Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who has demanded that the prime minister replace Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi with her trusted lieutenant Mukul Roy, on Thursday said no one was above party

With safety as the prime focus, Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday spelt out five priority areas for his ministry over the 12th Five Year Plan.

"My focus will be safe safety, safety, safet

Your rail travel by AC coaches from the national capital to Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai, will become costlier by at least Rs140 with the Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announcing a steep rise in passe

* Railways to invest Rs.7.35 lakh crore during 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17), a quantum jump from the Rs.1.92 lakh crore invested in previous plan period.

* Railways must attract 10 percent of

While the fare hikes in the railway budget for 2012-13 didn't cause much of a stir among the public, the man on the street remained skeptic of the government's ability to deliver on the facilities pro

* Outlay of Rs 60,100 crore during 2012-13, the highest ever.

* Railways will require Rs 14 lakh crore in the next 10 years for modernisation.

* Aim to bring down operating ratio from 90 per cent to

For long Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's trusted pointsman in New Delhi, Dinesh Trivedi, a trained pilot now in charge of the vast Indian Railway network, has fallen out with his leader les

* Focus during next five years on five areas: tracks, bridges, signalling, rolling stock and stations.

* Signalling to be improved over 19,000 km.

* Capacity augmentation to get Rs.4,410 crore during 2012-13.

* Eighty-five new line projects to be taken up during 2012-13.

Indian Railways aims to cut operating ratio, which is the money spent to earn every Rs 100, to 84.9 per cent in 2012-13 from 95 per cent in the current financial year, Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi