU service up to palashi (not up-to Bethuadahari) is urgently needed.


EMU service is not possible because the platforms are low level and the distance is more than 150 km(158 km from sealdah).MEMU service is needed very much,also doubling is need very much.

Bolangir-Khurda railway line development demanded

People irrespective of party affiliation staged a dharna in front of headquarter of East Coast Railway on Tuesday demanding expeditious development of much-awaited Bolangir-Khurda Road railway line.

Sanction of funds

“Almost all the problems in land acquisition for Bolangir-Khurda Road railway line have been sorted out. Yet Indian Railways could not spend Rs. 100 crore last year,” said Rudra Madhab Ray, Member of Parliament from Kandhamal.

He demanded sanction of Rs. 400 crore in railway budget for 2011-12 for construction up to Kuanria from 36 km to 112 km and simultaneous development should be undertaken from Bolangir side.

Speaking on the occasion, veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) Shivaji Patnaik said, “the construction for the project started way back in 1994. After 17 years, not even 36 km of line is developed.”

Mr. Patnaik said the proposed 289 km-railway line was considered to be crucial for development of downtrodden people of districts like Bolangir, Khurda, Sonepur, Boudh, Kandhamal and Nayagarh.

Even though the project was accorded priority sector recently, the pace of work was not satisfactory, he said.

Biswanath Mohapatra of Nayagarh Action Committee, Bhabanish Satpathy and Rajendra Panda of Khurda Road Action Committee participated in the dharna. The Hindu

Grim view of railway finances

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/144141/success-story-over-railways-in-a-financial-mess.html

Mamata may go for a poll centric Railway budget


Maneesh Pandey | New Delhi, February 24, 2011 | Updated 08:11 IST

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Railways bankrupt under Mamata Rlys say no to anti-fog devices 250 new trains in rly budget Rlys' world-class stn plan fails I want see the progress of rlys: Mamata PM for white paper on railways The railway Budget on Friday could actually be a carbon copy of Mamata Banerjee's election manifesto for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls. The strategy to project Mamata, the railway minister and Trinamool Congress chief, as the next chief minister of West Bengal was very much reflected in her previous Budget. She announced over 120 projects exclusively for her home state.


Click here to EnlargeThese included 16 infrastructure projects on the public-private partnership model. This was a ploy to invite investments and improve job prospects in the Left-ruled state that her party wants to rule. "For these almost 120 projects and schemes announced, she was herself present for 56 ribbon-cutting and foundation stone laying ceremonies. Besides, she has attended political rallies, promising jobs and opening up new battlefronts against the ruling CPM. The rail ministry has only given her the right handle to woo the electorate," a Railway Board official said.

This year, a bigger Bengal bonanza is in the offing, especially since the Budget almost coincides with the announcement of the poll dates - expected on March 1. The Budget, therefore, becomes the last major platform to announce schemes and projects to attract voters.

"It would be all roads to Bengal. With a blanket ban on fare hike, like in the last few years under her rule, and more new trains, new lines, schemes and projects for the state, expecting anything else will be a futile exercise," another senior Railway Board member said.


Click here to EnlargeMamata's populist agenda this year could include the North-East too because of the "closer home" sympathy. She had announced some big projects for Sikkim in the 2010 Budget. Given her soaring popularity in the eastern region, including the North-East, the ministry serves as the perfect vehicle to make inroads into the "neglected north-eastern states".

She has been trying to extend her political influence to north Bengal, which suits her mentor and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's political agenda as well. She has visited the region about four or five times over the past few months and had promised new connectivity between Bengal and the neighbouring north-eastern states. It is learnt that she has opened Trinamool Congress offices in Arunachal, Manipur and Assam. A plan to open one in Tripura is underway and all this fits in with her plan to earn her party the national tag. Don't be surprised if she announces short-distance cityto-city connectivity for north-eastern towns," a railway official said.

But can the railways afford her "populist agenda" and her penchant for flagging off trains without a single rupee hike in fares? Hardly, said the officials, because the minister's populist programmes were already hitting the railways' core competence, including transportation and execution of key infrastructure projects for quality travel - be it modified By Maneesh Pandey in New Delhi seating coaches, high-capacity corridors for fast connectivity or provision of security cover onboard.

"Populist politics has taken precedence over realistic vision. By promoting unrealistic projects beyond our means and capacity, our core competence has been badly affected. We have no money for these fancy schemes that she announces at will. What is the guarantee that all her proposed plans will get the allocation from the finance ministry?" a senior officer asked.

Rail Bhavan officials are frustrated with the minister's obsession with Bengal that ensures that she attends office only for four to five days in a month.

For the rest, she is stationed in her home state. "She is hardly here," a top Rail Bhavan official said. Besides, the fanciful Bengal-focused projects are already a burden on the cash-starved department. The railways' earnings have hit an all-time low and the operating ratio (profit indicator) has touched 96 per cent, which means that its profits are below five per cent, leaving little to invest in any project and procurement for passenger amenities.

There is little movement forward on key projects - the dedicated freight corridor, the worldclass stations, the Jammu and Kashmir rail project and the high-speed passenger corridors. Her own ambitious Vision 2020 has also taken a backseat because of financial bungling. Clearly, Mamata's political ambitions rather than a comprehensive vision for the railways will frame her Budget.

The railways' mismanagement came to the fore on Wednesday when the Delhi High Court asked the ministry to file its response to a PIL alleging the quality of food provided to commuters. The PIL alleged that the railways had failed to remove the contractors who were defaulters and had caused revenue loss. "Is it your governance? The petitioner has questioned your fiscal policy. Your officers are protecting their own people in the catering service," a division bench of chief justice Dipak Misra and justice Sanjiv Khanna said.

Apart from corruption, PM Manmohan Singh would have done better to list willful incompetence as a "no go" area as compulsions of coalition politics.

:ohno:

Karnataka announces Rs. 478 cores for its Railway Projects in the State in its Budget 2011-12

According to the sources Karnataka will get this Trains & New Lines

New Trains:-
Trivandrum - Mangalore Express (daily)
Pune - Mysore AC Express (daily)
Indore - Bangalore Express (bi weekly)
Tirupati - Hubli Intercity Express (daily)
Hubli - Ernakulam (Passenger)

New Lines
Sholapur - Gadag
Kottur - Harihara
Shimoga – Talaguppa

According to the sources 100 New Trains will be announced in Rail Budget 2011-12

According to the sources 100 New Trains will be announced in Rail Budget 2011-12
out of that 80 will run to WB..:bash:

^^ Hey when South gets flights to the middle east does anyone complain? :runaway:
:jk:

out of that 80 will run to WB..:bash:

don't worry she will start the trains from WB and end them in other States :):):)
any how u will get one end :cheers:

you never know. It might end up in the state itself.
Kol-Digha, Kol-NJP, Kol-Durgapur, Kol-Asansol :lol:

you never know. It might end up in the state itself.
Kol-Digha, Kol-NJP, Kol-Durgapur, Kol-Asansol :lol:

20 to 30% trains may end their itself but not all any how hope for the best

Rail Budget to be passenger-friendly, says Mamata

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the Rail Budget 2011-12 will be a "passenger-friendly budget" dedicated to the common man of the country.

Without revealing any budget details, she said: "It will be people-friendly, passenger-friendly and country- friendly budget."

Speculations are rife that the budget may see some marginal increase in upper class AC fare with sleeper class fare remaining untouched.

Keeping the passengers' complaints in mind, the budget is likely to propose a slew of passenger-friendly measures like setting up of more Janahaar outlets at stations to provide quality food at reasonable rates.

The budget could also find mention of mega base kitchens in the metros preparing 50,000 to 1 lakh meals per day for train passengers. This would be managed by railway itself as per the new catering policy, sources said.

The budget could also announce launching off a new SMS-based service to lodge complaints against rail service by passengers.

In order to provide clean linens to passengers, Railways are likley to announce setting up of mechanized laundry service at zonal levels.

The Rail Budget is likley to announce introduction of about 100 new trains including a dozen super fast Durontos.

The Budget comes at a time when the Railways are facing financial crunch with its operating ratio inching close to 100 level mark. "So there will be a few measures for generation of more internal resources," sources said.

Mamata, facing Assembly elections in West Bengal in two months, could also announce a slew of projects for her state, including a rail link connecting the busy Howrah and Sealdah stations running through the densely populated central districts of Kolkata.

In order to promote cultural activities, Railways are also planning to construct auditorium in Kharagpur, Jalpaiguri and Jabalpur.

Catering to the student community, she could also announce running of student special trains keeping in mind the travel requirement during examinations and trains with only bookings under Tatkal scheme.


Source:- NDTV

Mamata set to present her 5th Rail Budget

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to present her fifth Railway Budget on Friday amid concerns over poor progress of large projects and the financial health of the world's second largest rail network under one management.

The Budget is expected to announce new measures to double the network of multiple tracks to 30,000 km. But the ensuing elections in West Bengal will tie down her arms on fare hikes.

Experts concede that all new trains Banerjee promised in her two previous Budgets for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been flagged off. Banerjee had announced 122 new trains in 2009-10 and 54 more a year later.

But the financial health of Railways has emerged as a big question mark. Banerjee’s predecessor Lalu Prasad had dramatically turnaround the Indian Railways.

"For the first time in the history of India, today the minister of railways has achieved the impossible -- she actually made the railways bankrupt," Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said in New Delhi.

The share of Indian Railways in movement of goods, vis a vis truckers, has fallen from 24.07 per cent in 2001-02 to 20.89 per cent in 2008-09 and further to around 19 per cent last fiscal. But officials maintain that progress is being made.

"Work for all the projects, for which the minister had laid the foundation stone or inaugurated, has started and it will be completed within the stipulated timeframe…But as the projects are being executed by several agencies or under the public-private partnership model, it is not possible for us to provide progress report of every specific project in detail immediately," said a spokesperson for Southern Railways.

Indian Railways has a network of 64,099 km and it transports 18.9 million passengers on 7,000 trains daily from 6,906 stations. It also runs 4,000 freight trains that carry 850 million tonnes of cargo.

Source:- NDTV

West Bengal Minister demands new railway line

Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Anisur Rahaman said, "This line from Krishnagar to Jiagunj via Chapra, Tehatta, Karimpur, Gopalpur, Jalangi and Raninagar will cover two districts and four sub-divisions benefiting millions of people if the Railway Ministry agrees to the proposal and implement it."

Source: CNNIBN

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90 trains, no hike in fares, mega-kitchen

Grand announcements — with special emphasis on West Bengal — can be expected from Mamataa Banerjee in her Rail Budget on Friday. Grand because it will probably be her last budget in this tenure, as Banerjee hopes to be in the Bengal hot seat after Assembly elections in April. On Thursday, giving f inal touches to her budget, Banerjee said it will be “passenger-friendly” and dedicated to the common man of the country.

Launching the unique concept of ‘tatkal trains’, the minister is expected to introduce a record number of 90 trains, including several Durantos. She is also likely to announce the change in frequency of an estimated 150 other trains.

‘Tatkal trains’ will be special trains that will be run at peak festive periods to cope with the rush of passenger traffic.

Banerjee, who wants leave on a high, is expected to announce plans to set up mega-kitchens in four metropolitan cities, including Kolkata, as part of a revamp of catering services.

She has been aspiring to present an enhanced plan outlay for 2011-12. With gross earnings likely to reach Rs96,000 cr this fiscal, the railways had proposed a plan outlay of Rs63,400 cr while seeking an additional assistance of Rs40,000 cr. Approximately, Rs16,000 cr of the additional assistance is proposed for safety works.

Banerjee’s speech is likely to be laced with other “pro-people” announcements. No hikes in passenger fares, plans to set up medical colleges on vacant railway land at five locations under the PPP mode. One of these will be at Kharagpur in Bengal; Lucknow, Secundrabad, Chennai and Guwahati will be the other locations, sources said. Booty for Bengal New Durantos likely to be introduced will probably be on the Howrah-Chennai and Howrah-Guwahati routes

Frequency of existing Howrah-Delhi, Howrah-Jaswantpur (Bangalore) and Howrah-Mumbai Durantos is likely to be changed from the present tri-weekly to a daily schedule.

Setting up of a coach terminal at Majerhat Plans to set up a unit to manufacture green toilets at Haldia

Delhi’s wishlist: New terminals, better amenities, local trains

Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN, Feb 25, 2011, 06.34am IST
DELHI: Delhiites are expecting that railway minister Mamata Banerjee , while presenting the rail budget on Friday, will announce some big projects for the capital like the completion of the second phase of Anand Vihar terminal and construction of a worldclass terminal at Holambi Kalan. They think emphasis should be on providing better amenities at the stations like a better announcement system, proper canteen at the New Delhi railway station and introduction of more local trains on Shamli and Palwal routes rather than just concentrating on express trains.

Delhi division of Northern Railway is hoping that Mamata will address major projects like the mega railway terminal coming up at Anand Vihar and the next phase of modernization of the New Delhi railway station . "We have upgraded the entries on Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj sides and have completed installing scanners at the New Delhi railway station. We want to install more escalators on the platforms. The waiting lounge and the two new platforms at the New Delhi railway station are already in operation.

However, a lot of work on the new building on the Ajmeri side is yet to be commissioned. The Anand Vihar terminal is likely to become busier in the next one-and-a-half months as it will start handling 14 trains,'' said a senior official at the Baroda House, headquarter of Northern Railway. Among the other big ticket projects are the laying of the fifth and sixth line from Sahibabad to New Delhi ; the stretch between Sahibabad and Anand Vihar is almost over.

Other projects include the expansion of the Minto Road bridge. "The expansion plan has now been sanctioned by the ASI.

With proper budgetary allocation , we hope to complete the work by next year,'' said a senior engineer of Northern Railway. According to Northern Railway sources, the construction work on new terminals at Holambi Kalan, Bijwasan and Shakurbasti has finally picked up pace after land on which these terminals would come up was identified.

"Hopefully, the budget will allocate adequate funds so that constructions at these sites could begin in a phased manner,'' said an official.

According to Rail Bhavan, two of Mamata's most ambitious projects – the integrated security network using scanners and CCTVs and the tatkal trains – may also begin in the capital. `With major changes expected in the tatkal system, we might finally be able to drive out the touts,'' said an official at the New Delhi railway station.

The dedicated eastern freight corridor from Rewari to Dankuni and the survey for new railway lines from Meerut to Panipat and Rewari-Palwal-Khurja may also figure in the minister's speech.

cc: 24 ghanta

> a new coach terminal (either at Dankuni or Majherhat)
> 20 new Durontos
> a multi speciality hospital based on PPP model (Dankuni)
> a direct link between Howrah and Sealdah
> Express trains: Howrah - Puducherry, Howrah - Rameshswaram

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it begins to shower kolkata and west bengal:
New initiatives: A coach factory in J&K
# 12:20 : Mamata announced that a metro coach factory in Kolkata :banana:

Budget Highlights

700 mw captive gas-based power plant for railways

New railway line capacity to be raised to 700 km

Railways to set up a bridge factory in J&K considering need for large number of bridges on railway projects in the state; diesel locomotive industry to be setup at Manipur

Metro coaches factory in Singur

Railways will set up a railway factory in Jammu & Kashmir

1st coach from the Rae Bareilley Rail coach factory will be out in next 3 months

Three more railway zones to have anti-collusion device. This will further reduce the rail accident

Number of trains increased from 16100 last year to 18000 this year

Special incentives for states that run trouble-free railways



Source: CNNIBN

Budget Highlights

Track-machine industry to be set up in Uluberia in West Bengal.

Multi-purpose smart card for passengers on travelling long distance to be introduced

Railways announces 2011 as the 'Year of Green Energy.'

Railways introduces 'Go India' smart cards for long dictance travel

Charges for ticket booking will be reduced; ticket booking to be
cheaper by Rs 10 for AC and Rs 5 for non AC

Metropolitan projects: Kolkata Metro expanding its network

34 new services for Kolkata Metro

To set up two more wagon units in Kerala

To set up coach factory in Palaghat

AC Duronto Allahabad-Mumbai, Sealdah-Puri, Mumbai Central-New Delhi

Ac Duronto: Ahmedabad-Rohtak

47 additional services on Mumbai suburban section

50 new services of Integrated sub urban railway services to Kolkata

To introduce 56 new express trains

Double-stack container train from Gujarat to Gurgaon

Three new Shatabdi trains on Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi routes





Source:- CNNIBN

del

Another visionless budget by a dumb Minister. We are condemned to these stupid budgets by ministers who don't understand the magnitude of the problems and what needs to be done. Why do we have this freaking social agenda in every ministry. Social programs should be shifted to the national ID program and the subsidies can be targeted much better to those who actually need this assistance. Railways should be run on a commercial basis.

Indian Railways is perhaps the worst run system in the world. Every country has upgraded their railways by leaps and bounds. I don't want to mention China as an example.

Most of trains are junk, badly maintained dabbas. The railway stations look even worse, relics of a bygone era, poorly maintained ramshackles. Major cities require a modern airport like facility, something along the lines of Delhi's new T3. Average Train speeds should be 2x or 3x. We don't need more trains. Instead fast major city to major city trains, like golden quad type. Feeder trains can ferry passengers from minor cities/towns to the major cities.

I watched a discussion amongst ex-railway board members. They seem to say that infrastructure needs to be improved tenfold, they want private companies like tatas and L&T to create these infras. 2/3 of the trains are passengers trains fetching 1/3 the revenue whilst the 1/3 freight brings in 2/3 revenues. People are willing to pay more if they get better facilities and features. Prescribing uniform low fares with terrible infras and rickety trains is not the answer.

Simply heaping goodies on one state viz W. Bengal is retarded. Only God can help India from these bozo ministers.

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Gauge Conversion to be Taken up in Six Routes

Following new gauge conversion works are proposed to be taken up in the Railway Budget for 2011-12 presented in the Lok Sabha today by the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee:



1. Baraigram-Dulabchera
2. Shapur-Saradiya
3. Karimganj-Mahisasan
4. Mehsana-Taranga Hill
5. Lucknow-Pilibhit via Sitapur, Mailani
6. Miyagam-Dabhoi-Samlaya



The following surveys for gauge conversion are proposed to be taken up in 2011-12:



i. Gwalior-Degond

ii. Katosan Bahucharaji-Ranuj

iii. Hapa-Dahisar

iv. Veraval-Dhasa Jn via Talala-Visavadar-Khijadia


1000 Km Train Routes to be Electrified in 2011-12

Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee announced that 1000 km of three sections will be electrified during the ensuing financial year. The sections on which electrification work will be taken up are as follows:



1. Vizianagaram-Rayagada-Titlagarh-Raipur
2. Rosa-Sitapur-Burhwal
3. Alwar-Rewari



Besides this, feasibility study for the electrification of the following sections will be undertaken:



i. Ahmedabad-Palanpur-Phulera-Ringus-Rewari-Delhi including Kandla/Mundra Port-Gandhidham-Bhildi-Palanpur and

ii. Amla-Chindwara-Kalumna



The Minister also informed that Railways would exceed the original XI Plan target of 3500 route-km of electrification.



DNM/VBA/AS

56 New Express Trains Announced

Following is the list of 56 new express trains proposed to be introduced in the Railway Budget for 2011-12 presented in the Lok Sabha today by the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee.



1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram
3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
4. Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola
5. Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat
6. Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur
7. Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur
9. Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra
10. Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
11. Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
12. Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
13. Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)
14. Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
15. Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)
16. Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota
18. Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
19. Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
21. Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)
22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
23. Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)
24. Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
25. Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
26. Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda
27. Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)
28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol
29. Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
30. Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
31. Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
32. Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)
33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
34. Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa
35. Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg
36. Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)
38. Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)
39. Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)
40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)
41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
44. Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam
45. Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
46. Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
47. Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)
48. Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia
49. Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
50. Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)
51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
52. Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)
53. Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
54. Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)
56. Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)



Nine Duronto Trains to be Introduced Frequency Increased for Five Duronto Trains



Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee has announced the introduction to nine new Duronto Trains across different regions of the country. The proposed Duronto Trains are:

i. Allahabad-Mumbai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

ii. Pune-Ahmedabad AC Duronto (tri-weekly)

iii. Sealdah-Puri non AC Duronto (tri-weekly)

iv. Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam AC Duronto (tri-weekly)

v. Madurai-Chennai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

vi. Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

vii. Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

viii. Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

ix. Shalimar-Patna Duronto (tri-weekly)



The frequency of following Duronto Trains have been increased:



i. Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto Express from 2 days to 4 days

ii. Mumbai-Ahmedabad Duronto Express from 3 days to daily

iii. Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express from 2 days to 5 days

iv. Nagpur-Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily

v. Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days



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Three New Shatabdi Trains & Two Double Decker AC Trains to be Introduced
Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee has announced that three Shatabdi Trains will be introduced in the ensuing Financial Year. These proposed new Shatabdis are: Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi.

