Rail Budget 2011 - Summary
No hike in fares, E-booking charges reduced
Mamata Banerjee has announced that there will ne no hike in passenger fares. However, an added announcement declared a reduction in E-booking charges. The booking charges have been reduced by Rs 10 for AC and Rs 5 for non AC. At last, the railway minister kept on her promise of presenting a "Common Man Budget".
New trains introduced by Mamta
Rail Budget 2011 introduced a fleet of new trains on many routes of Indian railways. 9 new Duronto trains, 3 Shatabdi's and 56 super Fast trains are set to run on tracks. Following is the summary of new trains introduced :
9 Duronto Trains : Allahabad-Mumbai, Madurai-Chennai, Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram, Pune-Ahmedabad, Sealdah-Puri, and Mumbai Central-New Delhi routes (Non AC), Allahabad-Mumbai, Sealdah-Puri, Mumbai Central-New Delhi, Ahmedabad-Rohtak (AC).
3 Shatabdi Trains : Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi.
56 Express Trains
2 AC Double Decker Trains : Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.
Special trains on Vivekanad and Tagore anniversaries.
Super AC class in Indian Railways
Presenting the Rail Budget 2011, Mamta Banerjee took a goant step forward in attracting passengers from higher traits of the society. The union railways minister announced a new Super AC class in Indian railways, catering to the needs of corporate travelers. The e-booking charges for AC have also been reduced by Rs.10.
New Smart Card for long distance travel
While presenting the Rail Budget 2011, Mamta introduced a new concept of Smart Card - "Go India" for long distance travel by Indian railways. The all new concept is expected to benefit passengers traveling long distance by cutting down their time and cost of buying multiple tickets.
Special care for Railway employees
Presenting the Rail Budget 2011-12, Mamta Banerjee announced special ounces for railway employees. The entire railway cadre will be restuctured to ensure the promotion of employees. Also, the scholarship schemes for children of railway employees has been raised to Rs 1200. Banerjee also announced to induct 16000 ex-servicemen from March 2011.
| By Rohit (on Jan 18, 2012 02:10 AM) One daily superfast train between saharsa and New Delhi via patna will be given. saharsa should be connected to all the major railway stations.
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| By Alok indraguru (on Nov 26, 2011 05:59 PM) Til now the train sevice between Nawadih and koderma in ECR has not been started. This is the negligence of the people of concerning area.The Rail Minister should take stern action
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| By Damodar Reddy (on Nov 11, 2011 05:24 PM) The new track was ready at nearly 1 year is over from tirupathi to Anantapur via dharmavaram and kadiri. still now no train has runned for this line. please run the trains for this route. Please concentrate this....
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| By Pravesh (on Nov 10, 2011 04:30 PM) Plz start a duronto frm bilaspur to howrah
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| By Vivek Indraguru (on Oct 30, 2011 07:58 PM) Oftenly, the word "wait' is used for arrival of the train. But in Koderma-Giridih Rail Project people are waiting for the completion of the project since 1999 when the earstwhile PM of India Atal Behari Baipaye inagurated this project.Unfortunately no rapid progress is being found in this new project.This may be a part of negligence by the department concerned.
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| By GOPI NATH CHOWDHURY (on Oct 30, 2011 11:10 AM) Please give me details about new introducing Intercity express train from Jabalpur to Indore via Katni & Guna commencing from 03/11/2011. Whether this train is staying at Bandakpur station if not then a stopage may be provided there as Bandakpur is famous for shiv mandir where kawaria goes there in shivratri period. It is said that shiv ling is incresed every year. Therefore it is requested to all kind Rly. Officers to recomend for giving stopage in Bandakpur. If stopage is provided then people can reach in shiv temple very early in the morning . Thanks.
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| By Guru (on Oct 08, 2011 07:23 PM) The train 15033/15034 was announced in the railway budget 2011
by railway minister but has not been started as yet , it clearly shows the late and unconscious concern of the both northern and n.e.r.
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| By Sunil Kumar (on Oct 02, 2011 11:56 AM) Hopes are diminishig of the people of Domchanch as there is no progress in koderma-giridih rail project.Railway sources added a number of times to strart a passenger train service from Koderma to Nawadih ecr but of no avail so far.
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| By Pushkar (on Aug 14, 2011 04:39 PM) U r annonced from bng to solapur super fast train but till it is not yet started y? i want to knw why ?
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| By Vivek Indraguru (on Jul 20, 2011 12:02 PM) The dream of the commo people residing under 102 km long Koderma Giridih Rail Project is now shattering due to great delay in the completion of the project and the delay in the inaguration of train service on this track..As the line inspection from Koderma to Nawadih ecr completed in 2010.,One passenger train must be started in the current financial year.
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| By ARIF (on Apr 15, 2011 04:56 PM) I WANT NEW NON AC DURONTO BETWEEN HOWRAH AJMER AND NEW DURONTO BETWEEN KOLKATA LUCKNOW
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| By SG Nair (on Mar 20, 2011 09:47 AM) Most of the compartments going towards kerala (especially the weekly trains) are very old. Please try to replace these with new once.
