New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is presenting his fifth railway budget in Lok Sabha. Headlines India is bringing you the major highlights of the Railway Budget 2008-09.Railways registered a profit of Rs 25,000 crore in 2007-08 fiscal
Railways earned a surplus of Rs 68,778 crore in last 4 years
Railways earned Rs 2,000 crore from 3,000 additional bogies
Lalu claims that productivity assets has increased
Till December 2007, 8.2 per cent growth in freight loading
Railways registered an Operating Ratio of 76.3 per cent in 2007-08 Fiscal
All trains to have modular toilets
Go-Mumbai Card, a multi purpose card for Mumbai trains
Passengers can get E-Tickets on the Internet
Plan to do away with long queues on Reservation counters in 2 years
Number of trains increased in peak seasons
Display facility on all express trains
Maintenance of trains to be transferred to private agencies
Rs 500 crore to be spent on maintenance of platforms
30 big stations to have multi-level parking
High level platforms to be introduced on major stations
50 more stations to have escalators and elevators facility
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