The Minister also announced that two double decker AC services will be introduced on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.

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Indian Railway Budget 2011-12

Presented by Hon. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Feb 25, 2011

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Additional Suburban Services Announced

Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee has announced additional suburban services for Mumbai, Kolkata, Secunderabad, Chennai and Delhi with a view to further enhance the carrying capacity of suburban train services in these areas.

The additional services will be run on the Thane-Vashi, Thane-Panvel, Borivali-Virar, Andheri-Virar, Bandra-Virar and Churchgate-Borivali sections in Mumbai area. She also proposed to augment 107 suburban services in Mumbai area from the present 9 Car EMUs to 12 Car EMUs.

In Chennai area, nine additional services will be run on Chennai Beach-Gummidipundi, Gummidipundi-Chennai Central, Avadi-Chennai Beach, Chennai Central-Tiruvallur, Tiruvallur-Chennai Central. Chennai Beach-Tambaram is proposed to be extended to Chengalpattu.

The Minister also proposed 50 new services for Kolkata area to strengthen the suburban services. The areas where additional services will be run include Howrah-Uluberia, Howrah-Midnapur, Howrah-Kharagpur, Howrah-Singur, Howrah-Memari, Howrah-Barddhaman, Howrah-Haripal-Tarakeswar, Howrah-Kolaghat, Howrah-Sarupnagar, Sealdah-Canning/Jaynagar Majilpur, Sealdah-Kakdwip-Namkhana, Sealdah-Sonarpur, Sealdah-Baruipur-Diamond Harbour, Sealdah-Barasat-Hasnabad, Sealdah-Thakurnagar, Sealdah-Barasat-Bongaon, Sealdah-Naihati-Ranaghat-Gede, Sealdah-Shantipur-Krishnanagar, Sealdah-Kalyani, Sealdah-Barrackpore, Sealdah-Budge-Budge, Sealdah-Dankuni, Bongaon-Ranaghat-Shantipur, Howrah-Seorraphuli-Bandel and Sealdah-Basirhat. The Minister also proposed to introduce running of a peak time local to BBD Bagh from Bongaon/Krishnanagar. Two non-stop trains between Bardhaman & Howrah have also been proposed.

The Railway Minister also proposed ten additional services in Secunderabad area. The additional services will be run on Falaknuma-Lingampalli, Lingampalli-Hyderabad and Hyderabad-Falaknuma sections. Besides this, the Minister announced that 83 suburban services in Secunderabad area will be augmented from the present 6-car to 9-car services.

In Delhi area, the Minister proposed to run two additional services on Delhi-Ghaziabad section.


Integrated Suburban Railway Networks for Large Cities Rail Vikas Corporation to be Set up for Kolkata

The Railways have proposed to develop integrated suburban railway networks in large cities like Mumbai, bringing together suburban railway, metro railway and other rail infrastructure under a single integrated system. This will provide faster, efficient, affordable and comfortable transportation to the citizens. Stating this in the Railway Budget for 2011-12, the Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee, said here today that this concept will be introduced in those cities where suburban system exists, such as Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Chennai. She proposed to strengthen the suburban system of Hyderabad-Secunderabad by implementing six projects under MMTS Phase II.

In order to improve Kolkata’s suburban railway system, the Minister of Railways proposed to set up Kolkata Rail Vikas Corporation (KRVC) on the lines of Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), which will raise funds through banks and other financial institutions, Municipal Corporation and other stakeholders. She said that similar corporations can be considered for congested suburban systems in other states.



Special Tourist Trains Janam Bhoomi Gaurav to be Launched

Four special tourist trains “Janam Bhoomi Gaurav” will be launched to take forward the efforts of promoting Rail Tourism. Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee said that these special trains will connect important historical and educational places in various parts of the country. These proposed Janam Bhoomi Gaurav trains will run on the following routes:

1. Howrah-Bolpur-Rajgir (Nalanda)-Pataliputra (Patna)-Varanasi (Sarnath)-Gaya-Howrah
2. Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan (Space Facility, Belur, Halebid, Shravanbengola)-Hubli-Gadag(Hampi)-Bijapur (Gole Gumbaz)-Bangalore
3. Chennai-Puduchcheri-Tiruchichirappali-Madurai-Kanniyakumari-Thiruvananthpuram-Ernakulam-Chennai
4. Mumbai-Ahmedabad-(Lothal)-Bhavnagar (Palitana)-(Alang)-Gir-Diu (Somnath-Veraval)-(Junagarh)-Rajkot-Mumbai



Rajya Rani Express to Connect State Capitals With Important Cities of Those States

Several State capitals will now have direct trains (Rajya Rani Express) connecting them to important cities/towns in those States. Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee announced that ten such trains will be introduced in the ensuing Financial Year. These proposed new trains are:

1. Sawantwadi Road-Mumbai Express (daily)
2. Saharsa-Patna Intercity Express (daily)
3. Meerut-Lucknow Intercity Express (daily)
4. Mysore-Bangalore Express (daily)
5. Damoh-Bhopal Intercity Express (daily)
6. Silghat-Dhubri Intercity Express (tri-weekly via Guwahati-Kokrajhar-Jogighopa)
7. Bankura-Howrah Express (tri-weekly)
8. Nilambur Road-Thiruvananthapuram Link Express (daily)
9. Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar Express (tri-weekly)
10. Manmad-Mumbai Express (daily) via Nasik



Kavi Guru Express & Vivek Express Trains to be Launched to Mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore & Swami Vivekananda

To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindranath Tagore this year, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee has announced the introduction of Kavi Guru Express Trains to pay homage to the great poet. Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Railway Minister said that Kavi Guru Express Trains will run on the following routes:

1. Howrah-Azimganj Express (daily) via Sagardighi
2. Guwahati-Jaipur Express (weekly) via Kasganj-Faizabad-Gorakhpur-Kokrajhar
3. Howrah-Bolpur Express (daily)
4. Howrah-Porbander Express (weekly)

The Minister also announced that the new trains called “Vivek Express” will be introduced to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which will be celebrated in 2013. The first four such trains will be introduced on the following routes:

1. Dibrugarh-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari Express (weekly) via Kokrajhar
2. Dwarka-Tuticorin Express (weekly) via Wadi
3. Howrah-Mangalore Express (weekly) via Palghat
4. Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi Express (weekly) via Marwar-Degana-Ratangarh-Jakhal-Ludhiana



Extension of Existing Trains

In the Railway Budget 2011-12, the run of the following trains have been proposed to be extended :

1. Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102)
2. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express to Delhi (11103/11104)
3. Udaipur-Gwalior Express to Khajuraho (12965/12966)
4. Solapur-Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)
5. Jabalpur-Nagpur Express to Amravati (12159/12160)
6. Nizamuddin-Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur (12211/12212)
7. Jammu Tawi-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur (12491/12492)
8. Lucknow-Allahabad Express to Vindhyachal (14209/14210)
9. Chandigarh-Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Ajmer (12983/12984)
10. Indore-Ajmer Express to Jaipur (19655/19656)
11. Lucknow-Saharanpur Express to Chandigarh (15011/15012)
12. Chennai Egmore-Nagore Express to Karaikal (16175/16176)
13. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18509/18510)
14. Sambalpur-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18309/18310)
15. Mysore-Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)
16. Valsad-Vadodara Express to Dahod (12929/12930)
17. Surat-Bhavnagar Express to Mahuva (19025.19026)
18. Sultanpur-Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (19603/19604)
19. Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri (19601/19602)
20. Mumbai-Allahabad Express to Faizabad via Jaunpur, Shahganj (12563/12564)
21. Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)
22. Saharanpur-Delhi to Farukh Nagar (14546/14545)
23. Lucknow-Bhopal Express to Pratapgarh (12183/12184)
24. Delhi-Shahjahanpur Passenger to Sitapur Cantt. (54075/54076)
25. Moradabad-Chandausi Passenger to Bareilly (54311/54312)
26. Hajipur-Phulwaria Passenger to Bathua Bazar (55221/55222)
27. Hajipur-Thawe Passenger to Kaptanganj (55007/55008)
28. Nagercoil-Thiruvanthapuram Passenger to Kochuvelli (56318/56317)
29. Hyderabad-Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)
30. Hubli-Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)
31. Nagda-Kota Passenger to Ratlam (59803/59802)
32. Ambala-Una DEMU to Amb Andaura (74991/74992)
33. Ambala-Amritsar DEMU to Kurukshetra (74645/74646)




Introduction of New Passenger Services

the list of 13 new passenger trains proposed to be introduced in the Railway Budget for 2011-12 presented in the Lok Sabha today by the Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee:

1. Delhi-Garhi Harsaru –Farukhnagar Passenger (daily)
2. Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswr Fast Passenger (5 days a week)
3. Koraput – Bolangir – Sambalpur Passenger (daily)
4. Barkakhana-Dehri-on-Sone Passenger (daily)
5. Jodhpur-Hissar Fast Passenger (daily)
6. Tirupati – Guntakal Passenger (daily)
7. Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Passenger (6 days a week)
8. Bhuj-Palanpur Passenger (daily)
9. Silghat-Chaparmukh Passenger (daily)
10. Siliguri-Dinhata Passenger (daily)
11. Abohar-Fazilka Passenger (daily)
12. Bilaspur-Katni Passenger (daily)
13. Raipur-Korba Passenger (daily)

DEMU

Following new DEMU services will be introduced:


1. Gondia-Ballarshah
2. Vasai road-Diva
3. Ratlam-Neemuch
4. Ratlam-Chittaurgarh
5. Sealdah-Jangipur
6. Ahmedabad-Patan
7. Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet
8. Dharmapuri-Bangalore
9. Marikuppam-Bangarpet
10. New Jalpaiguri – Balurghat
11. Falaknuma-Medchhal
12. Mriyalguda-Nadikudi
13. Kacheguda-Raichur
14. Raichur-Gadwal
15. Radhikapur-New Jalpaiguri
16. Jalna-Nagarsol
17. Nizamabad-Secunderabad
18. Kacheguda-Mriyalguda
19. Baripada-Bangariposi
20. Sealdah-Bhagwangola-Lalgola
21. Kolar-Bangalore
22. Krishnanagar-Behrampore Court

MEMU

The following MEMU services will also be introduced:

1. Ranchi-Asansol
2. Ernakulam-Kollam (via Alappuzha)
3. Vasi Road-Panvel
4. Bangarpet-Koppam
5. Falaknuma-Bhongir
6. Midnapore-Jhargram
7. Kollam-Nagercoil
8. Jhargram-Purulia

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Presenting the Rail Budget 2011-12 in the parliament on Friday, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said the budget is dedicated to the common man of the country.

Highlights of Rail Budget 2011-12



· No hike in passenger fare and freight rates



· Highest ever Plan outlay of Rs 57,630 crore proposed for Railways



· Rs. 9,583 crore provided for new lines



· 1300 km new lines, 867 km doubling of lines and 1017 km gauge conversion targeted in 2011-12



· 56 new Express Trains, 3 new Shatabdis and 9 Duronto trains to be introduced



· AC Double Decker services on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes



· New Super AC Class to be introduced



· A new portal for e-ticketing to be launched shortly



· Booking charges will be cheaper with a charge of only Rs 10 for AC classes and Rs 5 for others



· Pan-India multi-purpose smart card 'Go India' to be introduced



· 236 more stations to be upgraded as Adarsh Stations



· 47 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 50 new suburban services proposed for Kolkata



· Two new passenger terminals in Kerala and one each in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal proposed



· Feasibility study to raise speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph to be undertaken



· A special package of two new trains and two projects for the states managing trouble free run of trains throughout the year



· Anti Collision Devise (ACD) sanctioned to cover 8 zonal railways



· GPS Based 'Fog Safe' Device to be deployed



· All unmanned level crossing up to 3000 to be eliminated



· All India Security Help line on a single number set up



· All state capitals in the North-East except Sikkim to be connected by Rail in next seven years



· A Bridge Factory in J & K and a state-of-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering is proposed at Jammu



· A Diesel Locomotive Centre will be set-up in Manipur



· A Centre of Excellence in Software at Darjeeling proposed under the aegis of CRIS



· Rail Industrial Parks at Jellingham and New Bongaigaon proposed



· Additional mechanised laundry units to be set up at Nagpur, Chandigarh and Bhopal



· 700 MW gas-based power plant to be set up at Thakurli in Maharashtra



· 18,000 Wagons to be procured during 2011-12



· A scheme for socially desirable projects, 'Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana' with non-lapsable fund proposed



· 10,000 shelter units proposed for track side dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis



· Concession to physically handicapped persons to be extended on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains



· Concession of 50 per cent to press correspondents with family increased to twice a year



· Senior Citizens concession to be hiked from 30 per cent to 40 per cent



· Medical facilities extended to dependent parents of the Railway employees



· Scholarship for girl child of Group-D railway employees increased to Rs 1200 per month



· 20 additional hostels for children of railway employees to be set up



· Recruitment for 1.75 lakh vacancies of Group 'C' and 'D' including to fill up backlog of SC/ST initiated, 16,000 ex-servicemen to be inducted by March 2011



· A separate sports cadre to be created



· 2011-12 declared 'Year of Green Energy' for Railways



· Freight loading of 993 MT and passenger growth of 6.4 per cent estimated for 2011-12



· Gross Traffic Receipts at Rs 1,06,239 crore, exceeding one lakh crore mark for the first time estimated



· Ordinary Working Expenses assessed at Rs 73,650 crore

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New Rail Lines

The process of laying new railway lines will be further accelerated during 2011-12. The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee, while presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 here today, expressed the confidence of exceeding a milestone of laying of 1,000 km of new lines during the year. She proposed to complete new lines sections covering 1,075 km during 2011-12. These sections are:

1. Admednagar-Narayandoh
2. Gokulnagar-Mayonapur
3. Dumka-Shikaripara
4. Biraul-Kusheshwarsthan
5. Koderma-Barhi-Hazaribagh-Mandu-Kuju
6. Runisaidpur-Jubbasani
7. Part of Talcher-Bimalgarh
8. Pandu Pindara-Bhaibwa
9. Bhind-Etawah
10. Bishnupur-Mahauri-Mashrakh
11. Bhatni-Chauria
12. New Mal Jn. To Changrabandha
13. Harmuti-Naharlagun
14. Namakkal-Karur
15. Angamalli-Kaladi
16. Raichur-Pandurangaswamy
17. Nossam-Banaganapalle
18. Devarakadra-Krishna
19. Kanivehalli-Chikmangalur
20. Hirisave-Shravanabelagola
21. Talpur-Arambagh
22. Banka-Karjhusa Halt
23. Ajimganj-Jiaganj
24. Part of Daniawan-Biharsharif
25. Part of Dhanawar-Giridih
26. Kosi Bridge
27. Morinda-Khamnano
28. Part of Udaipura-Mawai Fetehabad-Bah
29. Etawah-Mainpuri
30. Bathua Bazar-Panchdeori
31. Paniyahwa-Chhitauni
32. Part of New Coochbehar-Golakganj
33. Dausa-Deedwana
34. Walajah Road-Ranipet
35. Metpally-Armoor
36. Homnabad-Hallikhed
37. Banaganapalli-Nandyal
38. Deshpran-Nandigram
39. Sakrayapanta-Kanivehalli
40. Part of Lalitpur-Khajrao-Satna, Khajuraho-Mahoba & Rewa-Singraulli

The sections which have either been completed or will be completed during 2010-11 are as follows:

1. Chandurbazar-Narkhed
2. Deogarh-Dumka
3. Mandarhil-Hansdiha
4. Bhawanipatna-Junagarh
5. Barkakhana-Kuju
6. Nawadih-Dhanwar
7. Tarn Taran-Goindwal
8. Lalitpur-Udaipura
9. Maharajganj-Bishunpur Mahuari
10. Ajmer-Pushkar
11. Jagityal-Mortad
12. Khanapur-Homnabad
13. Salem-Namakkal
14. Ramaganjmandi-Jhalawar
15. Lonand-Phaltan
16. Rampurhat-Pirargarhia
17. Deoghar-Chandan
18. Khurda Road-Begunia
19. Phulwarisharif-Patliputra
20. Jhajjar-Rohtak
21. Abohar-Fazilka
22. Agra-Fatahabad-Bah
23. New Coochbehar-Golakganj
24. Nossam-Banaganapalli
25. Vishnupuram-Jahanpad
26. Gadwal-Pandurangswami Nagore-Karaikkal
27. Matnasibpur-Masagram

The Minister of Railways also informed the Lok Sabha that the Railways will meet the target of 800 km for Gauge Conversion during 2010-11. There are 15 sections which have either been completed or will be completed during 2010-11. For 2011-12 a target of 1,017 km has been fixed for Gauge Conversion.

She also said that the target for Doubling, which was fixed at 700 km, will also be met during 2010-11. Under this the work on 52 sections has been either completed or will be completed. For 2011-12, 35 sections covering 867 km are proposed to be doubled.

The Minister of Railways said that of the 251 updating surveys/new surveys for new lines/gauge conversion/doubling, which she had announced in the last two budgets, 12 surveys have been completed or will be completed by the end of this financial year. These lines will also be taken up in the 12th Plan.

mother of them all

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867 km are proposed to be doubled

1. Apta-Pen
2. Jirat-Guptipara
3. Chandpara-Bongaon
4. Dakshin Barasat-Lakshmikantapur
5. Chandrapur-Bhandaridih
6. Korukonda-Vizianagaram
7. Palwal-Ballabgarh
8. Jakhal-Mansa
9. Chauri Chaura-Baitalpur
10. Burhwal-Jhangirabad
11. Banas-Swarupganj
12. Manchiriyal-Mandamari
13. Gokulpur-Midnapur Doubling
14. Muri-Muri Outer with Bridge
15. Tikiapara-Santragachi
16. CPH-Bye pass
17. Ballakere-Birur
18. Vyara-Chinehpada
19. Kasu-Roha
20. Guptipara-Ambika Kalna
21. Ghutarisharif-Canning
22. Magrahat-Diamond Harbour
23. Jharsuguda-Rengali
24. Kottavalsa-Kantakapali
25. Tughlakabad-Faridabad
26. Domingarh-Sahjanwa
27. Baitalpur-Bhatni
28. Keshavganj-Sirohi
29. Part of Chengalpattu-Villupuram
30. Raghavapuram-Peddampet
31. Dumetra-Champajharan
32. Banspani-Jaroli
33. Kalumna-Nagpur
34. Maddur-Hanakere
35. Birur-Ajjampur

On Safety and Speed: The ex-railway board members recommend fencing and removing all unmanned crossing and converting all manned crossing as over rail / under rail bridges. Also fencing is required to prevent cattle migration across tracks. Another recommendation is to separate the freight from passenger, by building dedicated freight corridor. The current track can support upto 180 kmph. Some areas have poor soil and require some upgrades. Signaling also needs upgrades.

Most of railway manufacture by IR is ancient technology. Technicians weld panels and hand smooth the weld marks. This is the reason why fit and finish still looks like hand beaten utensil quality. Oddly welded parts designed by retarded coach designers is still the norm. Modern stamping / forging is not prevalent in the railways. The coaches are not dynamically balanced for high speed. Small imbalances causes excess vibration and noise. Even with German technology transfer, IR has not caught up with modern coach manufacture. Simple things like toilet sewage evacuation is still a stumbling block for the IR. Of course routine maintenance is still a bugaboo.

Our railway stations are yet to catch up to modern railway station standards. If we compare other countries to Indian railways you would want to puke at the railway station infrastructure.

cc: Press Release, Ministry of Railways

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee, has announced Sukhi Griha Scheme in the Railway budget speech for 2011-12.

