Railway budget highlights 5


New wheel factory to be set up at Rae Bareli

Greenfiled EMU manufacturing facility at Bhilwara

Railway energy management company to be set up to harness solar and wind energy

1,000 crossings to be energised by solar power

1.51 lakh vacancies to be filled up

Locomotive cabs to be air-conditioned

Azadi Express to be introduced to travel to places associated with
freedom struggle

India in 1 billion tonne freight club

By end of 2013-14, 1,500 km of contracts to be awarded for two dedicated rail corridors

Rs.1 lakh crore target set for public-private-partnership route

Free Wi-Fi to be provided on some trains

Rs.100 crore for improving stations in New Delhi

179 escalators and 400 lifts at A 1 and other select stations

E-ticketing through mobile phones

SMS alerts for passengers on reservation status

Next generation e-ticketing system by end of 2013

Seventeen bridges identified for repair

Smoke and fire detection system envisaged

Fire extinguishers to be kept in guard vans

Corporate plan for 10 years to be drawn up

Raised four companies of women RPF personnel, and another eight to be raised for women's safety

Six more Rail Neer bottling plants to be set up

Losses mounted from Rs.22,500 crore in 2011-12 to Rs.24,600 crore in 2012-13

Planning Commission pegged 12th Plan at Rs.125.19 lakh crore

Fall in accidents - per million accidents down from .41 to .13

Aim to eliminate 31,846 level crossings

  

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