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Our achievements is an open book |
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Railways has done tremendous work |
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Customer is our God |
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Every child will say 'Chak de Railway' |
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Railways has generated huge surplus owing to well-thought policies of UPA govt |
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Indian Railways is attaining popularity |
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We have turned the Indian Railways into a profit making organisation |
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We are working on increasing the productivity of the railway workers |
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We have increased the productivity of railway assets |
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We stretched our vision to deliver record breaking performance |
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We have turned out to be the cheapest mass transporters in the country |
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We played the volume gain to earn profit |
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Everyone has appreciated my work for the betterment of Railways |
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I have worked quite hard on raising the bar high and increasing our profits |
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PASSENGER FARES AND REBATES |
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Reduction of fares in AC-1 clss by 7%, AC-2 tier by 4% and AC- 3 tier by 3% |
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Price of second class fares have been cut by 5% |
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Sleeper fares cut by 5% |
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50% concession for AIDS patients |
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30% rebate for male senior citizens |
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50% for women senior citizens instead of 30% |
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Paramveer Charka and Ashok Charka winners along with companion can use their card now even in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to travel free |
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Girls to get free season tickets till graduation |
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Free tickets for male students till Class XII |
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NEW ROUTES AND TRAINS |
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Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani tri-weekly |
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New Itarsi-Katni passenger train daily |
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New Ahmedabad-Patan Express daily |
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Chennai-Salem new train daily |
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Ranchi-Bhagalpur new train tri-weekly |
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Indore-Udaipur via Ratlam new train tri-weekly |
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New Puri-Darbhanga Express weekly |
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Indore-Udaipur via Ratlam new train tri-weekly |
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Khajuraho-Delhi new train tri-weekly |
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New weekly Varanasi-Rameshwaram Express |
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Machhlipatnam-Bangalore new train tri-weekly |
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Amravati-Mumbai Express new train bi-weekly | |
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RAILWAY FORCE |
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All vacant posts to be filled up in GRP |
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GRP to get new weapons |
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In Group D out of 6000 new appointments 5000 are from SC/ST |
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PASSENGER AMENITIES |
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Modular toilets to be installed in trains |
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Rs 40 bn kept for discharge-free train toilets |
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Touchscreen, colour display boards at stations |
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Express trains to have public address systems |
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Online info boards in overnight trains to display news |
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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT |
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15,000 automated ticket machines in 2 years |
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To link trains via IT, communications by 2009 |
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E-ticket will be available in wait list |
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50 big stations to have lifts, escalators |
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Automated ticket vending machines at 250 stations |
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Railways planning SMARTCARD-based ticket system |
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'Go Mumbai' cards to be sold at bus depots |
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Long-distance trains to display next station |
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Rajdhani, Shatabdi to get modernised coaches |
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E-ticket booking to go up from 1 lakh to 3 lakh annually |
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Mulling ticket confirmation via mobile phone |
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Plan to provide ticket booking via mobile phone |
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Smart card system to all railways |
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New coaches in all Rajdhani trains by 2010 |
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New coaches in Shatabdi trains by 2011 |
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Multi-level parking at 36 railway stations |
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LHB coaches in all Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains. This will improve speed and comfort |
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Mulling ticket confirmation via mobile phone |
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After 2010 only stainless steel coaches; production by 2008-09 |
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On board cleaning system in every Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Mail and Superfast trains to be done by a professional agencies |
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Platform shelter in all B level stations |
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Platform length to be increased |
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50 big stations to have lift and escalators |
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Arrival time to be printed on tickets |
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Express trains to have public address systems |
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Kalka-Shimla Railway to get UNESCO world heritage status; focus to be on tourism |
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Tie-up with China Railways; working for Trans-Asian Railway Project |
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Orders from six countries for Indian rail coaches |
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FREIGHT |
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Achieved 790 tonnes pay-load target |
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Additional Rs 20 bn earned on freight services |
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New policy for wagon leasing |
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2007-08 PERFORMANCE REPORT |
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Indian Railways had a cash surplus of Rs 25,000 crore in the 2007-08 fiscal |
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Additional 20,000 cr earned on freight service |
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Railway Fund Balance up 2,000 crore |
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Rail Plan soars from 11,000 cr to 33,000 crore |
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Rs 49,250 crores spent as investment on new projects |
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Last year, railway profit ratio touched 76% |
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Rs 14,000 crore profit in loading |
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Rs 49,250 crore invested in new projects |
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Sitting companies given railway licences |
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Railway has increased passenger train numbers |
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Achieved 790 tonne payload target |
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TARGETS |
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Railway plan size hiked from Rs 11,000 cr to Rs 30,000 cr |
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Rs 49,250 crore invested in new projects |
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Private companies can make terminals on rail land |
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560 platforms to be lengthened for long-distance trains |