Mamata Banerjee said poverty drives many people to live dangerously near railway tracks and often risk their lives. These dwellers also affect smooth movement of trains. She said the Railways has decided to give them small shelter through Sukhi Griha Scheme. The Minister said the scheme is being taken up on pilot basis to provide 10,000 dwelling units at Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli and other places.

She informed the Parliament that over four lakh disadvantaged citizens have benefited through the Izzat Scheme announced in 2009-10.

No Hike In Passenger Fare And Freight Rates



Highest Ever Plan Outlay Of Rs. 57,630 Crore Proposed



56 NEW EXPRESS TRAINS, 3 NEW SHATABDIS AND 9 DURONTO TRAINS TO BE INTRODUCED



A NEW E-TICKETING PORTAL WITH CHEAPER BOOKING CHARGES TO BE LAUNCHED



ANTI COLLISION DEVISE TO COVER EIGHT ZONAL RAILWAYS



ALL INDIA SECURITY HELPLINE ON A SINGLE NUMBER



10,000 SHELTER UNITS FOR TRACK SIDE DWELLERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED



‘PRADHAN MANTRI RAIL VIKAS YOJANA’ FOR SOICALLY DESIRABLE PROJECTS WITH NON-LAPSABLE FUND



SCHOLARSHIP FOR GIRL CHILD OF GROUP D EMPLOYEES INCREASED TO RS. 1200/-



GROSS TRAFFIC RECEIPTS TO CROSS THE MARK OF ONE LAKH CRORE









No hike in the passenger fare and freight rate has been proposed in the Railway Budget 2011-12. The Budget with highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 57,630 crore will have Rs. 9,583 crore for new railway lines and significant funds for passenger amenities.



Presenting the Railway Budget in Parliament today the Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee, announced a number of new initiatives including expansion of railway network, modernization of safety and security and welfare of railway employees.



Proposing highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 57,630 crore the Railway Minister said that it will be financed through Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs. 20,000 crore, diesel cess of Rs. 1,041 crore, internal resources of Rs. 14,219 crore and market borrowings of Rs. 20,594 crore. She said that external source of financing through Public Private Partnership (PPP), Wagon Investment Scheme (WIS) etc is expected to yield Rs. 1,776 crore.



Reiterating her commitment to the expansion of the rail network the Minister of Railways proposed an allocation of Rs. 9,583 crore for new lines, Rs. 5,406 crore for doubling the lines and Rs. 2,470 crore for gauge conversion projects. To overcome shortages in wagons, coaches and locomotives, Rs. 13,820 crore has been earmarked for acquisition of rolling stock. She proposed introduction of 56 new Express Trains, 3 new Shatabdis and 9 new Duronto Trains during 2011-12, besides 47 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 50 new suburban services for Kolkata. AC double-decker services will be introduced on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai. Services of 33 trains will be extended while frequency of 17 trains will be extended. 107 new line surveys will also be taken up during the year.



The Minister also proposed to set up additional mechanized laundry units at Nagpur, Chandhigarh and Bhopal for improving the quality of linen in trains and 700 MW gas-based power plant at Thakurli in Maharashtra for energy requirement of the Railways. She said that 18,000 Wagons will be procured during 2011-12 for better freight management.



As a unique initiative for the welfare of the poor the Minister proposed construction of 10,000 shelter units for track side dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis.



The Minister proposed extension of concessions for physically handicapped persons in Rajadhani and Shatabdi Trains. Now Press correspondents will also be entitled to avail 50 % concession with family twice in a year instead once in a year. At present the concession for senior citizens is extended to both men and women at 60 years of age, the Railway Minister proposed to reduce the age to 58 years in the case of women, besides increasing senior citizens concession from 30% to 40%.



Declaring that one of the main objectives of her ministry is to bring social revolution to rail connectivity, the Railway Minister proposed a non-lapsable fund for socially desirable projects under the name of ‘Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana’. She also proposed an increase of Rs. 771 crore to connect the underdeveloped areas of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra through rail network. A non-lapsable Fund for Railway projects in the northeast region has also been proposed and all the state capitals of the region except Sikkim will be connected by railway network in the next seven years.



Stating that safety is the first priority of the Railways, the Railway Minister said that Anti Collision device (ACD) will be deployed on more routes, now it will cover 8 zonal railways.



Expressing concern over loss of rail properties during various agitations in recent past, she announced that the States which will ensure trouble-free train running for the whole year will be awarded with two new trains and two projects as a special package.



Declaring 2011-12 as a ‘Year of Green Energy’ for Railways the Minister proposed free supply of 14 lakh CFLs to railway households, increase use of solar energy at LC gates, stations etc., use of bio-diesel, CNG and LNG in locomotives.



Highlighting the efforts being made to improve the amenities and to provide better experience to the passengers at stations the Minister said that 236 more stations will be upgraded as Adarsh Stations. A Multi-purpose pan-India smart card “Go India” will be introduced very soon to provide single window package for seamlessly pay for tickets for long distance, suburban, metro traveling. The passengers can use this card at booking counters, vending machines, internet etc. Besides this a new portal for e-ticketing will be launched shortly. Booking of tickets through this portal would be cheaper with a charge of only Rs. 10 for AC classes and Rs. 5 for others. The Minister also proposed a new Super AC class of travel with improved comfort and features and more exclusively. A feasibility study would be undertaken to increase the speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph with the help from Japan, she said.



Announcing the measures for the welfare of railway employees, the Minister proposed extension of medical facilities to dependent parents, increase in the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group ‘D’ employees to Rs. 1,200 per month for higher education, 20 new hostels for children of railway employees and restructuring of all the cadres to provide adequate promotional opportunities. She also proposed a separate sports cadre for railway employees.



Highlighting the efforts being made for the recruitment of staff in railway the Minister said that 1.75 lakh posts in Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ are being filled up and steps have been taken to fill up about 13,000 posts in Railway Protection Force. These mega recruitment drives will cover the backlog of SC/ST/physically handicapped quota. She also announced that the railways is inducting 16,000 ex-servicemen by end of March 2011.



Stating that the Indian Railways is passing through difficult financial phase she said that, 6th Pay Commission’s Recommendations have heavily impacted internal resource generation of the Railways. Disruption of train movements during 2010-11 resulted in a loss of about Rs.1,500 crore and another Rs. 2000 crore due to the ban on export of iron ore. As a result, the loading target had to be reduced by 20 million tonnes to 924 million tonnes. However, in the revised estimates, goods earnings have been retained at the budget level based on trends of higher yield per Net Tonne Kilometer (NTKM). The total gross earnings have now been fixed at Rs. 94,742 crore which is Rs. 177 crore higher than the budget. With the reduced traffic suspense clearance of Rs. 98 crore , Gross Traffic Receipts is higher than the budget target by Rs. 75 crore at Rs. 94,840 crore.



On the basis of freight traffic projection of 993 million tonnes and passenger growth of 6.4% the Minister said that the Gross Traffic Receipts are estimated at Rs. 1,06,239 crore during 2010-11 which will cross the one lakh crore mark for the first time. While Working Expenses are estimated at Rs. 96,450 crore.

Press Release, Ministry of Railways

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has announced in the Parliament today that the recent trials with an improved version of Anti Collision Device (ACD) have met with success and it will be commissioned on three zonal railways, Southern, South Central and South Western Railways. She said considering the successful trials, the Ministry has decided to extend this device to Eastern, East Coast, East Central and South Eastern Railways. The Minister said with this the Railways will have covered eight of the 17 zonal railways for the implementation of ACD.

Mamata Banerjee said a GPS based ‘Fog Safe’ device has been deployed and this year, Railways have handled the foggy weather without any untoward incident.

Referring to the incidents at unmanned level crossings, the Minister said the number of incidents have come down by 36% with the elimination of 1500 unmanned crossings, construction of 172 Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) and 240 Railway Under Bridges (RUBs)/subways. She said the Railways has lowered the eligibility criteria for manning from 6,000 TVUs to 3,000 TVUs. The Minister said efforts will be intensified in the coming year by eliminating the remaining eligible 2500 unmanned level crossings as well as construction of 200 ROBs and 325 RUBs/subways. Mamata Banerjee said any other crossing required to be eliminated will also be taken up for conversion.

sara bengal baki kangal :bash:

Ananth Kumar - MP

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has said that “Sanskriti Express”, a special exhibition train to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore is set to go on a cultural exchange programme to Bangladesh on an invitation by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. She said Sheikh Hasina has suggested ‘Sonar Tori’ as the name of the train and the suggestion has been accepted.

Sanskriti Express launched in May 2010 is showcasing artistic works, philosophy and teachings of Gurudev. The train has been moving across the country and has been visited by more than 24 lakh people in 18 States so far.

The Minister said that several other special exhibition trains such as “Mother Express”, a tribute to Mother Teresa on her birth centenary and “Aurobindo Express” have also been run to disseminate the message of these great personalities. In addition, running of “Vivekanada Express” will be extended for two years upto his 150th birth anniversary in 2013.

sara bengal baki kangal :bash:

Ananth Kumar - MP

:rofl:..this was expected as Bengal polls are round the corner, but 34 new Metro services was just too much!!!...i wonder how long will it take to complete the entire strech!!!

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee, has announced that out of 160 multi-functional complexes (MFCs), a few are completed and few are in the process of completion. She said that a special target to complete all the MFCs next year has been given. The Minister said that it is proposed to set up more MFCs with budget hotels at Bangarpet, Secunderabad, Amethi, Ramnagar, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kamakhya, Gaya, Rae Bareli, Deoghar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Vellore, Kanyakumari, Srinagar, Sasaram, Bhagalpur, Panipat, Bhuj, Anand, Arsikere, Birur, Neemach, Ratlam, Azamgarh, Ujjain, Adra, Midnapore, Tamluk, Purulia, Thakurnagar, Sagardighi, Jangipur, Bahrampur, Nabadwip, Kulti, Bolapur, Diamond Harbour, Naihati, Kanchrapara, Hajipur, Islampur and Rohtak.

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has informed the Parliament today that work on the new coach factory at Rae Bareli is progressing rapidly now. The Minister said the first coach is expected to be turned out from the new plant within the next three months.

Mamata Banerjee said work of setting up of a large number of rail-based factories/manufacturing projects are at different stages of progress and implementation. The works at New Jalpaiguri, Adra, Jellingham and Kulti have been taken up in collaboration with different PSUs.

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has announced that five polytechnics will be set up at Varanasi, Machlandpur, Vadodara, Bhilai and Hubli-Dharwad under Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The Minister said in Parliament today that this will contribute towards the national mission of skill development.

The Minister also said Railways will continue to strengthen the sports infrastructure and open more Sports Academies, Stadia and multi-purpose halls. Mamata Banerjee said it is also proposed to create a separate Sports Cadre so that aspirations of sports persons are fully met.

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee announced a number of measures for the welfare of Railway employees in her budget speech in Parliament today. They are as follows:-



1. Expand the scope of Liberalised Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for safety category staff by enhancing the existing criteria of grade pay from Rs. 1800/- to Rs. 1900/-

2. Considering the Indian family structure and values, extending medical facilities to both dependent father and mother of railway employees.

3. Increasing the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group ‘D’ employees to Rs.1200 per month for higher education.

4. Setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya Prabandhan Board (RVPB) to improve quality of education to children studying in 269 railway schools. The Board will draw up a plan for improving the physical and educational infrastructure of these schools to be implemented in a time frame of three years.

5. To provide 20 Road Medical Vans in remote and inaccessible areas for railway employees for easy access to medical facilities.

6. 20 hostels for children of railway employees have been commissioned and another 20 would be set up next year.

7. Undertaking of restructuring of all cadres in the Railways to afford adequate promotional opportunities to the officers and staff.

8. Recruitment process has already been set in motion for filling the vacancies of about 1.75 lakh in Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ posts. Steps have also been taken to fill up about 13,000 posts in Railway Protection Force. These mega recruitment drives will cover the backlog of SC/ST and physically handicapped quota.

9. For the first time, the Ministry is inducting 16,000 ex-servicemen by end of March 2011. More than 1200 ex-servicemen in Railway Protection Force are being recruited.

10. A Training centre is proposed to be started at Kharagpur to enhance skills of frontline staff in dealing with the customers. Multi-disciplinary training centres would be set up at Dharwad, Kolkata and Pune including an exclusive international centre at Agra. A new basic training centre at Kurseong is proposed to cater to the needs of North East Frontier Railway including Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway.

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee today announced the following measures to improve passenger amenities:



1. Introduction of a pan-India, multi-purpose “Go-India” smart card on a pilot basis. This will be one single window package for the passenger to seamlessly pay for tickets for long distance, suburban, metro etc. journeys. The card can be used in booking counters, vending machines and internet etc.

2. Two new coaching terminals at Nemam and Kottayam in Kerala, one in Mau Nath Bhanjan in Uttar Pradesh and another in Dankuni, West Bengal.

3. Better accessibility at stations for physically challenged customers.

4. Extension of Rail Yatri Sevaks with modern trolleys to six more stations: New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram.

5. A new portal for e-ticketing by Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) is ready and will be launched shortly. Booking of tickets through this portal would be cheaper with a charge of only Rs.10 for AC classes and Rs.5 for others.

6. Provision of internet access on Howrah-Rajdhani Express as a pilot project.

7. Extension of Train Management System to New Delhi, Bangalore, Secunderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow stations to provide information on running of trains.

8. Introduction of advance booking of retiring rooms.

9. Introduction of a new Super AC class of travel is proposed. The new class will provide improved comfort and features and more exclusivity.

2011 Railway Budget Highlights

• 56 new trains in 2011-12.
• 9 new Duronto trains will also be introduced.
• 3 new Shatabdi trains will be introduced
• 2 double decker AC trains will be introduced
• The frequency of 17 trains will be increased
• 4 special tourist trains

Proposed 56 New Trains

• Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
• Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram
• Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
• Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola
• Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat
• Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur
• Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
• Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur
• Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra
• Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
• Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
• Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
• Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)
• Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
• Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)
• Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
• Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota
• Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
• Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
• Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
• Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)
• Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
• Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)
• Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
• Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
• Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda
• Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)
• Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol
• Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
• Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
• Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
• Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)
• Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
• Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa
• Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg
• Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
• Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)
• Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)
• Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)
• Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)
• Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
• Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
• Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
• Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam
• Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
• Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
• Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)
• Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia
• Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
• Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)
• Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
• Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)
• Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
• Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
• Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)
• Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)


The proposed Duronto Trains are:

• i. Allahabad-Mumbai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

• ii. Pune-Ahmedabad AC Duronto (tri-weekly)

• iii. Sealdah-Puri non AC Duronto (tri-weekly)

• iv. Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam AC Duronto (tri-weekly)

• v. Madurai-Chennai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

• vi. Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

• vii.Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

• viii.Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC Duronto (bi-weekly)

• ix. Shalimar-Patna Duronto (tri-weekly)

The frequency of following Duronto Trains have been increased:

• i. Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto Express from 2 days to 4 days

• ii. Mumbai-Ahmedabad Duronto Express from 3 days to daily

• iii.Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express from 2 days to 5 days

• iv. Nagpur-Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily

• v. Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days
.

These proposed new Shatabdis are:

• Pune-Secunderabad,
• Jaipur-Agra
• Ludhiana-Delhi.

Two double decker AC services

• Jaipur-Delhi
• Ahmedabad-Mumbai

Special tourist trains

4 special tourist trains 'Janam Bhoomi Gaurav' will be launched to take forward the efforts of promoting rail tourism.

Special trains

Rajya Rani Express will connect state capitals with important cities of those states.
• Kavi Guru Express & Vivek Express Trains to be Launched to Mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore & Swami Vivekananda.

These proposed Janam Bhoomi Gaurav trains will run on the following routes:
• Howrah-Bolpur-Rajgir (Nalanda)-Pataliputra (Patna)-Varanasi (Sarnath)-Gaya-Howrah
• Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan (Space Facility, Belur, Halebid, Shravanbengola)-Hubli-Gadag(Hampi)-Bijapur (Gole Gumbaz)-Bangalore
• Chennai-Puduchcheri-Tiruchichirappali-Madurai-Kanniyakumari-Thiruvananthpuram-Ernakulam-Chennai
• Mumbai-Ahmedabad-(Lothal)-Bhavnagar (Palitana)-(Alang)-Gir-Diu (Somnath-Veraval)-(Junagarh)-Rajkot-Mumbai

Budget 2011-12

The Indian railways will set up a bridge factory in Jammu and Kashmir considering need for large number of bridges on railway projects in the state. The ministry will also establish a diesel locomotive plant in Manipur.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed to set up a metro coach factory near Singur in West Bengal.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed to set up a railway industrial park at Nandigram in West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee has proposed to set up a track machine plant in Uluberia, West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee has proposed to set up a 700 megawatt gas-based power plant at Thakurli in Maharashtra.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the year 2011 will be the year of green energy for the Indian Railways.

Indian Railways intends to make travelling easier for the poor of the country. Mamata Banerjee, says that the Izzat Ticket scheme has been a success. The poor can travel for up to 100 kilometres with Rs 25. The Railways will provide 10,000 shelters for the homeless.

Kolkata Metro, the only metro rail under the Indian Railways will expand its service and reach. Mamata Banerjee has announced 34 new services for Kolkata Metro.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee expects the revenue of the Indian Railways to exceed Rs 1 lakh crore.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed concessions for the physically handicapped on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains.

Mamata Banerjee has proposed a 50 per cent concession to media professionals and their families twice a year.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed development of integrated sub-urban railway network in Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced new Duronto trains between the following destinations: Allahabad-Mumbai, Pune-Ahmedabad, Sealdah (Kolkata)-Puri, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Mumbai-Chennai, Chennai-Trivandram, Mumbai-New Delhi, Jaipur-Delhi, Ahmedabad-Mumbai.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced new Shatabdi trains between Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra, Ludhiana-Delhi.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the decrease in age to be eligible for senior citizen concession for women from 60 years to 58 years.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed to increase the rate of concession in railway tickets for senior citizens to 40 per cent.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed to launch new double-decker air-conditioned trains to run on the Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced nine additional services for the Chennai sub-urban railway.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced 47 additional services for the Mumbai sub-urban railway.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the Indian Railways will recruit 16,000 ex-servicemen by March.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee did not announce any changes in the existing rates of passenger fares.

Source:- CNNIBN

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has announced that the pre-feasibility study for the western leg (Delhi-Mumbai) of the Golden Rail Corridor would start early next year. The Minister said in Parliament today that the study is being undertaken with the help from Japan with the objective of raising speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph. Mamata Banerjee said similar studies will be initiated for other corridors including Mumbai-Kolkata, Chennai-Bangalore, Delhi-Jaipur and Ahmedabad-Mumbai.

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has declared 2011-12 as the ‘Year of Green Energy’. Announcing this in Parliament today, the Minister listed some of the environment friendly measures taken by the Railways:



1. Free supply of 14 lakh CFLs to railway households and phasing out of incandescent lamps.
2. Regenerative braking in Mumbai EMUs.
3. Windmill at ICF, Chennai.
4. Production of locos with ‘hotel land converter’.
5. Increase use of solar energy at LC gates, stations etc.
6. Use of bio-diesel, CNG and LNG in locos, workshops etc.

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has spelt out the following measures to be taken to usher in latest technology in the Railways. Presenting the Rail Budget in Parliament today, the Minister said these measures will benefit the customers.



1. Based on the success of the pilot project of SIMRAN, jointly developed by IIT, Kanpur and RDSO, a Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) will provide reliable information on train running.



2. Collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur for using jute geo-textiles in embankment design.



3. A project with IIT, Chennai on prototype manufacture of ultrasonic systems.



4. Partnership with Jadavpur University for development of new designs for rail steel bridges.



5. A collaborative study with IIT, Mumbai on the problem of corrosion of rails.



6. The Centre for Railway Research (CRR), collaboration between IIT, Kharagpur and RDSO, has been sanctioned and is under implementation.



7. Centres of Excellence for development and prototyping various types of Mechatronics Systems at RCF/Kapurthala and DMW/Patiala.



8. E-procurement and e-auction to ensure transparency and economy.



9. Development of a comprehensive web-based data bank for land and asset management data base for optimum utilization of resources.



