Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the 2013-14 Rail Budget in Parliament.<\/p>\n
Following are the highlights of the Budget :<\/p>\n
— Sixth seeven new Express trains to be introduced<\/p>\n
— Twenty six new passenger services, 8 DEMU services and 5 MEMU services to be introduced<\/p>\n
— Run of 57 trains to be extended<\/p>\n
— Frequency of 24 trains to be increased<\/p>\n
— First AC EMU rake to be introduced on Mumbai suburban network in 2013-14<\/p>\n
— Seventy two additional services to be introduced in Mumbai and 18 in Kolkata<\/p>\n
— Rake length increased from 9 cars to 12 cars for 80 services in Kolkata and 30 services in Chennai<\/p>\n
— Five hundred km new lines, 750 km doubling, 450 km gauge conversion targeted in 2013-14<\/p>\n
— First ever rail link to connect Arunachal Pradesh<\/p>\n
— Some Railway related activities to come under MGNREGA<\/p>\n
— For the first time 347 ongoing projects identified as priority projects with the committed funding<\/p>\n
— Loan of Rs 3,000 crore repaid fully.<\/p>\n
— A new fund-Debt Service Fund set up to meet committed liabilities.<\/p>\n
— Freight loading of 1047 MT, 40 MT more than 2012-13<\/p>\n
— Passenger growth 5.2 percent in 2013-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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