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Indian Railways to Buy More Wagons, Build Coaches to Upgrade (Bloomberg) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:27 GMT
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Railways , Asia’s oldest rail network, will buy new wagons and build more coaches to upgrade infrastructure and compete with highways to carry goods in the world’s second-fastest-growing major economy.

Indian Railways plans acquisition of 18,000 wagons (Business Standard India) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:57:09 GMT
The government today said Indian Railways proposes to acquire 18,000 wagons in 2009-10,under rolling stock programme during the current fiscal against 11,000 in the previous financial year.

The Indian Railways has already identified 309 stations to be developed across the country. (India Infoline) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:25:56 GMT
The Indian Railways will develop 375 ‘Adarsh Stations’ during the year 2009-10 with basic facilities such as drinking water, adequate toilets, catering services, waiting rooms etc. These stations will also have dormitories especially for lady passengers, better signage and other basic facilities.

Indian Railway Budget by Mamata Bannerjee for the passengers and their safety (India Daily) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:00:20 GMT
Indian PM Manmohan Singh said Banerjee had focused on ''making rail travel a desirable experience''. To ensure this, she had outlined a programme of modernising 50 railway stations to world class standards, he added.

Indian Railways plans leap into the cyber age (Financial Times) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:14:39 GMT
India’s state-owned railways, one of the largest and most profitable networks in the world, plan to leap from the steam to the cyber age with a budget aimed at advancing electronic ticketing and developing 50 world-class stations.

Indian Railways post double-digit growth in revenue earnings (Business Standard India) Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:42:08 GMT
Indian Railways has posted double digit growth in revenue earnings in mid June, with total goods earning standing at over Rs 1,500 crore.

Indian railway's freight business to increase (New Kerala) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:55:26 GMT
New Delhi, July 3 : Presenting the Railway Budget in Parliament today, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said that besides improving the loading of coal, iron ore, cement, fertilizers and foodgrain, measures are being taken to increase the share in new traffic streams like automobiles and fly ash.

Railway budget disappoints Chhattisgarh (Business Standard India) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:48:26 GMT
The interim railway budget presented today has completely let down expectations of Chhattisgarh despite the state reportedly generates highest revenue for the Indian railways.

'Janata Khana' in Railway to have national and regional cuisines (New Kerala) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:58:27 GMT
New Delhi, July 3 : All the zones in Indian Railways have been instructed to ensure availability of 'Janata Khana'.

More efforts to lift sundry earnings (Business Standard India) Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:42:21 GMT
Non-traditional revenues are expected to fall to Rs 2,760 crore for 2009-10. Indian Railways intends to make full use of its vast surplus land to generate non-traditional revenues through setting up multi-functional complexes, budget hotels and leasing land along the proposed industrial corridors.