10. Issuing paperless railway receipts.



11. Extend web based system of allotment of iron ore rakes to coal traffic.



12. Run double-stack container trains from Gujarat ports to the major ICD at Gurgaon.

sara bengal baki kangal :bash:

Ananth Kumar - MP

we shall scrap all kolkata projects as soon as wb elections are over :banana: didi will resign as railway minister soon after state elections anyway, new railway minister will be muniyappa :cheers:

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee, has proposed some new initiatives to further expand rail-based industries in the Railway budget speech for 2011-12.

In Jammu & Kashmir, the Minister proposed to set up a Bridge Factory. She said the prestigious Jammu Kashmir rail link project involves a large number of bridges and her Ministry proposes to dedicate an industry for the people of J&K. The Minister said this industry will help in developing ancillary industries leading to employment generation in the area. Mamata. Banerjee also proposed to set up a state-of-the-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering at Jammu.

Mamata Banerjee said as per her announcement to set up a Coach Factory at Singur, land has not been made available by the State Government. However, the Minister said several landowners have volunteered to sell their land directly to the Railways. In order to fulfill the commitment, the Minister said she proposes to set up a metro coach factory on the land purchased from willing sellers at Singur/adjacent Polba.

Regarding the Northeast, the Minister said Imphal, the capital of Manipur, will soon be connected to the railway network. As an advance planning, the Ministry proposes to set up a diesel locomotive centre in Manipur. Mamata Banerjee also announced proposal to open a Centre of Excellence in software at Darjeeling under the aegis of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).

The Minister also proposed to set up two more wagon units under Joint Venture/Public Private Partnership mode, one each Kolar and Alappuzha, Kerala and one more at Buniadpur. Mamata Banerjee also proposed to pursue a joint venture between Railways and a partner to set up a manufacturing industry for the indigenous production of large on-track machines at Uluberia. She also proposed to set up a new track machine POH facility at the same place.

The Minister also announced setting up of a “Rail Industrial Park” at Jellingham. She said the proposed Park will be a cluster of diverse industrial units whose output will be consumed by the Railways. The Park will initially focus on high volume safety and vital components. The Minister said with this, the country shall make a beginning towards creating a global hub in India for the Railway industry. She said a unit to manufacture car steel bogies and couplers through a joint venture between Burn Standard Co. Ltd and SAIL has already been initiated in this Park. She also proposes to set up a Rail Industrial Park at New Bongaigaon.

To meet the electrical energy requirement of Railways which is growing rapidly with the expansion of the rail infrastructure and traffic, the Minister proposed to set up a 700 MW gas-based power plant at Thakurli in Maharashtra, depending upon the fuel being made available at economic cost. She said a captive thermal power plant of 1000 MW at Nabinagar is at an advance stage of construction. A second thermal power plant of 1,320 MW capacity at Adra is in process of being set up.

The Railway Minister also proposed to set up more mechanized laundries for improving the quality of linen in trains at Nagpur, Chandigarh and Bhopal, in addition to Wadibunder, Tikiyapara, Kamakhya, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Indore, Lucknow, Banaras, Samastipur, Sealdah, Tatanagar, Danapur, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Durg, Hatia, Chennai, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, where they are commissioned or are being set up. She said proposals for laundries at Vishakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Gwalior, Manduadih, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri, Jammu, Delhi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Tirupati, Ernakulum, Thiruvananthapuram, Hubli, Bengaluru, Yashwantpur, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Mau, Amethi and Kota are also under examination.

we shall scrap all kolkata projects as soon as wb elections are over :banana: didi will resign as railway minister soon after state elections anyway, new railway minister will be muniyappa :cheers:

I dont think that would be possible, coz she is merging the projects in the 12th 5-years plan!!!
And IMO after becoming CM she would transfer the seat to TMC MP as this is the t&cs she has given to Cong while making Coalition!!
Cong will give her priority because what cong couldn't do in 34 years, she/her party would be doing it, so SG would be lenient to her if they win Bengal Polls, if not then she would remain the CM and for next three years expect more sops for Bengal!!!
Even Pranab babu would do the same this time!!

Best comedy of Didi in the budget: :D

Madam, we will complete world class project in one year. I agree that we lag behind that, and I also appologise for that, but we will complete the world class station in one year.

:rofl:..this was expected as Bengal polls are round the corner, but 34 new Metro services was just too much!!!...i wonder how long will it take to complete the entire strech!!!

I think by 34 new metro services it is proposed that the frequency of metro services in the N-S stretch is increased and not 34 new lines :). That would be insane

Simply heaping goodies on one state viz W. Bengal is retarded. Only God can help India from these bozo ministers.

At least she hasn't stolen money like Raja that could be used for development work.

^^+100000...she is one of the Honest ministers in our Parl!...but cant say the same for her other party members!

we shall scrap all kolkata projects as soon as wb elections are over :banana: didi will resign as railway minister soon after state elections anyway, new railway minister will be muniyappa :cheers:

we will campaign against that. don't worry. :)

Bangalore has secured enough DRDO organizations that has contributed to the IT boom. Don't ask for the moon.

People are willing to pay more if they get better facilities and features.

are you sure?

I think by 34 new metro services it is proposed that the frequency of metro services in the N-S stretch is increased and not 34 new lines :). That would be insane

see the post relating to this that i have posted in Kolkata Metro thread. Around 8-9 new Metro routes have been declared other than the ones already inagurated by her!!
But how it becomes 34, even i couldnt make out. Even in Local News channels they are tickering '34 notun Metro porisheba'...:wallbash:

Is there any plan to use diposable toilets in Indian trains in this budget or the Trains will keep shitting on the tracks

we shall scrap all kolkata projects as soon as wb elections are over :banana: didi will resign as railway minister soon after state elections anyway, new railway minister will be muniyappa :cheers:

Looks like Didi presented the West Bengal Railway Budget... So when is Didi presenting the Indian Railway budget .....:lol:

Just joking... Though the budget has favoured West Bengal. A lot of trains though will start from West Bengal will however pass through many states.

I liked for the first time someone has also looked into North East as well.

Its good that Didi did something for her state compared to many ministers who are good for nothing and just forget thier states. :cheers:

^^Even J&K!!

Is there any plan to use diposable toilets in Indian trains in this budget or the Trains will keep shitting on the tracks

I dont think she has given attention to using Disposable loos, however this was to be introduced in Howrah-Dhanbad Double decker train, but none of them have yet been opened to public.

Reason: the train is too wide, and so its hitting the platform edges!!...the train developed many scratches during the first trial run!!!:nuts:

