In order to ensure the safety and security of trains and passengers, railway minister Mamata Banerjee, in her Budget, has offered two new trains and two new projects as a special package for states that ensure trouble-free train running for a whole year. An All-India security helpline has also been set up to facilitate passengers security and is all set to become operational this year.

With elections round the corner in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, in her Budget has announced a range of new proposals that includes new lines, gauge conversion, doubling and new trains.

It’s a project that has for long been on the back-burner — the installation of anti-collision devices (ACDs) for nearly a decade now. Partly owing to political indifference and partly due to internal issues regarding its introduction with the railways as well as its efficacy.

With an eye on Bengal elections and a target of at least over 200 Assembly seats, the Trinamul supremo and railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, rolled out a series of trains for her home state. Also trying to dent the Red bastion, Ms Banerjee announced a non-stop train from Howrah to Burdwan. This is a belt, Ms Banerjee would try to wrest from the Red brigade.

THE RAILWAY Budget for 2011-12 has been on the predictable lines and as expected, is people-friendly. It contains announcements for setting up of a number of factories for manufacture of coaches, track machines, wagons, bridge components apart from a software unit in Darjeeling as also a factory in Jammu and Kashmir. The

New Delhi: As many as nine new Duronto trains, three Shatabdi Express trains and double-decker air conditioned services on two routes were announced by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today.

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1) 56 new Express Trains, three new Shatabdis and nine Duronto trains to be introduced.
2) AC Double Decker services on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.
3) New Super AC Class to be introduced.
4) A new portal for e-ticketing to be launched shortly.
5) Booking charges will be cheaper with a charge of only Rs. 10 for AC classes and Rs 5 for others.
6) Pan-India multi-purpose smart card 'Go India' to be introduced.
7) 236 more stations to be upgraded as Adarsh Stations.
8) 47 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 50 new suburban services proposed for Kolkata.
9) 10,000 shelter units proposed for track side dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis.
10) Concession of 50 per cent to press correspondents with family increased to twice a year.
11) Senior citizens concession to be hiked from 30 per cent to 40 per cent.
12) A separate sports cadre to be created.

New Delhi: Physically handicapped persons will now be able to get the concession facility in Rajdhani and Shatabadi Trains also.

Announcing the extension of concession to this category of people her

The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee, while presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 here today, expressed the confidence of exceeding a milestone of laying of 1,000 km of new lines during the y

Terming the Rail Budget as an "exercise in deceit", the CPI(M) today alleged that railway minister Mamata Banerjee had "cunningly juggled" figures to show improved financial position of the PSU behemoth which it claimed had been turned bankrupt.