India Railway Budget 2006

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 30 June 2010

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  • Record breaking performance in first nine months of Current Financial Year
  • No increase in Passenger Fares
  • Superfast charges on Monthly and Quarterly Season Tickets reduced
  • Reduction in First And Second Ac Fares by 18% and 10% respectively
  • Over 200 Mail/Express Trains to be made superfast
  • Four popular trains to have World Class Passenger Amenities
  • No across the board increase in Freight Rates
  • Rationalization of Goods Tariff to continue
  • Ceiling for Booking Luggage in Brake Vans removed
  • Public-private partnership to get major thrust
  • Licences through Open Bidding to provide On Board Services in passenger trains
  • Airconditioned Garib Rath Introduced as a Pilot Project
  • Grameen Ticket Booking Service for unemployed rural youth
  • Jansadharan Ticket Booking Scheme: unemployed youth to man prepaid uts counters
  • 50% Concession to farmers and milk producers traveling for training purposes
  • 50% Concession to victims with Loss Of Limbs for Transplantation Of Artificial Limbs
  • Upgradation of passengers to next higher class extended to all rajdhani, mail/express trains
  • Without any additional charges
  • Number of Coaches in Passenger Trains to be increased
  • Dedicated Multimodal High Axle Freight Corridor on Western And Eastern Routes
  • Doube Stack Container Train to be introduced
  • 25 Tonne Axle Load Trains to run on two routes for the first time
  • Largest ever Annual Plan Outlay of rs 23475 crore for 2006-07
  • Rs 10794 crore for the plan to be generated through internal resources
  • Major Technological upgradations planned, high tech passenger coaches for more trains
  • Introduction Of Atm, Cyber cafes at all major stations
  • 800 more Uts Centres to be opened
  • Wagon & Electric Loco Manufacturing Capacity to be increased by 25% and 17% respectively
  • Production capacity at Rail Wheel Factory, Integral Coach Factory and samastipur workshop to be increased

55 NEW TRAINS INTRODUCED

The Railway Minister Shri Lalu Prasad has announced following new trains for the year 2006-07:-

  1. Valsad-Udhna(Surat)-Chhapra-Sonpur Shramik Express (weekly)
  2. Ahmedabad-Patna Azimabad Express (weekly)
  3. Muzaffarpur-Kolkata (Chitpur) Tirhut Express (weekly)
  4. Darbhanga-Kolkata (Chitpur) Mithilanchal Express(bi-weekly)
  5. Kishanganj Garib Nawaj Express (weekly)
  6. Yeswantpur Garib Nawaj Express (weekly)
  7. Ranchi Garib Nawaj Express via Varanasi (weekly)
  8. Saharsa-Patna Kosi Express (daily)
  9. Sonpur-Chhapra-Jammu Tawi Mour Dhwaj Express (weekly)
  10. Delhi-Patna Garib Rath (AC) (weekly)
  11. Delhi-Mumbai Garib Rath (AC) (weekly)
  12. Delhi-Chennai Garib Rath (AC) (weekly)
  13. Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath (AC) (bi-weekly) via Barauni, Hajipur, Sonpur, Chhapra, Gorakhpur
  14. Bangalore-Darbhanga Express via Chennai, Patna (weekly)
  15. Link Express between Darbhanga and Guwahati with 5609/5610 Avadh-Assam Express (daily)
  16. Delhi (New Azadpur)-Saharsa Poorabiya Express via Lucknow (weekly)
  17. Valsad-Udhna(Surat)-Kanpur Udyogkarmi Express (weekly)
  18. Rae Bareli-Pratapgarh-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Link Express (bi-weekly)
  19. Bhubaneswar-Baripada Express(tri-weekly)
  20. Durg-Gorakhpur Express via Faizabad(weekly)
  21. Delhi-Raibareli Express (tri-weekly)
  22. Chennai-Mangalore Express(tri-weekly)
  23. Chennai-Tiruvananthapuram Express(daily)
  24. Chennai-Tiruvananthapuram Express(weekly)
  25. Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Express(weekly)
  26. Chennai-Coimbatore Express(weekly)
  27. Madurai-Tirupati-Manmad Express(weekly)
  28. Howrah-Puri Express(bi-weekly)
  29. Bhubaneswar-Pondicherry Express(weekly)
  30. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express(bi-weekly)
  31. Howrah-Mumbai Express(weekly)
  32. Tatanagar-Yesvantpur Express(weekly)
  33. Chennai-Bilaspur Express(weekly)
  34. Nagpur-Raipur Intercity Express(daily)
  35. Pune-Lucknow Express(weekly)
  36. Indore-Bhopal Intercity Express(daily)
  37. Bhuj-Bareilly Express(tri-weekly)
  38. Jabalpur-Jammu Tawi Express(weekly)
  39. Jaipur-Amritsar Express(bi-weekly)
  40. Radhikapur-Sealdah Link Express with 3453/3454 Gour Express(daily)
  41. Mathura-Alwar Passenger (Daily)
  42. Machilipatnam-Tirupati Fast Passenger(tri-weekly)
  43. Gudur-Tirupati Passenger (daily)
  44. Hajipur-Sonpur-Chhapra-Siwan-Thawe Passenger(daily)
  45. Mailani-Palia Kalan Passenger (MG)(daily)
  46. Jallandhar City-Nakodar DMU(daily)
  47. Asansol-Bokaro (MEMU)
  48. Bankura-Ranchi Passenger via Purulia
  49. Jogbani-Kolkata Express (tri-weekly) (after gauge conversion)
  50. Ajmer-Udaipur City Express (after gauge conversion)
  51. Purna-Nanded-Patna Express (after gauge conversion) (weekly)
  52. Purna-Adilabad Passenger (after gauge conversion)(weekly)
  53. Nanded-Adilabad Passenger (after gauge conversion)(daily)
  54. Madurai-Rameswaram Passenger (after gauge conversion) (daily)
  55. Kumarghat –Agartala (after commissioning of new metre gauge line) (daily)

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