Thank you.
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| By Srinivasan (on Mar 17, 2011 01:54 PM) We want increasing session ticket travel more than 150 k.m
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| By Akon (on Mar 11, 2011 10:49 AM) No
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| By CHIRAG P DOSHI (on Mar 06, 2011 10:53 PM) Please start one more train to bhavnagar from mumbai as soon as possible
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| By Bhim Shrestha (on Mar 01, 2011 03:37 AM) Pls at least one train to south with reservation from Raxaul.
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| By Saga (on Feb 26, 2011 04:52 PM) Thanks for thiruchendur daily express train
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| By Gaurav dinda (on Feb 26, 2011 02:53 PM) Didi pls look towards m.p.
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| By Abhijit Nandy (on Feb 26, 2011 01:01 PM) Kindly start the more local train between Dankuni To Sealdha.In the right time.........Didi
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| By Plabon (on Feb 26, 2011 10:59 AM) Didi, could u please add DURONTO EXPRESS from Hyderabad to kolkata....it would be great help for bengalis living in Hyderabad...
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| By Sampath reddy (on Feb 26, 2011 10:12 AM) Mamataji u have to concentrate on andhra pradesh also and u r not the minister for bengal and our mp's are very waste please sanction the bill for kadapa and bangalore route
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| By Anurag (on Feb 26, 2011 09:32 AM) Do we think all the budget is implimented on real its just on paper only
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| By Shampa chattopadhyay (on Feb 26, 2011 12:05 AM) Plase didi introduce how-ypr via tata nagar daily super fast.
shampa chattopadhyay
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| By Aparajita (on Feb 25, 2011 11:40 PM) As expected this time also all trains are in the side of Bengals,should focus on Bihar also
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| By Krishna Chaitanya (on Feb 25, 2011 10:36 PM) I had idea,which is useful for railways.
so i want to talk to higher authorities.
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| By Deboo (on Feb 25, 2011 08:18 PM) Thank you madam RM its a baget to be remembered for long thnx so much .didi...................
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| By Sadasivam (on Feb 25, 2011 08:15 PM) Reg Tamilnadu virtually there is no progress in addition, doubling or conversion of gauge of lines from time immemorial. railways always manage with extra specials.
It is high time a minister of cabinet rank is selected from Tamilnadu sans dravidian parties.
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| By Anant (on Feb 25, 2011 07:15 PM) This rail budget is only a eye wash for the common man. Nothing concreate done , which realy helps the common man.
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| By Sanjay Boralkar (on Feb 25, 2011 07:13 PM) This rail budget is one state and election oriented. For Maharashtra there is almost nothing. Leaders should take initiative in bringing the rail network in a state.No agenda for improvement in security system of passengers.
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| By NITHIN KUMAR P M (on Feb 25, 2011 06:33 PM) There is need of super fast trains from bellary to bangalore
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| By Raju (on Feb 25, 2011 06:29 PM) It is budget of West bengal and Tamil Nadu
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| By Hitesh (on Feb 25, 2011 06:19 PM) What about Nagpur-New Delhi Duranto which was announced Last year ? when it is going to start ?
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| By Nazir (on Feb 25, 2011 06:05 PM) Please introduce new train for Muzaffarpur, Bihar
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| By Dr. Satish Chile (on Feb 25, 2011 05:21 PM) Balaghat- Jabalpur railway track conversion has not been included. What happened to it?
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| By ASHOK HALDER (on Feb 25, 2011 05:19 PM) Koraput to howrah train kindly run to actual time.this train is very bad condition.
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| By Chanchal (on Feb 25, 2011 05:10 PM) Singrauli se indore k liye koi direct train kyon nahi chalai gai ?
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| By Maripsh (on Feb 25, 2011 04:54 PM) Thanks for reducing booking charges,
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| By Bhaskar (on Feb 25, 2011 04:45 PM) Good one. Go ahead. God bless you
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| By Archan Basu (on Feb 25, 2011 04:11 PM) A person can not satisfy everybody. At a glance good railway budget.
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| By Tirtha9777363123,balangir,odisha (on Feb 25, 2011 04:10 PM) Pls,say when will khurda-balangir new railway line complete.
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| By INDIAN (on Feb 25, 2011 04:05 PM) Hello Madam !
Are you a Central Minister or West Bengal State Minister ?
Please look at South Indian states also.
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| By Beni madhav mishra (on Feb 25, 2011 04:03 PM) Kidly gige both tarain from-darbhanga to biroul
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| By Tararam seervi bagawas rajasthan (on Feb 25, 2011 04:00 PM) Didi this is not a gud budget.... Plz give a new train from banglore to jhodpur..,
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| By Jhuma (on Feb 25, 2011 04:00 PM) Didi, in Bangow section pl arrange some extra train in day time
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| By Tirthabasi mishra,orissa (on Feb 25, 2011 03:58 PM) This the kolkata railway budget not the indian railway budget. Am i right didi....