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Speech of Mamata Banerjee
introducing the Railway Budget 2011-12
25th February 2011
1. Madam Speaker, I rise to present before this august House the Revised
Estimates for 2010-11 and the estimated receipts and expenditure for 2011-12.
I deem it an honour to present the third Railway Budget under the kind guidance
of the hon'ble Prime Minister. I profusely thank the Finance Minster for his
continued support and encouragement to the railways.
2. As the hon’ble members are aware, the wheels of the railways continue to
move 24 hours, all 365 days. Railway’s services are comparable to emergency
services, required all the time. I am proud of the 14 lakh members of my
railway family, who toil day and night with unparalleled dedication. I am also
grateful to all passengers without whose cooperation and consideration, we
could not have run this vast system. I have also received unstinted support from
our two recognised federations and staff and officers’ associations.
3. Madam, rail transportation is vitally interlinked with the economic
development of the country. With the economy slated to grow at a rate of 8-9%,
it is imperative that the railways grow at an even faster pace. I see the railways
as an artery of this pulsating nation. Our lines touch the lives of humble people
in tiny villages, as they touch the lives of those in the bustling metropolises.
4. We are taking a two-pronged approach, scripted on the one hand, by a
sustainable, efficient and rapidly growing Indian Railways, and on the other, by
an acute sense of social responsibility towards the common people of this
nation. In this budget, we have attempted to combine a strong economic focus
with an equal emphasis on social inclusion with a human face.
5. Madam, while railways deliver on their promises, they are not good at
publicity. This House and the nation do not come to know of our achievements
or what we are doing.
Hum Aah Bhee Karte Hain Toh Ho Jaate Hain Badnaam
Woh Katl Bhee Karte Hain Toh Charcha Nahi Hota
6. We need a large heart and a large mind to undertake big works. With
every big work, our stature grows and our mind opens out to a larger vision.
During this year, we have met industry leaders, Chambers of Commerce and
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Industry to encourage investment in the specified areas of infrastructure,
rolling-stock or service provision. Railways will provide economic share to our
partners for such endeavours. With this objective, railways have developed
several business-oriented policies for the first time. Some of these policy
initiatives are:-
i. Railways’ Infrastructure for Industry Initiative (R3i)
ii. Private Freight Terminal (PFT)
iii. Special Freight Train Operators (SFTO)
iv. Automobile Freight Train Operators (AFTO)
v. Automobile and Ancillary Hubs
vi. Kisan Vision (Cold Chains)
vii. New Catering Policy
viii. Rail Connectivity to Coal and Iron ore mines (R2CI)
7. The response to the policies has been encouraging and 85 proposals have
already been received. We have set up a Single Window System under
Secretary, Railway Board to take these forward.
8. As the hon’ble members would agree, expansion of rail infrastructure
requires meticulous planning. Rising demand for coaches, locos and wagons
cannot be met immediately because their manufacture requires components
whose production has to be planned well in advance. Even some key material
and components for rolling stock are not readily available in the country and we
often have to depend on imports. As a result, supply of rolling stock has been
falling short of our requirements. Even now it is not available according to our
requirement. To meet the demand of passengers for more coaches, MEMUs,
DEMUs etc., we have decided to set up rail-based industries.
9. I appreciate that the demands of every hon’ble member and citizens are
genuine. It is their right and I fully understand. I would like to help them as
much as I could but for constraints of coaches, locomotives and line capacity.
Thus it is difficult to meet every individual demand. We have tried to meet
some of the demands collectively within the limited resources. I would like to
assure the House if we are positive, if we go according to Vision 2020, we can
meet the demand within a short period. I believe in positive approach and
action. As Swami Vivekananda said :
Strength is life and weakness is death.
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10. Madam, in the last two budgets, to meet the growing demand and to
create employment opportunities for the unemployed youth, I had announced
setting up of a large number of rail-based factories/manufacturing projects.
Work on all these projects are at different stages of progress and
implementation. The works at New Jalpaiguri, Adra, Jellingham and Kulti have
been taken up in collaboration with different PSUs. I thank SAIL, NTPC and
RINL for their cooperation and support. Other PSUs are also welcome to come
forward for such joint ventures.
11. Madam, I am happy to report that work on the new coach factory at Rae
Bareli is progressing rapidly now. The first coach is expected to be turned out
from the new plant within the next three months.
12. Railways have also been working on a number of projects involving longterm
supply contracts for locomotives, coaches and critical loco components at
Madhepura, Marhowra, Kanchrapara and Dankuni. Since these project models
are being attempted for the first time in the railways, it is necessary to carry out
due diligence. All these projects are progressing and a Core Group of officers is
working on these PPP/JV industries to take them forward.
13. Railways are already executing works either departmentally or through
PPP/JV at Budge Budge, Dankuni, Naopara, Anara, Tindharia, New Cooch
Behar, Kharagpur, Haldia, Guwahati and Kazipet. Work on the wagon factory
in Orissa will also be taken up once the site is finalized.
14. Work on ICF, Perambur’s second unit will start soon. We have decided
that whatever problems are there will be sorted out and we will set up the
Palakkad coach factory. Railways are interested to partner with Autocast and
SILK at Cherthala, for which business plan is being revised to bring it in line
with the current needs of the railways.
15. Madam, I am happy to inform that Burn Standard Company Limited and
Braithwaite Company Limited have been brought under the administrative
control of Ministry of Railways this year.
16. Madam, to further expand rail-based industries, I would now like to
mention some new initiatives.
17. The prestigious Jammu-Kashmir Rail Link project involves a large
number of bridges. I propose to dedicate an industry for our brothers and sisters
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of J&K, who are close to our heart. Therefore, railways will set up a Bridge
Factory in J&K, which is our heaven on earth. This industry will help in
developing ancillary industries leading to employment generation in the area. I
also propose to set up a state-of-the-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge
Engineering at Jammu.
18. As per my announcement to set up a coach factory at Singur, land has not
been made available by the state government. However, several landowners
have volunteered to sell their land directly to the railways. In order to fulfill this
commitment, I propose to set up a metro coach factory on the land purchased
from willing sellers at Singur/adjacent Polba.
19. Northeast is our priority area and receives government’s full support.
Imphal, the capital of Manipur will soon be connected to the railway network. I
have planned in advance. Therefore, I propose to set up a diesel locomotive
centre in Manipur.
20. Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is the professional IT
arm of Indian Railways. It is a nursery for development of software specialists
in the country. I propose to open a Centre of Excellence in software at
Darjeeling under the aegis of CRIS.
21. I propose to set up two more wagon units under JV/PPP mode, one each
at Kolar and Alappuzha, Kerala, and one more at Buniadpur.
22. A large number of small and medium size track machines have been
developed indigenously and are also being manufactured in India. I propose to
pursue a joint venture between railways and a partner to set up a
manufacturing industry for the indigenous production of large on-track
machines at Uluberia. I also propose to set up a new track machine POH
facility at the same place.
23. Madam, I am happy to announce setting up of a “Rail Industrial Park”
at Jellingham. This Park will be a cluster of diverse industrial units whose
output will be consumed by the railways. The Park will initially focus on high
volume safety and vital components. With this, we shall make a beginning
towards creating a global hub in India for the railway industry. A unit to
manufacture car steel bogies and couplers through a joint venture between Burn
Standard Co. Ltd. and SAIL has already been initiated in this Park. I also
propose to set up a Rail Industrial Park at New Bongaigaon.
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24. The electrical energy requirement of railways is growing rapidly with the
expansion of the rail infrastructure and traffic. A captive thermal power plant of
1,000 MW at Nabinagar is at an advance stage of construction. A second
thermal power plant of 1,320 MW capacity at Adra is in the process of being set
up. Depending upon the fuel being made available at economic cost, I propose
to set up a 700 MW gas-based power plant at Thakurli in Maharashtra.
25. I propose to set up more mechanized laundries for improving the quality
of linen in trains at Nagpur, Chandigarh and Bhopal, in addition to Wadibunder,
Tikiyapara, Kamakhya, Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Indore, Lucknow, Banaras,
Samastipur, Sealdah, Tatanagar, Danapur, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Durg, Hatia,
Chennai, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, where they are commissioned or are being
set up. Proposals for laundries at Vishakhapatnam, Bhubaneshwar, Puri,
Gwalior, Manduadih, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri, Jammu, Delhi,
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Tirupati, Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Hubli, Bengaluru,
Yashwantpur, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Mau, Amethi and Kota are also under
examination.
26. Madam, after having discussed the policy initiatives and rail-based
industries, I would now come to expansion of rail infrastructure.
27. For the first time ever, railways have framed Vision 2020, providing a
definite roadmap, both short-term and long-term, for the future. We intend to
go forward to achieve our goals with careful planning.
28. Madam Speaker, we had added only 10,677 km of new lines since
independence. I had announced an ambitious target of 1,000 km of new lines in
2010-11. This is in contrast to average addition of 180 km annually. In the
current year, we may do over 700 km, falling short of the target. But this would
be almost double of the highest ever performance in any single year. Unless we
set our targets high, we cannot realize the goals of Vision 2020. The hon’ble
members will be happy to know that railways will be achieving its target of 800
km for gauge conversion, 700 km for doubling and 1,000 km of electrification.
29. Railways’ efforts to provide dignity to the poor through the Izzat scheme
in 2009-10 have benefitted over four lakh disadvantaged citizens. They are now
able to travel to their workplaces with their heads held high. Poverty drives
many people to live dangerously near railway tracks and often risk their lives.
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Many perish every year. Their lives are very important to us. These dwellers
also affect smooth movement of trains. That is why we have decided to give
them small shelter through Sukhi Griha Scheme. This scheme is being taken
up on pilot basis to provide 10,000 dwelling units at Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri,
Tiruchirapalli and other places. This is our humble effort to help these dwellers.
Annual Plan 2011-12
30. Madam, the Annual Plan for the year 2011-12 has been proposed at
`57,630 cr which is the highest ever plan investment by the railways in a
single year. The Plan is proposed to be financed through GBS of `20,000 cr,
diesel cess of `1041 cr, internal resources of `14,219 cr, market borrowings of
`20,594 cr through Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), considering its
past excellent performance in the financial market. Normally IRFC raises
between `9,000-10,000 cr annually for leasing of rolling stock. Next year, an
additional amount of `10,000 cr will be raised through tax free bonds for
financing select capacity enhancement works. Railways will ensure servicing
this debt of tax-free bonds. Further, external source of financing through PPP,
WIS etc is expected to yield `1,776 cr.
31. Improving upon 2010-11, a greater thrust is being given to the expansion
of the rail network with a larger allocation of ` 9,583 cr for new lines. It is
planned to complete 1,000 km of new lines in 2011-12. In addition, the left
over new lines from last year’s target will also be completed. Apart from this,
`5,406 cr and `2,470 cr has been given for doubling and gauge conversion
projects to complete 867 km and 1,017 km respectively. To overcome shortages
in wagons, coaches and locomotives, `13,820 cr has been earmarked for
acquisition of rolling stock.
32. Indian Railways are a true symbol of inclusive growth and it is the
lifeline of the nation and contributes to national integration. It is an irony that
despite the presence of railways in India for 157 years, large parts of our
population have never seen a railway line. In the coming decade, Indian
Railways will continue to keep its service focus on the underprivileged and the
poor, even as it expands its services for the more fortunate. I quote Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore:
“Give me the strength never to disown the poor or
bend my knees before insolent might.”
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33. In the last budget I had announced updation of surveys for 114 socially
desirable new lines. Out of this 94 will be completed by March, 2011 and the
remaining by December, 2011. I propose to take up construction of these lines
in the 12th five year plan since this budget year is the terminal year of the 11th
plan. Our dream is to bring about a social revolution through rail connectivity.
We need political freedom along with economic freedom that will usher in
prosperity for our millions of countrymen, more especially to the common man.
34. Madam, we have proposed to create a fund to implement the socially
desirable projects during the 12th Plan. Under the umbrella of this non-lapsable
fund, not only will the pending socially desirable lines be completed, but many
other similar new line projects would also be taken up. The scheme is being
named, Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana. I am extremely thankful to the
hon’ble Prime Minister for his support and guidance.
35. Madam, it is our continuous endeavour to connect unserved and
underserved regions to the rail network. We want underdeveloped areas to
develop and the people of these regions to join the process of growth. I
therefore, propose to take up construction of the following new lines in a few
such areas:-
i. Wadsa-Gadchirholi in Maharashtra
ii. Bhadutola-Jhargram via Lalgarh in West Bengal
iii. Gudur-Durgrajpuram in Andhra Pradesh
iv. Hansdiha-Godda in Jharkhand
36. Railways are already executing 19 projects in the similar difficult and
underdeveloped areas in the States of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Bihar and
Maharashtra and I propose to increase the allocation to these projects to `771 cr.
37. A non-lapsable Fund for railway projects in the northeast region has
been created that will boost the progress of projects. All the state capitals of
this region except Sikkim will get connected by rail network in the next seven
years. The prestigious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project is also
progressing and work on India’s longest tunnel between Banihal and Qazigund
would be completed this year.
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Safety & Security
38. Safety is our first priority. Every incident is unfortunate. We do not want
to see loss of even a single life. Unfortunately in two incidents of sabotage and
suspected sabotage, 216 innocent lives were lost. We are trying sincerely to
ensure such incidents do not occur. We extend our condolences to their
families.
39. Indian Railways connect 7,083 stations, and carry 2.20 crore people and
over 2.5 million tonnes of goods every day. As a result of our sustained efforts,
the index for train accidents has decreased significantly from 0.29 per million
train km in 2004-05 to 0.17 in 2009-10. This is despite the increase in traffic
from 16,021 trains per day and 538 crore passengers annually in 2004-05 to
18,820 trains and 720 crore passengers in 2009-10. Madam, it is very sad that
every year over 1.30 lakh people die in road accidents. Railway is passenger
friendly, safe and a cheap mode of transport. Rail fares are close to one-fourth
that of the road.
40. In my first tenure, I had approved the introduction of Anti Collision
Device (ACD). After ten years I find that it has been implemented only on NF
railway. Madam, our recent trials with an improved version of ACD have met
with success and it will be commissioned on three zonal railways, Southern,
South Central and South Western Railways. Considering the successful trials, I
have decided to extend this device to Eastern, East Coast, East Central and
South Eastern Railways. With this we will have covered 8 of the 17 zonal
railways.
41. The number of incidents at unmanned level crossings, on which we are
working very seriously, has come down by 36% with the elimination of 1,500
unmanned crossings, construction of 172 ROBs and 240 RUBs/subways. I have
lowered the eligibility criteria for manning from 6,000 TVUs to 3,000 TVUs.
Efforts will be intensified in the coming year by eliminating the remaining
eligible 2,500 unmanned level crossings as well as construction of 200 ROBs
and 325 RUBs/subways. Any other crossing required to be eliminated will also
be taken up for conversion.
42. A GPS based ‘Fog Safe’ device has been deployed and I am happy to
report that this year railways have handled the foggy weather without any
untoward incident.
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43. Madam, railways being a soft target, has been facing the wrath of
extremists, agitations and other unsocial elements. Incidences of disruptions by
way of bomb-blasts, sabotage, track-tampering etc. are on the rise. I appeal to
my countrymen to exercise discretion and restraint. Railways are their own
property and any damage will only result in inconvenience and loss of revenue
and will not help their cause.
44. As law and order is the responsibility of the state governments, railways
are mostly helpless in handling such situations. We cannot ensure efficient and
punctual operations of trains without the help of state governments. Some
states do help, some states are helpless. Frequent calls for ‘rail rokos’ are not
only crippling operations on Indian Railways but also causing immense
hardship to passengers, not to talk of substantial loss of revenues. There have
been 115 cases of ‘rail roko’ agitations during the period from April to
December 2010, a few of which have spread over a period of three weeks. In
the current year, till now more than 1,500 passenger carrying trains have been
cancelled, another 1,500 diverted over longer routes and more than 3,500
rescheduled on account of such disruptions. We want cooperation from all
concerned. Those who help us, we will also help them.
45. I am now making an offer that whichever state ensures trouble-free train
running for the whole year, shall be given two new trains and two projects as
a special package.
46. An All India Security Help Line on a single number has been set up to
facilitate passenger security and is likely to become operational this year. A
comprehensive bill has been drafted to empower RPF to deal with passenger
related offences and it is likely to be placed before Parliament soon. We are
reviewing the passenger security care programme to bring about all round
security improvement for passengers.
47. Madam, the thrust of the Budget this year is also on modernisation. A
number of measures will be taken to usher in latest technology. I would like to
spell out some of these steps for improving the efficiency of the system that will
ultimately benefit our customers:-
i. Based on the success of the pilot project of SIMRAN, jointly
developed by IIT, Kanpur and RDSO, a Real Time Train
Information System (RTIS) will provide reliable information on
train running.
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ii. Collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University,
Shibpur for using jute geo-textiles in embankment design;
iii. A project with IIT, Chennai on prototype manufacture of ultrasonic
systems;
iv. Partnership with Jadavpur University for development of new
designs for rail steel bridges;
v. A collaborative study with IIT, Mumbai on the problem of
corrosion of rails;
vi. The Centre for Railway Research (CRR), collaboration between
IIT, Kharagpur and RDSO, has been sanctioned and is under
implementation.
vii. Centres of Excellence for development and prototyping various types
of Mechatronics systems at RCF/Kapurthala and DMW/Patiala;
viii. E-procurement and e-auction to ensure transparency and economy.
ix. Development of a comprehensive web-based databank for land and
asset management database for optimum utilization of our resources.
x. Issuing paperless railway receipts;
xi. Extend web based system of allotment of iron ore rakes to coal
traffic
xii. Run double-stack container trains from Gujarat ports to the major
ICD at Gurgaon.
Green Initiatives
48. Madam, railways are always environment friendly and are considered
evergreen. It is also the most fuel efficient mode of transport. Therefore, I have
declared 2011-12 as the “Year of Green Energy”. I would like to share some
of the green measures taken by the railways:-
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i. Free supply of 14 lakh CFLs to railway households and phasing out of
incandescent lamps.
ii. Regenerative braking in Mumbai EMUs
iii. Windmill at ICF, Chennai
iv. Production of locos with ‘hotel load converter’
v. Increase use of solar energy at LC gates, stations etc.
vi. Use of bio-diesel, CNG and LNG in locos, workshops etc.
Passenger/Rail Users’ Amenities
49. Madam, for passengers a fresh thrust has been given to improve the
amenities and provide better experience at stations. In the last two years, we had
announced the upgradation of 584 stations as Adarsh Stations, out of which 442
stations will be completed by March 2011. The remaining will be completed in
2011-12.
50. Upgradation of stations would provide safe drinking water, pay & use
toilets, high-level platforms, better accessibility for the physically challenged
among many other facilities at these stations. I would like to assure all the
hon’ble members that all the suggestion for Adarsh stations given by them have
been included in the following list of 236 stations. I will be happy to receive
suggestions from the hon’ble members to add more stations.
Abhaipur, Acharya Narendra Dev Nagar, Achhnera, Alipurduar court,
Alipurduar Jn., Ambalgram, Ambernath, Ambikapur, Anara, Asoknagar Road,
Azimganj Jn., Baghdogra, Bagula, Bahadurpur, Baharu, Bahirgachhi,
Bahirpuya, Bahraich, Balagarh, Bala Mau, Balarambati, Balgona, Ballalpur,
Bamangachhi, Bamangram Halt, Bamanhat, Banarhat, Baneswar, Banka pasi,
Bankimnagar, Banstala, Barabhum, Baragaon, Barasat Jn., Barhni, Barmer,
Barsoi Jn., Basudevpur, Basuldanga, Batasi, Bathnakrittiba, Belakoba,
Beldanga, Beliaghata Rd, Beliatore, Betberia ghola, Bhadaiyan, Bhadrak,
Bhagalpur, Bhagwangola, Bharwari, Bhimgarh, Bidyadharpur, Bishnupur,
Boinchi, Brindabanpur, Buniyadpur, Burnpur, Chanchai, Chamagram, Champa,
Chandanpur, Chatra, Chatterhat, Chengannur, Chintamani, Chirimiri, Chitrakut
Dham Karvi, Chowrigacha, Churu, Dainhat, Darjeeling, Daryabad, Dasnagar,
Deoria Sadar, Deulti, Dhatrigram, Dhubulia, Dhulabari, Dildarnagar, Diva,
Dubrajpur, Dumurdaha, Durgachak, Eklakhi, Ettumanur, Falakata, Fatehpur,
Fatehpur Sikri, Gadadharpur, Gandhigram, Ghanpur, Ghoksadanga, Ghoragata,
Ghum, Gidhni, Gobra, Guntur, Gurap, Harishdadpur, Harishchandrapur,
Hasimara, Hindmotor, Hotar, Hridaypur, Hubli, Jabalpur, Jaganath Temple
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Gate, Jakhalabandha, Jalor, Jamikunta, Janai road, Jangaon, Jessore road,
Jhantipahari, Jodhpur, Jorhat Town, Joychandipahar, Kahalgaon, Kaikala,
Kalchini, Kalinagar, Kaliyaganj, Kamakhyaguri, Kamareddi, Kanjiramittam,
Kanthi, Karimnagar, Kathgodam, Kathua, Khagraghat Rd., Khajuraho,
Khalilabad, Khemasuli, Khurja Jn., Kiraoli, Kishanganj, Kolar, Korba, Kotshila,
Kulpi, Kumbakonam, Kunda Harnam Ganj, Kurukshetra, Kuruppantara,
Labpur, Lohapur, Loknath, Lower Parel, Madarihat, Madhusudanpur, Majhdia,
Malatipur, Malda Court, Malkajgiri, Manendragarh, Manigram, Maninagar,
Mararikulam, Matigara, Mayiladuturai, Meerut City, Meghnagar, Mollarpur,
Mulanturutti, Murarai, Nabadwip Ghat, Nabagram, Nagore, Nagrakata,
Naimisharanya, Nandakumar, Narendrapur, Navsari, New Alipurduar, New
Bhuj, New Cooch Behar, Old Malda, Palla road, Palsit, Panagarh,
Pandaveswar, Panjipara, Patranga, Patuli, Phusro, Piravam Road, Pirtala,
Prantik, Quilandi, Raghunathpalli, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajbandh, Rajgoda,
Rajnandgaon, Ramrajatala, Rangiya, Ratangarh, Remount road, Rudauli,
Rupnarayanpur, Sabarmati, Sadulpur, Sagardighi, Sakoti Tanda, Salanpur,
Salboni, Salem, Sambre, Sankrail, Santaldih, Sardiha, Sasthankotta, Satna,
Shahganj, Shalimar, Sidlaghatta, Simlagarh, Sirathu, Sitapur Cantt., Sivok,
Sohawal, Sonada, Srinivaspura, Sukna, Sultanpur, Talit, Thanabihpur, Tildanga,
Tiruppur, Tuticorin, Udhna, Vaikam Road, Vasco-da-gama, Vellarakkad.
51. Though railways have announced the setting up of number of world class
stations, not much headway could be achieved because of their high costs. We
are taking a relook at the parameters and guidelines to provide what will suit
Indian passengers best. This work will definitely be taken up in the coming
year.
52. Out of the 160 MFCs announced, a few are completed and few are in the
process of completion. I have given a special target to complete all the MFCs
next year. I propose to set up more MFCs with budget hotels at Bangarpet,
Secunderabad, Amethi, Ramnagar, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Amritsar,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kamakhya, Gaya, Rae Bareli, Deoghar, Varanasi,
Bhubaneswar, Vellore, Kanyakumari, Srinagar, Sasaram, Bhagalpur, Panipat,
