Railway Budget highlights

NEW DELHI: Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Wednesday said a feasibility study would be conducted for a railway coach terminal at Nemom in Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam. Presenting the maiden rail budget in the Parliament for 2012 and 13, the union minister said the Palakkad Coach Factory would be implemented with the help of the state government




Budget highlights

Kerala submits project for Thiruvananthapuram-Kasarogd fast track railway path
75 new express trains, 21 new passenger trains
New railway line from Bilaspur to Nepal
Railways in crisis
Rail Khel Ratna Award for 10 sportspersons
National Fast  Track Rail Authority under consideration
Coach factory in Gujarat and Karnataka
Factory for diesel engines in Madhya  Pradesh
New train from Agartala to Bangladesh
Survey for 114 new lines
Four new lines for Kolkata Metro
Two new railway lines
New trains in Delhi-Kolkata route
828 crores for electrification of 6500 kilometre railway lines
Four metre gauge to be made broad gauges lines
1000 new railway stations to come up
New lines to be set up for Kolkata Metro
114 new line surveys to be carried out
85 new line projects to be introduced
6500 kms of new electrifications
825 km of gauge conversion to be carried out
700 km of new rail lines to be added in 2012/13 against 725 km being added in 2011/12
Trains' speed limit to be set at 160 kmph
45 new routes to be introduced
To spend Rs 63,212 crore on track modernization in 5 years
Need for new lines in underdeveloped parts of the country
Four new rail coach factories to come up in Kerala
Stock Reactions: Titagarh Wagons down 3.25%, Kalindee Rail Nirman down 3.5%, Stone India down 3.17%, Texmaco up 1.8%
Railways should get at least 10% of government's infrastructure spends
Dinesh Trivedi talks of upgrading technology to increase speed of trains
Annual Plan for Railways for 2012-13 put at highest ever Rs 60,100 crore
Need Indian Railways to grow at 10% annually
Aim to upgrade 19,000 km of tracks in five years
Collective responsibility of Indian Parliament to make the Railways to be the best in the world
Trivedi proposes to bring down operating ratio from 95 to 84.9%
India can't sustain its present GDP growth without the growth of the railways
Time has come to think of one national policy for Railways
Railway investment in the 12th Plan to be Rs7.35 lakh crore against Rs 1.92 lakh crore in the 11th Plan
We can't imagine India without Indian Railways
Be ready to bite the bullet to modernise railways
 Urgent need to connect to northeast and J&K
Investment of Rs.5.60 lakh crore required for modernisation
Unmanned level crossings to be abolished in next five years
487 projects are pending, need urgent funding
Anil Kakodkar to head Rail safety committee
Independent rail safety authority to be set up
Our target should be zero death
40% accidents happen at unmanned railway crossings
 Dinesh Trivedi misses Lalu's name in illustrious list of railway ministers. Mentions him after being prompted
Emphasis on better railway infrastructure: Trivedi
I am not satisfied with the present safety standards of Indian railways: Dinesh Trivedi
Ensuring safety of passengers is my first priority: Railway minister