Interim Railway budget 2009-10 Speech and Highlights

Here is the link of the railway budget speech of Lalu prasad Yadav on 13-02-2009.
Budget speech in English

Budget Speech in Hindi


Highlights of the railway budget 2009-2010.

2 per cent fare cut in mail, express and AC trains
Railways to increase coach volumes in 16 trains
Railways have made huge turnaround
Huge improvement in rail security
Rail cash surplus at Rs 90,000 cr in past 5 years
Financial turnaround without burden on public
Railways has facilitated easier ticket booking
Freight traffic went up 9 per cent last year
Fall in iron ore export, container freight this year
Freight rates unchanged
Average freight growth up to 8 per cent in 5 years
Will invest Rs 2.30 lakh crore in 11th 5-year plan
Railways to introduce new wagons with higher capacity
Rs 70,000 crore surplus to be used to improve Railways
Expected freight revenue in 2009: Rs 59,060 crore
Railways to spend Rs 37,900 crore in FY '10
Work on Ludhiana-Kolkata freight corridor started
Work on Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor started
Feasibility study for bullet trains underway
To study feasibility for bullet train on Delhi-Patna route
Doing pre-feasibility study for 6 bullet trains
Kolkata metro expansion plans cleared
Railways to start 43 new trains in FY '10

MY DREAM

Mumbai to Delhi super bullet train in 4 to 6 hrs

& I am on train

My dream definitely looks to be come true in my life

Thanks to LALLU & OUR railways

New Trains announced in the Railway Budget 2009-10 are as follows

1. Bilaspur - Tirunelveli via Thiruvanathpuram Express (Weekly)
2. Ranchi -Jaynagar Express (Tri-weekly)
3 Secunderabad – Manuguru Superfast (Daily)
4. Mumbai - Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)
5. Bhopal - Lucknow Junction Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
6. Durg - Jaipur Express (Weekly)
7. Chhatrapati Sahu terminal(Kolhapur)–Dhanbad Link Service via Parasnath (Weekly)
8. Sengottai - Erode Passenger (Daily)
9. Dibrugarh Town - Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
10. Ajmer - Bhagalpur via Delhi Garib Rath Express (Bi-weekly)
11. Nizamuddin – Bangalore via Kacheguda Rajdhani Express (Tri-weekly)
12. Barauni - Delhi Jan Sadharan Superfast (Bi-weekly)
13. Mumbai – Varanasi Superfast (Daily)
14. Mysore -Yesvantpur Express (Daily)
15. Jamalpur – Gaya Passenger
16. Koraput – Rourkela Express via Rayagada (Daily)
17. Agra - Ajmer Superfast (Daily)
18. Sitamarhi – Patna Link Service (Daily)
19. Tiruchchirapalli - Madurai Express (Daily)
20. Mumbai - Bikaner Superfast (Bi-weekly)
21. Jaynagar – Ajmer Link Service (Bi-weekly)
22. Agra - Lucknow Junction Shatabdi Express (Daily)
23. Gandhidham - Kolkata Superfast (Weekly)
24. New Delhi – Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Bhagalpur (Weekly)
25. Mumbai - Tirunelvelli Superfast via Thiruvanathpuram (Bi-weekly)
26. Jammu Tawi – Darbhanga Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
27. Saharsa – Delhi via Express Patna (Weekly)
28. Gwalior - Bhopal Intercity Express via Guna (5 days a week)
29. Coimbatore -Tuticorin Link Service (Daily)
30. Howrah -Haridwar Superfast (5 days a week)
31. Machhalipatnam – Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly)
32. Varanasi - Jammu Tawi Superfast (Daily)
33. Gorakhpur - Mumbai Superfast (Daily)
34. Jhajha – Patna MEMU
35. New Delhi – Palwal MEMU
36. New Delhi – Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Muzaffarpur (Weekly)
37. Veraval – Mumbai Link service (Daily)
38. Ranchi –Patna Jan Shatabdi (Daily)
39. Jhansi – Chhindwara Superfast (Bi-weekly)
40. Mumbai – Jodhpur Express (Weekly)
41. Hajipur – Bagaha Link Service
42. Howrah – Delhi Link Service via Azimganj- Bhagalpur (Weekly)
43. Sitamarhi –Delhi Garib Rath Express via Patna (Weekly)

Extension of Trains are as follows

1. 5761/5762 Ranchi – Alipurduar Express to Guwahati
2. 9269/9270 Porbandar – Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffapur
3. 1471/1472 Jabalpur – Bhopal Express to Laxmibai Nagar, Indore
4. 6865/6866 Ernakulam – Tiruchchirapalli Express to Nagore
5. 3155/3156 Kolkata – Darbhanga Mithilanchal Express to Sitamarhi
6. 2175/2176 Howrah – Gwalior Chambal Express to Mathura
7. 2177/2178 Howrah – Agra Cantt Chambal Express to Mathura
8. 6507/6508 Jodhpur – Bangalore Express to Coimbatore
9. 2187/2188 Jabalpur – Mumbai Garib Rath Express to Allahabad
10. 2927/2928 Mumbai – Vadodara Express to Chhotaudepur
11. 541/542 Patna – Darbhanga Kamlaganga Fast Passenger to Biraul
12. 3113/3114 Kolkata – Murshidabad Hazar Duari Express to Lalgola
13. 2909/2910 Mumbai – Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Delhi
14. 2143/2144 Nagpur–Gaya Dikshabhoomi Parasnath Express to Dhanbad via Parasnath


Increase in Frequency

1. 2423/2424 New Delhi – Guwahati/Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express from 5 days to 6 days
2. 2443/2444 Bhubaneshwar – New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 2 days to 4 days
3. 2395/2396 Ajmer – Rajendra Nagar Ziyarat Express from weekly to Biweekly
4. 2211/2212 Nizamuddin – Bapudham Motihari Garib Rath from weekly to Biweekly
5. 2183/2184 Bhopal – Lucknow Junction Express from Bi-weekly to Triweekly
6. 7091/7092 Secunderabad – Patna Express from Bi-weekly to Daily
7. 2739/2740 Secunderabad – Vishakhapatnam Garib Rath Express from 4 days to Daily
8. 2111/2112 Amravati – Mumbai Amravati Express from Tri-weekly to Daily
9. 2149/2150 Pune – Patna Express from 4 days a week to Daily
10. 2957/2958 Ahmedabad – New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 6 days to Daily
11. 2947/2948 Ahmedabad–Patna Azimabad Express from Bi-weekly to Triweekly
12. 2887/2888 Puri – Howrah Express from weekly to Bi-weekly
13. 2487/2488 Jogbani – Delhi Seemanchal Express from 5 days to 6 days a week
14 2823/2824 Nizammudin-Durg Chattisgarh Sampark Kranti from 2 days to 3 days a week

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What date fare cut start? Bullet train good idea. might creat more jobs in this time.