Bhuj, Anand, Arsikere, Birur, Neemach, Ratlam, Azamgarh, Ujjain, Adra,
Midnapore, Tamluk, Purulia, Thakurnagar, Sagardighi, Jangipur, Bahrampur,
Nabadwip, Kulti, Bolapur, Diamond Harbour, Naihati, Kanchrapara, Hajipur,
Islampur and Rohtak.
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53. Some of the measures taken/proposed to be taken to improve passenger
amenities are:-
i. Introduction of a pan-India, multi-purpose “Go-India” smart card on a
pilot basis. This will be one single window package for the passenger to
seamlessly pay for tickets for long distance, suburban, metro etc.
journeys. The card can be used in booking counters, vending machines,
internet etc.;
ii. Two new coaching terminals at Nemam and Kottayam in Kerala, one in
Mau Nath Bhanjan in Uttar Pradesh and another in Dankuni, West
Bengal;
iii. Better accessibility at stations for physically challenged customers;
iv. Extension of Rail Yatri Sevaks with modern trolleys to six more
stations: New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and
Thiruvananthapuram;
v. A new portal for e-ticketing by Centre for Railway Information
Systems (CRIS) is ready and will be launched shortly. Booking of tickets
through this portal would be cheaper with a charge of only ` 10 for AC
classes and ` 5 for others;
vi. Provision of internet access on Howrah-Rajdhani Express as a pilot
project;
vii. Extension of Train Management System to New Delhi, Bangalore,
Secunderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow stations to provide information
on running of trains,
viii. Introduction of advance booking of retiring rooms.
54. Madam, I propose to introduce a new Super AC class of travel. The
new class will provide improved comfort and features and more exclusivity.
Golden Rail Corridor
55. Madam, I am happy to announce that pre-feasibility study for the western
leg (Delhi-Mumbai) of the Golden Rail Corridor would start early next year.
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The study is being undertaken with help from Japan, with the objective of
raising speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph. Similar studies will be
initiated for other corridors including Mumbai-Kolkata, Chennai-Bangalore,
Delhi-Jaipur and Ahmedabad-Mumbai.
Staff
56. Madam, our employees are our biggest asset and it is they who keep the
wheel of progress moving. Some of the measures I propose to take for their
welfare are:-
i. Expand the scope of Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for
Guaranteed Employment for safety category staff by enhancing the
existing criteria of grade pay from `1,800/- to `1,900/-.
ii. Considering the Indian family structure and values, extending medical
facilities to both dependent father and mother of railway
employees.
iii. Increasing the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group
‘D’ employees to `1,200 per month for higher education.
iv. Setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya Prabandhan Board (RVPB) to
improve quality of education to children studying in 269 railway
schools. The Board will draw up a plan for improving the physical and
educational infrastructure of these schools to be implemented in a time
frame of three years.
v. In order to provide easy access to medical facilities in remote and
inaccessible areas for our employees, it is proposed to provide 20
Medical Road Medical Vans at different locations to begin with.
vi. I am happy to report that all the proposed 20 hostels for children of
railway employees have been commissioned and another 20 would
be set up next year.
57. Madam, my Ministry is undertaking restructuring of all the cadres in
the railways to afford adequate promotional opportunities to the officers and
staff.
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Recruitment
58. Madam, after the new recruitment policy announced last year,
recruitment process has already been set in motion for filling the vacancies of
about 1.75 lakh in Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ posts. Steps have also been taken
to fill up about 13,000 posts in Railway Protection Force. These mega
recruitment drives will cover the backlog of SC/ST/physically handicapped
quota.
59. I am happy to inform that for the first time, railways are inducting 16,000
ex-servicemen by end of March 2011. As also announced last year, we are also
recruiting more than 1,200 ex-servicemen in RPF. It is our humble tribute to our
brave jawans who defend our borders.
koi sikh koi jaat maratha
koi gurkha koi madrasi
sarhad par marnevaala
har veer tha bhaaratvasi
jo shaheed hue hain unki
jara yad karo kurbani….
Training
60. To enhance skills of our frontline staff in dealing with the customers, a
training centre is proposed to be started at Kharagpur. Also multidisciplinary
training centres would be set up at Dharwad, Kolkata and Pune
including an exclusive international centre at Agra. A new basic Training
Centre at Kurseong is proposed to cater to the needs of Northeast Frontier
Railway including Darjeeling - Himalayan Railway.
Setting up of Polytechnics
61. I am happy to announce that five Polytechnics will be set up at Varanasi,
Machlandpur, Vadodara, Bhilai and Hubli-Dharwad under MOU with Ministry
of Human Resource Development. This will also contribute towards the
national mission of skill development.
Sports
62. As the hon’ble members are aware, railways have always provided
congenial and enabling environment for breeding of sports talent in the country.
I take great pride in reporting that railway sportspersons brought 25 medals
(including 13 Gold of the 38 won by India) in the recently held Commonwealth
Games, 2010. The excellent performance of railway sportspersons continued in
the Asian Games also with a contribution of 7 out of 14 Golds for India.
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Railways also ran a special Commonwealth Express which was visited by 8
lakh people.
63. Madam, railways will continue to strengthen the sports infrastructure and
open more sports academies, stadia and multi-purpose halls. It is also proposed
to create a separate sports cadre so that their aspirations are fully met.
Promotion of Cultural Activities
64. Madam, you will agree that the Railway family cannot isolate itself from
the cultural field. Therefore, I have formed a Cultural Promotion Board to
boost the cultural activities across the length and breadth of the country which
will be railways’ efforts to preserve and promote the diverse and rich cultural
heritage of the nation.
65. To commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath
Tagore, on 9th May, 2010, a special exhibition train, “Sanskriti Express”, was
launched. It is showcasing artistic works, philosophy and teachings of Gurudev.
The train has been moving across the country and has been visited by more than
24 lakh people in 18 states so far.
66. At the invitation of our beloved Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister
of Bangladesh, this train is set to go on a cultural exchange programme to
Bangladesh according to their convenience. I am thankful to her for suggesting
‘Sonar Tori’ as the name of the train. I wholeheartedly accept her suggestion.
67. Several other special exhibition trains such as “Mother Express” a
tribute to Mother Teresa on her birth centenary and “Aurobindo Express” have
also been run to disseminate the message of these great personalities. In
addition, running of “Vivekananda Express” will be extended for two years up
to his 150th birth anniversary in 2013. We have also run a “Technology
Express” to spread the awareness of science and technology among youth and
students.
Financial Performance
68. Madam Speaker, I have no hesitation in informing this august House that
Indian Railways are passing through a very difficult phase. The year 2009-10
was challenging for the railways. Implementation of the 6th Pay Commission’s
recommendations increased the expenditure on staff and pension by an
unprecedented 97%. The latest assessment of Pay Commission’s impact reveals
an additional expenditure of `73,000 crore during the XI Plan period. This has
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heavily impacted our internal generation for plan investment. However, by
prudent financial management, we have not only paid the full dividend for
2009-10, but also achieved an operating ratio of 95.3%. In fact, if we do not
take pay commission arrears into consideration, which rightfully are liabilities
of previous financial years, the operating ratio would have been 84% even with
payment of higher salaries and pension. If the salaries and pension are also kept
at the earlier levels, the operating ratio comes down even further to 74.1%.
69. The testing times for the railways continue in 2010-11 due to the impact
of allowances and several post-budgetary factors. On the earnings side,
disruption of train movements has resulted in a loss of about `1,500 cr and
another `2,000 cr due to the ban on export of iron ore. As a result, the loading
target had to be reduced by 20 million tonnes to 924 million tonnes. However,
in the revised estimates, goods earnings have been retained at the budget level
based on trends of higher yield per NTKM. The total gross earnings have now
been fixed at `94,742 cr which is `177 cr higher than the budget. With the
reduced traffic suspense clearance of `98 cr, Gross Traffic Receipts is higher
than the budget target by `75 cr at `94,840 cr.
70. On the expenditure side, two hikes in the rates of HSD oil and increased
electricity tariff in some states, higher DA rates and excise duty rates, as well as
impact of unanticipated higher salary and allowances, raised the requirement by
`5,700 cr. I am proud to say that we will save `3,700 cr by our economy drive
and other austerity measures. Next year we will save more. Ordinary Working
Expenses has now been fixed at `67,000 cr, an increase of `2,000 cr over
Budget Estimate. After providing for `5,700 cr and `14,500 cr towards
Depreciation Reserve Fund and Pension Fund respectively in the Revised
Estimates, the Total Working Expenses are likely to be `87,200 cr. Accounting
for full dividend liability of `4,917 cr, the “Excess” comes to `4,105 cr. The
revised operating ratio works out to 92.1% which would have been 72.8% with
pre-pay commission salaries. The revised plan outlay has been kept at `40,315
cr.
71. Madam, I would like to thank all the Parliamentary Committees including
the Railway Convention Committee for their full support.
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Budget Estimates, 2011-12
72. Madam, I shall now deal with the Budget Estimates for 2011-12.
73. On the basis of freight traffic projection of 993 million tonnes and
passenger growth of 6.4% over 2010-11, the Gross Traffic Receipts are
estimated at `1,06,239 cr assuming a clearance of `200 crore from traffic
suspense. Madam, for the first time, railways’ earnings are set to exceed the
rupees one lakh crore mark. Ordinary Working Expenses have been assessed
at `73,650 cr. This represents an increase of 9.9% over Revised Estimates of
2010-11 to cater for annual increments of salaries, DA, higher requirement for
fuel and materials for increased level of activity and lease payments. The
appropriation to Pension Fund is placed at `15,800 cr and to Depreciation
Reserve Fund at `7,000 cr compared to `5,700 cr in the Revised Estimates,
2010-11. Total Working Expenses therefore are placed at `96,450 cr. A
provision of `6,735 cr has been made for dividend payment leaving an “Excess”
of `5,258 cr to be utilized for Development Fund and Capital Fund. The
expected Operating Ratio is 91.1%.
74. With this, I hope the railways will soon emerge stronger, leaving behind
the impact of the Pay Commission and engage fully in the revival of its
financial health.
Hamara Mushkil Daur Gujar Chuka Hai
Aur Hum Din-o-din Majboot Hote Jayenge
(Tough times are now over and Railways,
will grow from strength to strength from here)
Metropolitan Projects
75. Madam, Indian Railways have only one metro i.e. Kolkata Zonal Metro
Railway. We are proud of it. As a full-fledged zone, Kolkata Metro is
expanding its network. A core committee has been set up to closely monitor the
progress of ongoing works for the speedier completion of the following
sections:-
i. Naopara to Barasat via Bimanbandar
ii. Baranagar to Barrackpore and Baranagar to Dakshineswar
iii. Dum-Dum Airport to New Garia via Rajerhat
iv. Joka to BBD Bagh via Majerhat
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76. The entire section from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) to Kavi
Subhash (New Garia) has been commissioned. Every day over 5 lakh
passengers utilize the metro services.
77. It is also proposed to take up the following new surveys for new
connectivity of Kolkata metro:-
i. Joka-Diamond Harbour
ii. Baruipur - Kavi Subhash
iii. Howrah Maidan to Srirampur via Dankuni and Singur
iv. Howrah Maidan – Belur
v. Howrah Maidan – Santragachi – Dhulagarh
vi. Joka-Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
vii. Barrackpore to Kalyani
78. It is also proposed to introduce 34 new services in Kolkata Metro in the
coming year.
79. Railways are committed to continue the partnership with Maharashtra for
strengthening Mumbai’s suburban system.
80. I am happy to inform the august House that for the first time, 20-car
MEMU trains have been introduced on Northern Railway during 2010-11 to
reduce overcrowding.
Integrated Suburban Railway Networks
81. Madam, India is witnessing rapid urbanization putting great pressure on
our cities and towns. Transport infrastructure will be a key to their growth and
sustenance. I propose the development of integrated suburban railway networks
in large cities like Mumbai, bringing together suburban railway, metro railway
and other rail infrastructure under a single integrated system which will provide
faster, efficient, affordable and comfortable transportation to the citizens. To
begin with, I plan to introduce this concept in those cities where suburban
system exists, such as Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, and Chennai. We
propose to strengthen the suburban system of Hyderabad-Secundeabad by
implementing six projects under MMTS Phase II.
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82. Madam, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has helped bring
enormous improvements in Mumbai’s suburban system. I now wish to bring
about a similar transformation to the suburban transport system of the other
megalopolis of the country, Kolkata. For a 100 km and more around Kolkata,
the lives of the people are inexorably linked with activities, trade and industry
of the city. There is a great need to upgrade the entire suburban system of
Kolkata with better, faster and more number of services including 15-car trains.
83. I am aware that such improvements need substantial finances. Railways
have limited resources. Therefore, I propose to set up Kolkata Rail Vikas
Corporation (KRVC) on the lines of MRVC, which will raise funds through
banks and other financial institutions, Municipal Corporation and other
stakeholders. I believe, this single measure will kick start Kolkata’s return to its
days of glory. Similar corporations can be considered for congested suburban
systems in other states.
Production Units
84. I must complement all the Production Units who have performed well in
2009-10. I am happy to report that CLW has turned out the first locomotive
with ‘hotel load converter’ to meet power requirement of coaches and pantry
car. The capacity of Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) is being augmented to
300 locos. It has also indigenized GM locomotives to bring the cost down.
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)
85. All the eleven Railway PSUs have performed well in 2009-10 with a
turnover of more than `15,000 cr, earning a net profit of `1,782 cr. These PSUs
paid a dividend `311.88 cr to the railways.
Concessions
86. At present physically handicapped persons are not entitled for
concessions on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. It is proposed to extend the
concession facility to them in these trains also.
87. Press correspondents are now entitled to avail 50% concession with
family once in a year. It is proposed to increase this facility to twice a year.
88. It is proposed to extend the facility to the Kirti and Shaurya Chakra
awardees of travelling in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains.
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89. In case of unmarried posthumous Param Vir Chakra and Ashok
Chakra gallantry award winners of armed forces, it is proposed to extend the
facility of card passes to the parents.
90. At present the concession for senior citizens is extended to both men and
women at 60 years of age. I propose to reduce this in case of women to 58
years. I also do not want to annoy the men, and therefore, propose to increase
their concession from 30% to 40%.
Wagon Procurement
91. Madam, adequate supply of wagons is a pre-condition to fulfilling ever
increasing demand for rail transport. The august House would be happy to
know that a record procurement of 16,500 wagons is being done in the current
year. We have also kept a higher target of 18,000 wagons for the next year.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC)
92. Madam, the main loan agreement for phase I of Western Corridor of DFC
with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been signed and
bidding process for civil and track work has commenced. For the Eastern
Corridor, the appraisal by World Bank for Khurja-Bhaupur section would be
carried out next month. I am extremely happy to announce that work from
Dankuni end on the eastern corridor has already started. We want to complete
the DFC project by December, 2016 as scheduled.
93. As hon’ble members are aware, land is a sensitive issue. With the
objective of reducing the number of land losers, we have made efforts to bring
the alignment of the DFC parallel to the existing railway network and thereby
using 12,000 acres from railways’ land bank. It has also reduced the
requirement of land acquisition by 2,718 acres resulting in a saving of about
`300 cr.
New Lines
94. Madam, as I mentioned earlier, all the 114 socially desirable projects
which have been surveyed recently, will be included in the 12th Plan and
financed through the proposed Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana.
95. In my last budget speech, 33 new line sections covering 1,021 km were
identified for completion as compared to less than 200 km normally. I am
happy to inform the House that we have taken a giant leap in completion of new
lines projects. The progress of laying new lines will be further accelerated and
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in the year 2011-12, we are confident of exceeding a milestone of laying of
1,000 km of new lines. The sections which have either been completed or will
be completed during 2010-11 are:-
1. Chandurbazar-Narkhed
2. Deogarh- Dumka
3. Mandarhil – Hansdiha
4. Bhawanipatna-Junagarh
5. Barkakhana-Kuju
6. Nawadih –Dhanwar
7. Tarn Taran-Goindwal
8. Lalitpur-Udaipura
9. Mahrajganj - Bishunpur Mahuari
10. Ajmer-Pushkar
11. Jagityal- Mortad
12. Khanapur- Homnabad
13. Salem – Namakkal
14. Ramaganjmandi - Jhalawar
15. Lonand-Phaltan
16. Rampurhat- Pirargarhia
17. Deoghar – Chandan
18. Khurda Road – Begunia
19. Phulwarisharif-Patliputra
20. Jhajjar-Rohtak
21. Abohar-Fazilka
22. Agra-Fatahabad-Bah
23. New Coochbehar-Golakganj
24. Nossam- Banaganapalli
25. Vishnupuram- Jahanpad
26. Gadwal-Pandurangswami Nagore – Karaikkal
27. Matnasibpur - Masagram
96. The target of 800 km for Gauge Conversion was fixed for 2010-11 and I
am happy to inform the house that this target will be met. The sections which
have either been completed or will be completed during 2010-11 are:-
1. Krishnanagar - Shantipur
2. Sitamarhi-Bairgania
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3. Kaptanganj - Thawe
4. Katihar-Tejnarayanpur
5. Mavli-Nathdwara
6. Mayiladuturai - Tiruvarur
7. Anandapuram-Talguppa
8. Bodeli-Chottaudepur
9. Bardhman – Balgona
10. Aunrihar – Jaunpur
11. Aluabari-Siliguri
12. Ratangarh-Bikaner
13. Dindigul - Palani
14. Tirunelveli - Tenkasi
15. Bharuch-Samni-Dahej
97. The target for Doubling was fixed as 700 km for the year 2010-11 and I
am happy to inform the august House that this target will be met. Sections
which have either been completed or will be completed during 2010-11 are as
under:-
1. Pen-Kasu
2. Dhanauri – Kiul
3. Kalinarayanpur – Biranagar
4. Nalikul – Tarkeswar
5. Pandabeswar – Chinpai
6. Umeshnagar-Khagaria of Begusarai-Khagaria
7. Targena-Jehanabad
8. 4th line between Kottavalasa-Simhachalam
9. Chakki Block Hut-Chakki Bank
10. Tundla – Yamuna Bridge
11. Khalilabad – Munderwa
12. Mau – Indara
13. Malda-Old Malda
14. Netravati - Kankanadi
15. Ennolre - Attipattu
16. Barbil-Barajamda doubling
17. Champa Bypass Line
18. Mysore-Naganahalli
19. Devanur-Ballakere
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20. Part of Udhna-Jalgaon
21. Gandhidham-Kandla Port
22. Palwal - Bhuteshwar third line
23. Rajathgarh-Barang
24. Nancherla-Aspari
25. Kamalapuram-Muddanuru
26. Part of Panskura- Kharagpur
27. Panvel-Apta
28. Barasat – Sondalia
29. Baruipur – Magrahat
30. Khamargachi – Jirat
31. Karhagola-Kursela of Semapur-Kursela
32. Begusarai-Lakho of Begusarai-Khagaria
33. Sasan-Rengali
34. Budhi-Kathua
35. Panki-Bhaupur- 3rd line
36. Bankata - Bhatni
37. Govindnagar - Basti
38. New Guwahati-Digaru
39. Harsauli-Rewari
40. Mavelikkara - Chengannur
41. Kayankulam - Haripad
42. Adra-Joychandipahar doubling
43. Ramangaram-Settihalli
44. Mugad-Kambarganvi
45. Kalapipal-Phanda
46. Gandhidham-Adipur
47. Part of Bilaspur-Urkura
48. Khurda-Barang
49. Guntakal – Raichur
50. Gooty – Pullampet
51. Kondapuram-Tadipatri
52. Salkaroad-Anuppur doubling
98. The new lines sections covering 1,075 km proposed to be completed in
2011-12 are:-
1. Admednagar-Narayandoh
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2. Gokulnagar-Mayonapur
3. Dumka-Shikaripara
4. Biraul-Kusheshwarsthan
5. Koderma-Barhi-Hazaribagh-Mandu-Kuju
6. Runisaidpur-Jubbasani
7. Part of Talcher-Bimalgarh
8. Pandu Pindara-Bhaibwa
9. Bhind-Etawah
10. Bishnupur-Mahuari-Mashrakh
11. Bhatni-Chauria
12. New Mal Jn. to Changrabandha
13. Harmuti-Naharlagun
14. Namakkal-Karur
15. Angamalli-Kaladi
16. Raichur-Pandurangaswamy
17. Nossam-Banaganapalle
18. Devarakadra-Krishna
19. Kanivehalli-Chikmagalur
20. Hirisave-Shravanabelagola
21. Talpur-Arambagh
22. Banka-Karjhusa Halt
23. Ajimganj-Jiaganj
24. Part of Daniawan-Biharsharif
25. Part of Dhanawar-Giridih
26. Kosi Bridge
27. Morinda-Khamnano
28. Part of Udaipura-Mawai Fatehabad-Bah
29. Etawah-Mainpuri
30. Bathua Bazar-Panchdeori
31. Paniyahwa-Chhitauni
32. Part of New Coochbehar-Golakganj
33. Dausa-Deedwana
34. Walajah Road-Ranipet
35. Metpally-Armoor
36. Homnabad-Hallikhed
37. Banaganapalli-Nandyal
38. Deshpran-Nandigram
39. Sakrayapanta-Kanivehalli
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40. Part of Lalitpur-Khajrao-Satna, Khajuraho-Mahoba & Rewa-
Singraullli
99. Madam, a target of 1,017 km has been fixed for Gauge Conversion in
2011-12 including the following sections:
1. Krishnanagar-Nawadwipghat
2. Murliganj-Banmankh
3. Chauradano-Raxaul
4. Anandnagar-Naugarh
5. Rangiya-Rangapara North
6. Ratangarh-Sardarsahar
7. SriganganganagarHanumangarh
8. Palghat-Pollachi
9. Nidamangalam-Mannargudi
10. Ankeleshwar-Rajpipla
11. Madhepura-Murliganj
12. Bairgania-Chauradano
13. Bareilly-Lalkuan
14. Naugarh-Barhni
15. New Malda Junction-New Maynagori Road
16. Sikar-Churu
17. Palani-Pollach
18. Mahamadurai-Virudhnagar
19. Kolar-Chintamani
20. Ratlam-Fatehabad
100. The following sections covering 867 km are proposed to be doubled in
2011-12 are as under:-
1. Apta-Pen
2. Jirat-Guptipara
3. Chandpara-Bongaon
4. Dakshin Barasat-Lakshmikantapur
5. Chandrapur-Bhandaridih
6. Korukonda-Vizianagaram
7. Palwal-Ballabgarh
8. Jakhal-Mansa
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9. Chauri Chaura-Baitalpur
10. Burhwal-Jhangirabad
11. Banas-Swarupganj
12. Manchiriyal-Mandamari
13. Gokulpur-Midnapur Doubling
14. Muri-Muri Outer with Bridge
15. Tikiapara-Santragachi
16. CPH-Bye pass
17. Ballakere-Birur
18. Vyara-Chinehpada
19. Kasu-Roha
20. Guptipara-Ambika Kalna
21. Ghutarisharif-Canning
22. Magrahat-Diamond Harbour
23. Jharsuguda-Rengali
24. Kottavalsa-Kantakapali
25. Tughlakabad-Faridabad
26. Domingarh-Sahjanwa
27. Baitalpur-Bhatni
28. Keshavganj-Sirohi
29. Part of Chengalpattu-Villupuram
30. Raghavapuram-Peddampet
31. Dumetra-Champajharan
32. Banspani-Jaroli
33. Kalumna-Nagpur
34. Maddur-Hanakere
35. Birur-Ajjampur
101. In the last two budgets, I had announced 251 updating surveys/new
surveys for new lines/gauge conversion/doubling. Of these, the following 190
surveys have been completed or will be completed by the end of this financial
year. These lines will also be taken up in the 12th Plan:-
1. Bhadrachallam-Kovvur
2. Hyderabad-Gazwal-Siddipet-Sircilla-Jagityal
3. Nizamabad-Ramagundam
4. Barwadih-Chirimiri
5. Raipur-Jharsuguda
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6. Pendra Rd-Korba/Gevra Rd
7. Bhavnagar-Mahuva
8. Patiala-Kurushetra
9. Panipat-Meerut
10. Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar
11. Hisar-Sirsa via Agroha, Fatehabad
12. Bilaspur to Leh via Kullu & Manali
13. Una-Jaijon Doaba
14. Jogindernagar to Mandi
15. Parwanoo-Darlaghat
16. Baramulla-Kupwara
17. Jammu-Poonch via Akhnoor, Rajouri,
18. Kathua-Basoli-Bhadarwah-Kishtwar
19. Barajamda-Tatina
20. Bhojudih-Mohuda
21. Hansdiha-Godda
22. Kandra-Namkom
23. Raigarh-Mand Colliery to Bhupdeopur
24. Ranchi-Kandra
25. Gadag-Harihar
26. Tumkur-Davangere
27. Madurai-Kottayam
28. Erumeli-Punalur-Trivendrum
29. Barpeta Road-Tihu.
30. Jogighopa to Silchar via Panchratna
31. Murkongselek-Pasighat
32. Naginimora-Amguri
33. Rangpo-Gangtok
34. Salna-Khumtai
35. Sarthebari – Changsari
36. Tuli-Tuli Road
37. Gunupur-Theruvali
38. Puri-Konark
39. Yamunanagar-Patiala
40. Una-Hoshiarpur
41. Jagadhri-Paonta Sahib-Rajban
42. Beas-Kapurthala
43. Qadian-Beas
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44. Devli-Tonk-Sakatpura
45. Dindigul-Kumli
46. Rameswaram-Dhanushkoti
47. Amethi-Shahganj via Sultanpur
48. Diamond Harbour-Budge Budge- Akra
49. Pandabeshwar- Ikra
50. Ikra-Churulia- Gourandi
51. Bongaon- Kalyani
52. Ranaghat- Duttapulia
53. 3rd line between Krishnanagar- Naihati
54. Lucknow-Lakhimpur-Pilibhit via Sitapur
55. Kapilvasthu- Basti via Bhansi
56. Tanakpur- Bageshwar
57. Kanti- belda
58. Digha- balichak
59. Marikuppam- Kuppam
60. Nangli- Chittoor
61. Ahmedabad-Botad & Dhasa-Jetalsar
62. Rajkharswan-Ranchi
63. Hasnabad-Samshernagar
64. Arambagh-Khana
65. Canning-Gosaba via Basanti
66. Kakdweep-Sagar-Kapilmuni
67. Dullabcherra-Cheraji
68. Mandir Bazar-Ramganga
69. Chalsha-Jhaldhaka
70. Ghatakpukur-Minakhan
71. Bilara-Bar
72. Baruipara-Furfura Sharif-Arambagh
73. Ratlam-Banswara-Dungarpur
74. Krishnanagar-Nabadwipghat extension to BB loop
75. Machhlandpur-Swarupnagar
76. Sainthia-Chowrigacha via Kandi
77. Yamuna Nagar-Chandigarh via Sadhaura, Naraingarh
78. Singur-Nandigram
79. Dabwali-Kalanwali via Sirsa
