Following are the other highlights from the 2011 Railway Budget:

.More services to Telangana region

. 12,000 acres for NE freight corridor

New Delhi: A gentle nudge from Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar made Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee recite the famous Hindi song sung by Lata Mangeshkar about the contribution of the defence forces tha

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday appreciated the rail budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and said it was 'a common man's budget'.

New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was interrupted while delivering the rail budget on Friday amid uproar in the Lok Sabha when members thought there was undue emphasis on her home state West

Following are the highlights of the Railway Budget 2011-12 presented by railway minister Mamata Banerjee in Parliament on Friday.

New Delhi: BJP today dubbed the Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee as an 'election manifesto' for West Bengal Assembly polls which has 'ignored' the rest of the country.

BJP on Friday dubbed the Railway Budget presented by railway minister Mamata Banerjee as an "election manifesto" for West Bengal Assembly polls which has "ignored" the rest of the country.

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