* Nominal increase in rail fares after 9 years; Fair up by 5 paise per kilo metre in sleeper class.
* For express trains, hike of 3 paise per kilometre.
* 10 to 20 paise hike in tickets fares.
* Better SMS-based booking.
* 75 new passenger trains.
* Platform ticket to cost Rs five.
* Introduction of alternate train accommodation system to accommodate wait listed passengers.
* For better management of ticket windows, passenger fares to be rounded off.
* 50 per cent concession in fare in AC classes to anaemia and sickle cell disease patients.
* Passenger fare for sub-urban trains hiked by 2 paisa per km, mail trains by 3 paisa per km.
* New passenger services: 820 new items; 75 new express trains; 21 new passenger trains; 75 new services in Mumbai suburban system.
*Attempt to increase train speeds to 160 kmph; journey time from New Delhi to Kolkata can be brought down to 14 hours from 17 hours.
* Improvement of passenger amenities at a cost of Rs.1,112 crore; regional cuisines to be introduced.
* Improvements to railway stations can provide employment to 50,000 people.
* Standard of hygiene needs to be improved substantially; all out efforts will be made on this in the next six months; duty bound to provide high standard of services; special housekeeping body to be set up for stations and trains.
* Corrosion from night soil being discharged from toilets on tracks costs Rs.350 crore annually; green toilets to be installed in 2,500 coaches in the next one year.
* Two thousand one hundred specially designed coaches manufactured to meet needs of the differently abled; aim to provide one such coach in each express train.
* Corrosion from night soil being discharged from toilets on tracks costs Rs.350 crore annually; green toilets to be installed in 2,500 coaches in the next one year.