80. Mirik-Gangtok
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81. Joynagar-Raidigi
82. Madurai-Ernakulam (Cochin)
83. Dantewara-Malkangiri
84. Alamatti-Kopal
85. Medak-Akkanapet
86. Madhuban-Giridih
87. Ajmer-Sawaimadhopur via Tonk
88. Sambalpur-Behrampur
89. Rajkot- Viramgam
90. Chhindwara-Nainpur-Mandla Fort
91. Ahmedpur-Katwa
92. Nagbhir-Nagpur
93. Tala-Princepghat-Majerhat
94. Secunderabad-Mahboobnagar
95. Sahibganj-Bhagalpur
96. Sambhal-Gajraula
97. Daurala-Bijnor via Hastinapur
98. Chandigarh-Dehradun via Jagadhari
99. Rishikesh-Doiwala
100. Roorkee-Haridwar
101. Hasnabad-Pratapadityanagar
102. Chaparmukh-Dibrugarh
103. Dangri-Dhola
104. Dehradum-Kalsi
105. Port Blair-Diglipur
106. Pandurangpuram-Bhadrachalam
107. Pattancheru - Adilabad
108. Jagdalpur-Dantewara
109. Bhavnagar-Tarapore
110. Kharhagola-Santhalpur
111. Kaithal-Karnal
112. Bilaspur-Rampur Bushahr
113. Udhampur/Katra - Bhairawah, Doda to Kishtwar
114. Gua-Manoharpur
115. Jhajha-Giridih via Sonuchakai
116. Lohardaga-Korba
117. Nawadah-Giridih via Satgawan
118. Tori-Chatra
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119. Almatti - Yadgir
120. Dhule-Amalner
121. Jalna-Khamgaon
122. Wardha-Katol
123. Warora-Umrer
124. Ramtek-Gotegaon via Sioni
125. Baran-Shivpuri
126. Lalabazar-Vairengte
127. Lekhapani-Kharsang
128. Rupai-Parashuramkund via Mahadevpur, Namsai, Chingkham
129. Jeypore-Malkangiri
130. Navrangpur-Jeypore
131. Patiala-Jakhal/Narwana via Samana
132. Ajmer-Kota
133. Jaisalmer-Barmer
134. Nokha-Sikar
135. Pushkar-Merta
136. Sardarshahr-Hanumangarh
137. Jolarpettai-Hossur via Krishnagiri
138. Etah-Kasganj
139. Sitapur-Bahraich
140. Haridwar-Kotdwar-Ramnagar
141. Ramnagar-Chaukhutiya
142. Kharagpur-Dhankuni
143. Nasik Dahanu Road
144. Hamirpur- Hamirpur Road
145. Phaphund- Kounch
146. Bharatpur-Deeg-Kama- Kosi
147. Jogigopa to Guwahati via Barpetta- Sarthebari
148. North Lakhimpur- Along -Silapathar
149. Guwahati- Lumding-Tinsukhia- Dibrugarh doubling
150. Hastinapur - Meerut
151. Bacharwan-Lalganj
152. Piran Kaliyar Sharif- Haridwar
153. Sirhind - Nangal Dam
154. Bhiwani- Loharu- Pilani- Churu
155. Pushkar - Merta
156. Digha- Raichak-Kulpi
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157. Shahganj-Unchahar via Sultanpur, Amethi, Salon
158. Bongaon-Bagdaha
159. Banspani-Bimalgarh-Barsuan
160. Dankuni-Jorgalpara-Furfura Sharif-Jangipara-Bargachia
161. Chikballapur-Sri Satya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam
162. Balurghat-Hilly
163. Salboni-Jhargram via Lalgarh, Belpahari
164. Digha-Jaleswar-Puri
165. Bishnupur-Mukutmonipur
166. Gadag-Haveri
167. Samsi-Dalkhola
168. Krishnanagar-Beharampore via Chapra, Karimpur
169. Gadag-Wadi
170. Tarakeshwar-Magra restoration
171. Shimoga-Harihar
172. Kaliyaganj-Buniadpur
173. Panskura-Ghatal-Chandrakona and Ghatal-Arambagh
174. Anekal Road-Bidadi
175. Namkhana-Bakkhali
176. Pune-Nasik
177. Yadagir-Shahapur-Shorapur-Muddebihal-Alamatti
178. Nanded-Bidar
179. Ramnagar-Chaukhutiya
180. Vishnupuram-Vinukonda
181. Erumeli-Pathanamthitta-Punalur-Thiruvananthapuram
182. Bolangir-Nawapada
183. Mokama-Ara
184. Rewari-Hissar
185. Dankuni-Bally 3rd line
186. Bibinagar-Nallapadu
187. Krishnanagar-Lalgola
188. Bandel-Saktigarh 3rd line
189. Jhansi-Kanpur
190. Rampurhat-Ghumani 3rd line
Rail Tourism
102. We have planned for rail business with Ministry of Tourism. If
successful this year, we will expand the partnership. To improve look of twenty
railway stations and its approaches, the cost will be shared on 50:50 basis. The
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stations are Hyderabad, Hospet, Agra, Rae Bareli, Belur, Varanasi, Kamakhya,
Haridwar, Dooars, Gaya, Madurai, Tarapith, Thiruvananthapuram, Furfura
Sharief, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Nanded, Puri, Tarakeshwar, Rameshwaram,
Tirupati, Guwahati, Jaipur and Ajmer.
NEW SERVICES
Suburban Services
103. With a view to further enhancing the carrying capacity of suburban
services in Mumbai area, 47 additional services on the Thane-Vashi, Thane-
Panvel, Borivali-Virar, Andheri-Virar, Bandra-Virar and Churchgate-Borivali
sections will be run. It is also proposed to augment 107 suburban services in
Mumbai area from the present 9 car EMUs to 12 Car EMUs.
104. In Chennai area, it is proposed to run 9 additional services on Chennai
Beach-Gummidipundi, Gummidipundi-Chennai Central, Avadi -Chennai
Beach, Chennai Central-Tiruvallur, Tiruvallur-Chennai Central, and Chennai
Beach- Tambaram is proposed to be extended to Chengalpattu.
105. To strengthen the suburban services in Kolkata area, 50 new services will
be introduced including from Howrah-Uluberia, Howrah-Midnapur, Howrah-
Kharagpur, Howrah-Singur, Howrah-Memari, Howrah-Barddhaman, Howrah-
Haripal-Tarakeswar, Howrah-Kolaghat, Howrah-Sarupnagar, Sealdah-
Canning/Jaynagar Majilpur, Sealdah-Kakdwip-Namkhana, Sealdah-Sonarpur,
Sealdah-Baruipur-Diamond Harbour, Sealdah-Barasat-Hasnabad, Sealdah-
Thakurnagar, Sealdah-Barasat-Bongaon, Sealdah-Naihati-Ranaghat-Gede,
Sealdah-Shantipur-Krishnanagar, Sealdah-Kalyani, Sealdah-Barrackpore,
Sealdah-Budge-Budge, Sealdah-Dankuni, Bongaon-Ranaghat-Shantipur,
Howrah-Seoraphuli-Bandel and Sealdah-Basirhat. It is proposed to introduce at
least two suburban services in each of the above sections.
106. It is also proposed to introduce running of peak time local to BBD Bagh
from Bongaon/Krishnanagar. Two non-stop trains between Bardhaman &
Howrah are also proposed.
107. In Secunderabad area, it is proposed to run 10 additional services on
Falaknuma – Lingampalli, Lingampalli – Hyderabad, and Hyderabad –
Falaknuma sections. 83 sub-urban services in Secunderabad area will be
augmented from the present 6-car to 9-car services.
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108. In Delhi area, it is proposed to run 2 additional services on Delhi –
Ghaziabad section.
Duronto trains
109. The following new Duronto trains are proposed to be introduced:
i. Allahabad-Mumbai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
ii. Pune- Ahmedabad AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
iii. Sealdah – Puri non AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
iv. Secunderabad- Visakhapatnam AC Duronto (Tri-weekly)
v. Madurai- Chennai AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
vi. Chennai - Thiruvananthapuram AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
vii. Mumbai Central- New Delhi AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
viii. Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC Duronto(Bi-weekly)
ix. Shalimar – Patna Duronto (Tri-weekly)
Double Decker AC
110. AC double-decker services are proposed to be introduced on the
following routes:
i. Jaipur- Delhi
ii. Ahmedabad-Mumbai
Shatabdi Express
111. The following new Shatabdi Express trains will be introduced:
i. Pune -Secunderabad
ii. Jaipur-Agra
iii. Ludhiana - Delhi
112. Increase in frequency of Duronto services
i. Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto Express from 2 days to 4 days (12261/12262)
ii. Mumbai- Ahmedabad Duronto Express from 3 days to daily (12267/12268)
iii. Sealdah–New Delhi Duronto Express from 2 days to 5 days (12259/12260)
iv. Nagpur- Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily (12289/12290)
v. Howrah -Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days (12245/12246)
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Vivek Express
113. To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which will be
celebrated in 2013, I propose to introduce new trains called “Vivek Express”.
The first four such trains will be introduced on the following routes:
i. Dibrugarh- Thiruvanthapuram-Kanniyakumari Express (weekly) via
Kokrajhar
ii. Dwarka-Tuticorin Express (weekly) via Wadi
iii. Howrah-Mangalore Express (Weekly) via Palghat
iv. Bandra (T)- Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Marwar-Degana- Ratangarh-
Jakhal- Ludhiana
Kavi Guru Express
114. We are celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindranath
Tagore this year. As our homage to the great poet, I propose to run the
following Kavi Guru Express trains:
i. Howrah-Azimganj Express (daily) via Sagardighi
ii. Guwahati- Jaipur Express (weekly) via Kasganj – Faizabad – Gorakhpur -
Kokrajhar
iii. Howrah-Bolpur Express (daily)
iv. Howrah-Porbander Express (weekly)
Rajya Rani Express
115. I propose to introduce a new set of trains connecting state capitals with
important cities/towns in those states:
i. Sawantwadi Road - Mumbai Express (daily)
ii. Saharsa - Patna Intercity Express (daily)
iii. Meerut- Lucknow Intercity Express (daily)
iv. Mysore - Bangalore Express (daily)
v. Damoh - Bhopal Intercity Express (daily)
vi. Silghat – Dhubri Intercity Express (tri-weekly via Guwahati – Kokrajhar -
Jogighopa)
vii. Bankura – Howrah Express (tri-weekly)
viii. Nilambur Road – Thiruvananthapuram Link Express (daily)
ix. Jharsuguda – Bhubaneswar Express (tri-weekly)
x. Manmad – Mumbai Express (daily) via Nasik
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Janam Bhoomi Gaurav
116. Madam, to take forward our efforts of promoting rail tourism, I propose
to launch special tourist trains called “Janam Bhoomi Gaurav”. These special
trains connecting important historical and educational places, will run on the
following routes:
i. Howrah - Bolpur - Rajgir (Nalanda) – Pataliputra (Patna) - Varanasi
(Sarnath) - Gaya- Howrah
ii. Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan (Space Facility, Belur, Halebid,
Shravanbengola)- Hubli-Gadag (Hampi) - Bijapur (Gole Gumbaz) -
Bangalore
iii. Chennai-Puduchcheri-Tiruchichirappali-Madurai-Kanniyakumari-
Thiruvanthpuram-Ernakulam -Chennai
iv. Mumbai-Ahmedabad-(Lothal)-Bhavnagar(Palitana)-(Alang)-Gir-
Diu(Somnath-Veraval)-(Junagarh)-Rajkot-Mumbai
Express trains
117. I propose to introduce following new express trains:
1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty,
Dharmavaram
3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
4. Nagpur -Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Latur road, Purna,
Akola
5. Malda Town-Digha Express(weekly) via Rampurhat
6. Pune-Nanded Express(weekly) via Latur
7. Visakhapatnam- Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express(weekly) via Kharagpur
9. Mumbai- Chandigarh Express(weekly) via Phulera-Ringus- Gurgaon-
Kurukshetra
10. Bardhaman – Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
11. Bikaner- Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
12. Hyderabad- Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
13. Howrah – Tirupati Express (weekly)
14. Narsapur- Nagarsol Express(bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
15. Puri-Shalimar Express(weekly)
16. Ranchi- Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express(weekly) via Katni, Kota
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18. Chennai- Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
19. Coimbatore- Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
21. Yesvantpur- Mysore Express (daily)
22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express(weekly)
23. Mysore- Chennai Express (weekly)
24. Ahmedabad- Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
25. Bhavnagar- Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
26. Gorakhpur- Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal,
Kacheguda
27. Bhuj- Dadar Express(bi-weekly)
28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express(weekly) via Asansol
29. Jabalpur- Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
30. Porbander- Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
31. Kolkata-Agra Express(weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
32. Lucknow- Bhopal Express (weekly)
33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
34. Nagpur – Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly ) via Itarsi – Khandwa
35. Puri-Gandhidham Express(weekly) via Durg
36. Howrah-Visakhapatnam Express(weekly)
37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express(Daily)
38. Howrah – Darbhanga Express (weekly)
39. Vasco-Velankani Express(weekly)
40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast(weekly)
41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
44. Udaipur-Bandra(T) Express(tri-weekly) via Ratlam
45. Purulia –Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
46. Asansol – Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
47. Delhi – Puducherry Express (weekly)
48. Asansol – Tatanagar Exppress (tri-weekly) via Purulia
49. Indore- Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
50. Bhagalpur – Ajmer Express (weekly)
51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express(weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
52. Ernakulam – Bangalore Express (weekly)
53. Mangalore – Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
54. Varanasi – Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)
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56. Hardwar – Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)
Passenger services
118. The following new passenger services will be introduced:
1. Delhi- Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar Passenger (daily)
2. Kendujhargarh- Bhubaneswar Fast Passenger ( 5 days a week)
3. Koraput- Bolangir-Sambalpur Passenger (daily)
4. Barkakhana- Dehri-on-Sone Passenger(daily)
5. Jodhpur- Hissar Fast Passenger (daily)
6. Tirupati- Guntakal Passenger (daily)
7. Coimbatore- Mettupalayam Passenger (6 days a week)
8. Bhuj- Palanpur Passenger (daily)
9. Silghat- Chaparmukh Passenger (daily)
10. Siliguri-Dinhata Passenger (daily)
11. Abohar – Fazilka passenger (daily)
12. Bilaspur-Katni Passenger (daily)
13. Raipur – Korba Passenger (daily)
DEMU
119. Following new DEMU services will be introduced:
1. Gondia -Ballarshah
2. Vasai road-Diva
3. Ratlam-Neemuch
4. Ratlam-Chittaurgarh
5. Sealdah – Jangipur
6. Ahmedabad-Patan
7. Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet
8. Dharmapuri-Bangalore
9. Marikuppam-Bangarpet
10. New Jalpaiguri-Balurghat
11. Falaknuma-Medchhal
12. Mriyalguda-Nadikudi
13. Kacheguda-Raichur
14. Raichur-Gadwal
15. Radhikapur- New Jalpaiguri
16. Jalna-Nagarsol
17. Nizamabad-Secunderabad
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18. Kacheguda-Mriyalguda
19. Baripada-Bangariposi
20. Sealdah - Bhagwangola - Lalgola
21. Kolar-Bangalore
22. Krishnanagar – Behrampore Court
MEMU
120. The following MEMU services will also be introduced:
1. Ranchi-Asansol
2. Ernakulam – Kollam (via Alappuzha)
3. Vasai Road-Panvel
4. Bangarpet -Koppam
5. Falaknuma-Bhongir
6. Midnapore - Jhargram
7. Kollam - Nagercoil
8. Jhargram-Purulia
Extension of trains:
121. The run of the following trains will be extended:
1. Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102)
2. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express to Delhi (11103/11104)
3. Udaipur-Gwalior Express to Khajuraho (12965/12966)
4. Solapur- Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)
5. Jabalpur-Nagpur Express to Amravati (12159/12160)
6. Nizamuddin- Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur (12211/12212)
7. Jammu Tawi-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur (12491/12492)
8. Lucknow- Allahabad Express to Vindhyachal (14209/14210)
9. Chandigarh- Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Ajmer (12983/12984)
10. Indore-Ajmer Express to Jaipur (19655/19656)
11. Lucknow- Saharanpur Express to Chandigarh (15011/15012)
12. Chennai Egmore –Nagore Express to Karaikal (16175/16176)
13. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18509/18510)
14. Sambalpur- Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18309/18310)
15. Mysore- Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)
16. Valsad- Vadodara Express to Dahod (12929/12930)
17. Surat- Bhavnagar Express to Mahuva (19025/19026)
18. Sultanpur – Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (19603/19604)
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19. Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri (19601/19602)
20. Mumbai-Allahabad Express to Faizabad via Jaunpur, Shahganj (12563/12564)
21. Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)
22. Saharanpur- Delhi to Farukh Nagar (14546/14545)
23. Lucknow – Bhopal Express to Pratapgarh (12183/12184)
24. Delhi- Shahjahanpur Passenger to Sitapur Cantt. (54075/54076)
25. Moradabad- Chandausi Passenger to Bareilly (54311/54312)
26. Hajipur- Phulwaria Passenger to Bathua Bazar (55221/55222)
27. Hajipur- Thawe Passenger to Kaptanganj (55007/55008)
28. Nagercoil- Thiruvanthapuram Passenger to Kochuvelli (56318/56317)
29. Hyderabad- Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)
30. Hubli- Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)
31. Nagda- Kota Passenger to Ratlam (59803/59802)
32. Ambala – Una DEMU to Amb Andaura (74991/74992)
33. Ambala – Amritsar DEMU to Kurukshetra (74645/74646)
Increase in frequency of trains
122. The frequency of the following trains will be increased:
1. New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12015/12016)
2. Nagpur- Ahmedabad Express from weekly to bi-weekly (11453/11454)
3. Nizamuddin -Dehradun AC Express from 6 days to daily (12205/12206)
4. Secunderabad -Bikaner Express from weekly to bi-weekly (17037/17038)
5. New Delhi- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express from 6 days to daily (12423/12424)
6. Jaipur- Pune Express from weekly to bi-weekly (12939/12940)
7. Rourkela- Bhubaneswar Express from 6 days to daily (18105/18106)
8. Bangalore- Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12079/12080)
9. Habibganj- Jabalpur Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12061/12062)
10. Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Udaipur Chetak Express from 4 days to daily
(12981/12982)
11. Indore- Udaipur Express from 3 days to daily (19657/19658)
12. Rajkot- Porbander Express from 3 days to daily (19571/19572)
13. Mumbai CST- Mangalore Express from 3 days to daily (12133/12134)
14. Chennai-Tiruchendur Express from weekly to daily (16735/16736)
15. Surat- Amravati Fast Passenger from 2 days to 3 days (59025/59026)
16. Thiruchchirappalli- Karur Passenger from 6 days to daily (76835/76836)
17. Shoranur- Eranakulam Passenger from 6 days to daily (56607/56608)
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Special Trains
123. Railways often have to meet large spikes in the demand for passenger
traffic during vacations, festivals, Kumbh or other melas etc. In the current year,
we already operated 130 pairs of additional special trains which made 36,000
trips. In the coming summer season, it is planned to operate 8,000 trips to
handle the rush, and a total of 40,000 for the whole year. This not only helps
railways to achieve a healthy growth in passenger earnings but also satisfies to a
large extent the seasonal travel demands. Preparations to cater to the expected
massive demand by pilgrims during ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ in 2013 are being
planned.
New Lines
124. I propose to take up the following new line projects in 2011-12:-
1. Murkongselek-Pasighat
2. Rae Bareli – Akbarganj
3. Somnath – Kodinar
4. Joynagar – Durgapur
5. Sultanpur – Amethi
6. Mateswar – Memari
7. Itahar to Raiganj
8. Bankura – Purulia
9. Mellacheruvu – Janpahad
10. Bhangankhali and Basanti
11. Bongaon and Poramaheshtala
12. Irphala to Ghatal
13. Nadikudi-Srikalahasti
14. Baruipara to Furfura
15. Madurai-Tuticorin
16. Kalikapur and Minakhan via Ghatakpur
17. Tumkur-Davangiri
18. Chandranagar to Bakkahali
19. Whitefield-Kolar
20. Kakdwip and Budhakhali
21. Bira to Chakla
22. Ratlam-Banswara-Dungarpur
23. Basanti – Jharkhali
24. Barabani – Churulia
25. Shimoga-Harihar
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Gauge Conversion
125. The following new gauge conversion works are proposed to be taken up
next year:
i. Baraigram-Dulabchera
ii. Shapur – Saradiya
iii. Karimganj – Mahisasan
iv. Mehsana – Taranga Hill
v. Lucknow-Pilibhit via Sitapur, Mailani
vi. Miyagam-Dabhoi-Samlaya
Doubling
126. The following new doubling works are proposed to be taken up this
year:
1. Kalyan-Kasara - 3rd line
2. Rae Bareli – Utratia
3. Bhusawal-Jalgaon - 3rd line
4. Bhagalpur-Pirpainti
5. Ambari Falakata to New Mainaguri
6. Doubling across bridge no. 16,18 & 19 between Kathua-Madhopur
7. Rewari- Manheru
8. Guriya-Marwar & Karjoda-Palanpur
9. Guntur-Tenali
10. Kumblam-Thuravur
11. Plassey-Jiaganj
12. 3rd line between Bandel & Boinchi
13. 3rd line between Sainthia-Tarapith
14. Simhachalam - Gopalapatnam bye-pass line
15. Patch doubling of Aunrihar-Manduadih section
16. Doubling across Beas Bridge between Mirthal-Bhangala
17. Rani – Keshav Ganj
18. Ajmer –Bangurgram
19. Omalur – Metturdam - Patch doubling
20. Toranagallu-Ranjithpura
21. Shivani – Hosdurga Road
22. 3rd line between Boinchi & Shaktigarh
23. Kharagpur-Gokulpur
24. Kirandul –Jagdalpur
25. Parbhani-Mudkhed
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26. Vijaywada – Gudivada – Bhimavaram - Narasapur and Gudivada –
Machlipatnam
27. Bina-Kota
28. Viramgram-Samalkhiali
Project Implementation
127. Hon’ble members have been expressing their anguish over delays in
project execution and non-utilisation of funds allotted for works. I fully
appreciate their grievances. Therefore, I propose to set up a Central
Organization for Project Implementation (COPI) with offices in Delhi,
Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore, each headed by an officer of GM rank. COPI
will also ensure uniformity of systems and methodologies, follow the best
practices and optimize on resources. Core groups in the four offices will
monitor and ensure the funds allocated to different projects are fully utilized and
not surrendered or diverted and projects completed in a time-frame. They will
also ensure accountability and fix responsibility for non-performance.
New Line Surveys
128. On the basis of requests received from the hon’ble members, state
governments and others, the following surveys are proposed to be taken up in
2011-12:-
1 Bitragunta - Donakonda
2 Adilabad - Armoor
3 Bronachalam - Bellary
4 Poddatur – Yerraguntla
5 Karimnagar – Hassanparthi
6 Patancheru – Adilabad
7 Bhadrachalam Road – Visakhapatnam
8 Dimapur-Tizit
9 Bapudham Motihari - Riga
10 Dhamtari - Kanker
11 Rail connectivity to Jowai(Jaintia Hills) with Lokro
12 Dahod - Nathdwara
13 Rail connectivity to Santalpur, Suigam, Vav, Sanchor, Radhanpur
14 Taranga - Abu Road via Ambaji
15 Rail connectivity to Gariawar Taluka in Bhavnagar
16 Surat -Hazira
17 Viramgam -Sankheshwer
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18 Daman -Nasik
19 Nadiad -Tarapur -Kheda -Matar
20 Tarapur –Mahemadabad
21 Ahmedabad -Khedbrahma - Ambaji
22 Mahesana -Harij -Radhanpur
23 Vejalpur –Botad
24 Jakhal - Hissar
25 Alwar - Charkhi Dadri
26 Ghatshila – Ranchi
27 Simri Bakhtiyarpur - Bihariganj
28 Thakazhy-Tiruvalla
29 Tumkur-Chamarajnagar
30 Kolhapur – Dharwar
31 Ramganjmandi – Neemuch
32 Laji - Kirnapur
33 Farrukhabad - Shahjahanpur upto Mailani
34 Damoh - Hatanagar - Khajuraho
35 Pandra Road-Gotegaon(Shreedham).
36 Rail connectivity to Fatehabad-Chandravatiganj with Ratlam-Indore project
37 Chhindwara – Sagar
38 Rail connectivity of Kolhapur to Konkan Railway
39 Additional suburban line on Virar - Diva - Panvel section
40 Fast corridor on Harbour Line
41 Bye-pass line from Chudawa - Basmat Station
42 Paradip Port - Dhamara Port
43 Bhadrachalam - Kharagpur through Koraput-Talcher-Baripada
44 Rajmahendri - Raipur
45 Salem - Karaikal via Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai
46 Rajpura Junction – Chandigarh
47 Dharamkot - Moga
48 Barmer-Palanpur
49 Jaisalmer-Kandla
50 Nagore – Falaudi
51 Mannargudi - Pattukkottai
52 Tirupati to Nagore via Kancheepuram.
53 Balrampur - Khalilabad
54 Gwalior - Shahjahanpur via Fetehabad, Katana, Rajpur, Jalalabad
55 Manakpur - Madarsah Majar
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56 Barabanki - Fatehpur via Deva
57 Kasganj - Etawah via Mainpuri
58 Hasnabad - Machalandapur
59 Kushinagar- Kapilvastu (Nepal)
60 Ghughli - Anandnagar via Maharajganj
61 Dibrugarh-Dangri via New Tinsukia Town
62 Cuddaph - Hindupur via Kadiri
63 Kannur - Mattannur
64 Nandyal - Atmakur via Mahanandi
65 Parumamilla-Bakrapet
66 Thellapur - Patancheru
67 Rail connectivity to Dondi Lohara
68 Sabarmati - Abu Road
69 Palanpur - Bhuj
70 Bhildi – Jodhpur
71 Dhrangadhara -Santalpur
72 Palanpur -Ambaji -Abu Road
73 Dhanera -Goradu
74 Tahrad -Vav -Suigam
75 Bharuch -Dahej -Jambusar
76 Rail linkage for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor in Gujarat
77 Gandhinagar-Prantij
78 Nadiad-Dholka
79 Pirpainti - Jasidih
80 Koppal-Singanur
81 Tiruvalla - Ranny -Pampa
82 Kozhikode-Beypore
83 Nanjangode-Nilambur Road
84 Jabalpur-Udaipura-Sagar
85 Katangi-Tarodi
86 Kolhapur - Rajapur
87 Nagar -Kalyan
88 Karad - Belgaum via Nipani
89 Karaikal - Teralam
90 Karaikal - Sarkazi
91 Nandigram-Hijli Pirbaba via Jelingham
92 Sriperambudur-Guduvanchery with spur to Irun Kattukottai - Avadi-
Sriperumbudur
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93 Sausar - Pandhurana
94 Talasserry-Mysore
95 Shillong-Chandranathpur
96 Sivok-Mirik
97 Tirap-Lekhapani
98 Silghat-Tezpur
99 Bagnan - Shyampur
100 Hyderabad-Srisailam
101 Secunderabd-Karimnagar via Siddipet
102 Rohtak - Hansi via Meham
103 Ramagundam-Renigunta
104 Sivok-Kalimpong
105 Katwa-Karimganj
106 Nandakumar-Moyna(Bolai Panda)
107 Belda-Narayangarh
Gauge Conversion Surveys
129. Following surveys are proposed to be taken up in 2011-12:-
1. Gwalior - Degond
2. Katosan Bahucharaji-Ranuj
3. Hapa-Dahisar
4. Veraval-Dhasa Jn via Talala-Visavadar-Khijadia
Doubling Surveys
130. Following surveys are proposed to be taken up in 2011-12
1. Pune - Lonavala 3rd line
2. Gutti - Dharmavaram with electrification
3. Rajkot-Viramgam
4. Ahmedabad-Junagarh
5. Rajkot-Surendranagar
6. Birur-Shimoga
7. New Bongaigaon-Rangiya-Kamakhya
8. Irugur-Podanur
9. Macherla-Nadikude
10. Virar - Ahmedabad 3rd line
11. New Bongaigaon-Kamakhya via Goalpara Doubling
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12. Ahmedabad-Palanpur
13. Rohtak-Bhiwani
14. Hubli-Bangalore
15. Podanur - Palghat 3rd line
16. Ernakulam-Shoranur 4th line
Railway Electrification
131. The hon’ble members will be happy to know that railways would exceed
the original XI Plan target of 3,500 route-km of electrification. In 2011-12, the
following sections covering around 1,000 km are proposed to be electrified:-
i. Vizianagaram-Rayagada-Titlagarh-Raipur
ii. Rosa-Sitapur-Burhwal
iii. Alwar-Rewari
132. In addition to the above, feasibility study for the electrification of the
following sections will be undertaken:
i. Ahmedabad – Palanpur – Phulera – Ringus – Rewari - Delhi including
Kandla / Mundra Port – Gandhidham - Bhildi-Palanpur and
ii. Amla-Chindwara-Kalumna
133. Madam, I have already outlined the road map, the railways will take in
future. My mind is always with the common people. Railways provide the only
affordable mode of long distance travel. I do not want to further burden them
this year. That is why on behalf of the government I have not increased the
fares for the last two years despite all pressures on our finances.
134. With these words, Madam, I commend the Railway Budget for 2011-12
to the House.
*****
:cheers::cheers::cheers:

