Railway Budget

2013-14 & 2014-15

Comparison

New trains
2013-2014

67 express trains
26 passenger trains
Run of 57 trains extended

2014-2015

58 new trains
5 premium trains
6 Ac trains
27 express trains
8 passenger trains

Investments

Freight Traffic Growth

Rate

38,267 Crores

47,650 Crores

1101.25 Million tonnes

Total expenditure

1050.18 Million Tonnes

97,571 Crores

1,12,649 Crores

Cleanliness
80% budget allocation for

40% budget allocation for

cleanliness
8-10 mechanized
laundries for quality
washing of linen.

cleanliness
Corps fund for upkeep will be
set up at stations
CCTV cameras
Helpline numbers and
complaint numbers will be
printed on PRS tickets
Bio toilets will be introduced.
Laundries in order to improve
quality of the bedrolls provided
in Ac coaches onboard.

Water

Setting up of 6 more rail

neer bottling plants at

Vijaywada, Nagpur ,
Lalitpur Bilaspur, Jaipur
and Ahmedabad.

Introduction of

experimental RO drinking
water units at stations and
trains

Food

Centralized catering

services, monitoring self

set up with a toll free
number 1800111321-rail
tourism

Food courts to provide

option of ordering regional

cuisine while onboard
through Email and SMS.

Security

For ladies travelling alone

No inclusions regarding

security for lady travellers

in the budget

women RPF constables,

coaches will be escorted

Safety

Over 40,000 Crores to be

invested on tracks
renewal and unmanned
level crossing.
1785 crores for
Introduction of train
construction of road over
protection warning system
bridges and road under
on automatic signalling
system.
bridges.

E-ticketing
7200 tickets per minute
1,20,000 users at any

point of time.
2000 tickets per minute

Speed

160-200 kmph

90-130 kmph

NIL

Innovation

Summer internship for

undergraduate
engineering and
management students.

Elimination of unmanned level

crossing

Usage of modern vehicle

borne ultrasonic flaw

detection system to
detect rail and weld
fractures.
Introduction of automatic
closing doors before start
of train.

Staff welfare
Staff benefit fund

Rs. 500
per capita
Skill
development

Setting up of a centralized Rs. 800 per capita

training institute at
Secunderabad--Indian
Railways Institute of
Financial Management

Railway university for both

technical and non

technical subjects

Initiative

Real time tracking of

E-ticket only through

mobile phones
SMS alert to passengers
providing updates on
reservation status.

trains and rolling stock

Mobile based wake up call
Destination arrival alert.
Station navigation
information system
Digital reservation charts
at stations.

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Provision for Pension

28850 crores
Concession

Complimentary card passes to Olympic

medalists.
Wi-fi
Wi-fi services in all A1 and A category
stations and in selected trains.