^^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf full text of budget speech.

Railways in red because of sixth pay commission arrears, which is not a recurring expenditure after all. good show didi :applause:

we will campaign against that. don't worry. :)

Bangalore has secured enough DRDO organizations that has contributed to the IT boom. Don't ask for the moon.

didi herself will scrap kolkata projects once state elections over.. now all india wants to throw left govt out. but once elections over nobody will care wb people including didi :lol:

we will campaign against that. don't worry. :)

Bangalore has secured enough DRDO organizations that has contributed to the IT boom. Don't ask for the moon.

Rail density in ktaka is one of the least in the country (with exception of north east n northern states). even trains for blore are routed through neighbouring states with only a small part passing through karnataka. with Muniyappa being minister of state this time, had expected a few trains through interior k'taka this year. but seems like he is interested in only blore n mysore.

Ms Banerjee did a good job for bengal. I wish muniappa had cared for his state :(

Learn to see something out of Bengal

A note not to didi, but to all the forumers here.

theres not a hell discussion on any other train out of bengal here.........

Many trains are too good!

Loved the foll trains-

NDLS-BCT duranto
PUNE-ADI duranto
ALD-CSTM duranto
PUNE_SC shat
BDTS-JAT Vivek exp via MJ-RTGH (wow what a route! skips JP and NDLS)- would take 33 hrs
some hundreds of EMU services added to Mumbai suburban
Rajya rani nilambur-TVC
Rajya rani Mumbai-SWV
Rajya Rani Silghat-Dhubri
Rajya Rani Damoh- BPL

of the express/sfe, i liked

ADI-YPR AC exp
BKN-DEE via RTGH (superfast intercity)
NZM-PDY
INDB-KOTA via ruthiyal (
BCT-CDG weekly (hope it has night departures and < 30 hr journey
VSG-velankani (via?)
NGP-KOP via LUR (best 1)
MAS-SNSI weekly
BSP-ERS (if via KR then itll be hit like anything!)
BGP-AII
JBP-INDB intercity

For extensions, i loved-
CDG-JP GR to AII Best one
UDZ-GWL exp to KURJ Cheers
MYS-SMET to talguppa (so its operational??)
CWA-GWL to NDLS (good one...)

For increase in frequency, the foll:
CSTM-HWH duranto made 4 days
CSTM-KAWR-MAJN SF made daily (cool)

56 new express trains to be introduced

The announcement was made by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Railway budget 2011-12.
The trains are :
Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram
Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola
Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat
Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur
Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur
Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra
Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)
Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)
Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota
Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)
Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)
Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur.
Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda
Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)
Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol
Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)
Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa
Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg
Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)
Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)
Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)
Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)
Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam
Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)
Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia
Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)
Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)
Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)
Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly).

Source:-Deccan Herald (http://www.deccanherald.com/)

but three years without fare hike, when the price of diesel has almost doubled in the same period? Their operationals have gone for a hit already.

How does the railway fund its capex?

Following is the list of 13 new passenger trains proposed:

* Delhi-Garhi Harsaru –Farukhnagar Passenger (daily)

* Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswr Fast Passenger (5 days a week)

* Koraput – Bolangir – Sambalpur Passenger (daily)

* Barkakhana-Dehri-on-Sone Passenger (daily)

* Jodhpur-Hissar Fast Passenger (daily)

* Tirupati – Guntakal Passenger (daily)

* Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Passenger (6 days a week)

* Bhuj-Palanpur Passenger (daily)

* Silghat-Chaparmukh Passenger (daily)

* Siliguri-Dinhata Passenger (daily)

* Abohar-Fazilka Passenger (daily)

* Bilaspur-Katni Passenger (daily)

* Raipur-Korba Passenger (daily)

Following new diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train services will be introduced:

* Gondia-Ballarshah

* Vasai road-Diva

* Ratlam-Neemuch

* Ratlam-Chittaurgarh

* Sealdah-Jangipur

* Ahmedabad-Patan

* Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet

* Dharmapuri-Bangalore

* Marikuppam-Bangarpet

* New Jalpaiguri – Balurghat

* Falaknuma-Medchhal

* Mriyalguda-Nadikudi

* Kacheguda-Raichur

* Raichur-Gadwal

* Radhikapur-New Jalpaiguri

* Jalna-Nagarsol

* Nizamabad-Secunderabad

* Kacheguda-Mriyalguda

* Baripada-Bangariposi

* Sealdah-Bhagwangola-Lalgola

* Kolar-Bangalore

* Krishnanagar-Behrampore Court


The following Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) train services will be introduced:

* Ranchi-Asansol

* Ernakulam-Kollam (via Alappuzha)

* Vasi Road-Panvel

* Bangarpet-Koppam

* Falaknuma-Bhongir

* Midnapore-Jhargram

* Kollam-Nagercoil

* Jhargram-Purulia

The run of the following trains have been proposed to be extended:

1. Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102)

2. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express to Delhi (11103/11104)

3. Udaipur-Gwalior Express to Khajuraho (12965/12966)

4. Solapur-Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)

5. Jabalpur-Nagpur Express to Amravati (12159/12160)

6. Nizamuddin-Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur (12211/12212)

7. Jammu Tawi-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur (12491/12492)

8. Lucknow-Allahabad Express to Vindhyachal (14209/14210)

9. Chandigarh-Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Ajmer (12983/12984)

10. Indore-Ajmer Express to Jaipur (19655/19656)

11. Lucknow-Saharanpur Express to Chandigarh (15011/15012)

12. Chennai Egmore-Nagore Express to Karaikal (16175/16176)

13. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18509/18510)

14. Sambalpur-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18309/18310)

15. Mysore-Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)

16. Valsad-Vadodara Express to Dahod (12929/12930)

17. Surat-Bhavnagar Express to Mahuva (19025.19026)

18. Sultanpur-Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (19603/19604)

19. Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri (19601/19602)

20. Mumbai-Allahabad Express to Faizabad via Jaunpur, Shahganj (12563/12564)

21. Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)

22. Saharanpur-Delhi to Farukh Nagar (14546/14545)

23. Lucknow-Bhopal Express to Pratapgarh (12183/12184)

24. Delhi-Shahjahanpur Passenger to Sitapur Cantt. (54075/54076)

25. Moradabad-Chandausi Passenger to Bareilly (54311/54312)

26. Hajipur-Phulwaria Passenger to Bathua Bazar (55221/55222)

27. Hajipur-Thawe Passenger to Kaptanganj (55007/55008)

28. Nagercoil-Thiruvanthapuram Passenger to Kochuvelli (56318/56317)

29. Hyderabad-Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)

30. Hubli-Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)

31. Nagda-Kota Passenger to Ratlam (59803/59802)

32. Ambala-Una DEMU to Amb Andaura (74991/74992)

33. Ambala-Amritsar DEMU to Kurukshetra (74645/74646)

Following is the list of 56 new express trains proposed to be introduced in Rail Budget 2011:

1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)

2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram

3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan

4. Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola

5. Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat

6. Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur

7. Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram

8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur

9. Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra

10. Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)

11. Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh

12. Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur

13. Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)

14. Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad

15. Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)

16. Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur

17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota

18. Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore

19. Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)

20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad

21. Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)

22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

23. Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)

24. Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur

25. Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon

26. Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda

27. Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)

28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol

29. Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina

30. Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon

31. Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura

32. Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)

33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)

34. Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa

35. Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg

36. Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)

38. Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)

39. Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)

40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)

41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)

42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh

43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore

44. Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam

45. Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore

46. Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya

47. Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)

48. Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia

49. Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai

50. Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)

51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh

52. Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)

53. Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)

54. Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer

55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)

56. Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)

Source:- TOI

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INDIAN RAILWAYS BUDGET 2011 - 2012 (http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?id=0,1,304,366,539)

Cheers :cheers:

Rail Budget: Text of Mamata Banerjee's speech

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/7570438.cms

Rail Budget: neither sugar-free nor rasagulla, it's a fudge


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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Railways were passing through "difficult" and "testing" times. How come? The Indian economy is growing at 8.6 per cent a year. Have the Railways fallen off the India map?


Banerjee blames the Sixth Pay Commission. She makes a virtue of the Railways bearing the burden of higher salaries on their own, unlike other government departments. The Railways are a commercial organisation. They are not doing a sovereign function like maintaining law and order. There are obvious reasons why we do not expect the police to pay for their keep. That reasoning does not apply to the Railways.


The tonnage that the Railways carry should be more than the GDP growth rate. Banerjee in her While Paper of 2009 said this should be 1.25 times GDP. She criticised Lalu Prasad for under performance, though under him the Railways had grown by over 8 percent annually for five years, the rate tamped down by the global financial distress of 2008-09. Yet Banerjee set a slack growth target of 6 percent, which she has not been able to achieve. Freight loading this year has increased by just 4 percent. This when truck sales are growing 32 percent!


The Budget is supposed to be true and fair account of the health of the Railways. Banerjee's budget falls short on this criterion. Though there will be a shortfall of 20 million tonnes, she says earnings will be slightly more than last year. Working expenses have increased by Rs 2,000 cr. Yet she has show an 'excess' of Rs 4,105 cr which is more than the budget figure. What she has not said in the speech is that the appropriation for urgent replacements has been cut by Rs 1,900 cr. The obligatory payment of interest on the government's preference capital has been reduced by 1,700 cr. Banerjee has claimed Rs 3,700 cr in austerity-related savings. One wonders what these are. Senior officials say that the Railways have not been paying contractors since October. S Ananthanarayanan, who recently retired as financial adviser to Western Railways has given a detailed account of the mess in the Railways in the Economic and Political Weekly (Feb 12 issue). He says things got so bad that at one time last year reserves were down to Rs 7.5 lakh. He adds that payments were being held up from July itself. The Railways call this 'exchequer management!'


The Railways have not been able to been able to generate resources for this year's annual plan. They have had to borrow. For the next year they have set a higher investment target, financed no doubt with more debt.


Banerjee says there are 85 public-private partnership projects 'under progress.' Four MNCs - Siemens, Alsthom, Bombardier and GE have shown interest in setting up electric and diesel engine manufacturing plants at Madhepura and Mahoura in Bihar. Cabinet approved these joint ventures in 2009. An Empowered Committee finalised the bids. The Railways then set up an in-house committee to second guess the EC, which is an inter-ministerial committee of secretaries. As expected it has proposed such conditions as will make these projects unattractive. It is a dog in the manger attitude. The Railway bureaucracy does not want to yield turf. The makeover of New Delhi Railway Station into a 'world class' one has also been held up for the same reason. Foreign consultants are being blamed for charging high fees, when it is the Railways that have not been able to get religious structures and graveyards at the site moved, and bring Delhi's squabbling civic agencies on the same page.


Banerjee said her budget would be 'sugar free' for some and sweet like rasagullas for others. Tastes like a fudge to me.


The Comptroller & Auditor General should take a bite.

^^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf full text of budget speech.

Railways in red because of sixth pay commission arrears, which is not a recurring expenditure after all. good show didi :applause:

I am not sure that this is one time charge. Sixth pay commission has hiked up pay scale, which means that this is pay that IR would be making for the next few years for its personnel. i.e. recurring not a one time charge.

At least she hasn't stolen money like Raja that could be used for development work.

Well you cannot compare corruption of DMK Raja/Sonia Kangress with Didi. However she is wasting tax payers money by her social programs. She is also wasting IR revenue money by moving projects to W. Bengal when most of them make no sense.

The point is that an incompetent person like Mamta can waste astronomical sums by their dumb decisions.

are you sure?

Yes. But don't take my word for it. Ex Chairman Malhotra of IR board believes the same, so do other IR board members.
I visited a high end, high cost Italian food place in Bluru and the place is always packed. The middle class of India has a lot of disposable income and willing to spend if they get the necessary service. I am willing to bet that a high speed rail service charging around the same amounts as Air fare would be packed, especially for places like Tier 1, 2 cities.

Karnataka Railway Projects

MFCs with budget hotels at

Bangarpet,
Ramnagar,
Arsikere,
Birur

Upgradation of stations

Hubli,
Kolar

Extension of Train Management System to Bangalore

Golden Rail Corridor for Chennai-Bangalore

The new lines sections to be completed in 2011-12 are:-

Raichur-Pandurangaswamy
Kanivehalli-Chikmagalur
Hirisave-Shravanabelagola
Homnabad-Hallikhed

Gauge Conversion in 2011-12 including the following sections:

Kolar-Chintamani

doubled in 2011-12 are as under:-

Ballakere-Birur
Maddur-Hanakere
Maddur-Hanakere

Rail Tourism To improve look of twenty
railway stations and its approaches, the cost will be shared on 50:50 basis.

Hospet

Increase in frequency of Duronto services

Howrah -Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days (12245/12246)

Vivek Express

Howrah-Mangalore Express (Weekly) via Palghat

Rajya Rani Express

Mysore - Bangalore Express (daily)

special tourist trains called “Janam Bhoomi Gaurav”.

Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan (Space Facility, Belur, Halebid,
Shravanbengola)- Hubli-Gadag (Hampi) - Bijapur (Gole Gumbaz) -
Bangalore

New Express trains

Chennai- Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
Yesvantpur- Mysore Express (daily)
Mysore- Chennai Express (weekly)
Ahmedabad- Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
Gorakhpur- Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal,Kacheguda
Ernakulam – Bangalore Express (weekly)
Mangalore – Palghat Intercity Express (daily)

DEMU Services

Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet
Dharmapuri-Bangalore
Marikuppam-Bangarpet
Kacheguda-Raichur
Raichur-Gadwal
Kolar-Bangalore

MEMU Services

Bangarpet -Koppam

Extension of trains:

Solapur- Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)
Mysore- Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)
Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)
Hubli- Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)
Hyderabad- Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)

Increase in frequency of trains

Bangalore- Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days to daily (12079/12080)
Mumbai CST- Mangalore Express from 3 days to daily (12133/12134)

new line projects in 2011-12:-

Tumkur-Davangiri
Whitefield-Kolar
Shimoga-Harihar

Doubling

Shivani – Hosdurga Road
Toranagallu-Ranjithpura
Shivani – Hosdurga Road

New Line Surveys

Bronachalam - Bellary
Tumkur-Chamarajnagar
Kolhapur – Dharwar
Rail connectivity of Kolhapur to Konkan Railway
Nanjangode-Nilambur Road
Karad - Belgaum via Nipani
Talasserry-Mysore

Doubling Surveys

Birur-Shimoga
Hubli-Bangalore