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| By Hinal (on Feb 25, 2011 03:49 PM) Why intercity from baroda & gujarat queen from ahemadebad are extend up to vapi.
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| By Chandranath Bauri (on Feb 25, 2011 03:43 PM) Mamatadidi,we want to Suri-Prantik rail connection immediately for short route Kolkata
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| By V. k. sharma (on Feb 25, 2011 03:40 PM) Theak thak he hai ................
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| By Arun 9006989701 (on Feb 25, 2011 03:18 PM) Madam thanks for Ranchi Ghatsila Exp...
Jhargram Dhanbad Memu did not start till date.
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| By Anup (on Feb 25, 2011 02:43 PM) All are writting based on there personal needs. But one should think from Inida point of veiw whether mamta jee doing right or not.
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| By Khursheed Alam (on Feb 25, 2011 02:42 PM) Local trains ki advance ticket selling shuru karo mamta ji...
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| By Gopal (on Feb 25, 2011 02:42 PM) Rail budget me har sal rajsthan ko kush nahi milta ahmedabad to jodhapur vai bhildi hote huye aas lagaye bhete hai jalore modran jane bahut kathin hota hai jane aane me hamara budget bigad jata hai
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| By Surjeet Singh Chandel (on Feb 25, 2011 02:41 PM) I would like to know why the Hon'ble Railway Minister not taking interest to improve the overall catering system over Indian Railway. There is no catering policy which fulfill the requisite requirement of the general public.
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| By Sunil (on Feb 25, 2011 02:39 PM) Didi, pls add a train between delhi to Nalagarh.
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| By Santosh Lal Kumawat (on Feb 25, 2011 02:38 PM) Mamti ji ka budget santoshjanak hai.
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| By Bhanwar Shekhawat (on Feb 25, 2011 02:36 PM) Senior citizens fair should be reduce more
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| By Ajay Roy (on Feb 25, 2011 02:32 PM) Dear Madam,
we need more local train from Katwa to Howrah.
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| By N.K.Mishra (on Feb 25, 2011 02:30 PM) Mamta ji`s budget is satisfactory.
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| By Sanjay jain (on Feb 25, 2011 02:26 PM) Didi thanks for Damoh-BHOPAL intercity
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| By Ankur aggarwal (on Feb 25, 2011 02:26 PM) NIT faridabad station is very poor station in india. 70 thousand people visit delhi daily. Please see this matter also.
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| By Satya Narayan Gaun (on Feb 25, 2011 02:24 PM) Dear mem, Gorkhpur to Kolkata route is very busy and i feel there should be more daily trains from Gorkhpur to kolkata & via varanasi.
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| By Mahesh (on Feb 25, 2011 02:22 PM) Wat for konkan rail??
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| By Rajendra (on Feb 25, 2011 02:20 PM) Pls mamta ji one super fast train between delhi to mujaffarpur vis bapudham motihari'
thanks
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| By Amit Roy (on Feb 25, 2011 02:12 PM) Dear mem, Chennai to Kolkata route is very busy and i feel there should be more daily trains from Chennai to kolkata & vice varsa. Durontos shall connect between kolkata - Chennai Route. Please look for the same
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| By Aman (on Feb 25, 2011 02:11 PM) One Shatabadi for Pathankot Urgently needed...
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| By Vikash (on Feb 25, 2011 02:11 PM) Dear madam,
According to the situation of KOSHI aria in Bihar, we have wanted to a new TRAIN From Farvisganj To New Delhi via-Supaul, Saharsa, Khagaria, Barauni, Patna, Mugalsarai, Allahabad, Kanpur.
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| By Ravi (on Feb 25, 2011 02:09 PM) We want superfast express between rajkot to banglore
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| By Ashim Chatterjee (on Feb 25, 2011 02:08 PM) Didi....Pl open Tatkal reservation for eticket booking of IRCTC Agent..
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| By Ashish saroha (on Feb 25, 2011 02:08 PM) In this whole budget there is no sign for the bullet trains.
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| By Raju Dey (on Feb 25, 2011 02:06 PM) Please Mamtaji don't ignore the north east! We are also a part of india, are we?
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| By ADITYA (on Feb 25, 2011 02:03 PM) Dear madam
please give atlist one trian from BANKA to delhi.
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| By SHYAMAKANT PRASAD (on Feb 25, 2011 02:03 PM) One more Express train should be introduced between Delhi & Muzaffarpur via Bapu dham Motihari
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| By Meghna (on Feb 25, 2011 02:03 PM) Dear Mamtaji,
Please introduce one train special for ladys from pune to mumbai to pune
and one train for Pune to Porbandar-Gujrat.
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| By Nitin garg (on Feb 25, 2011 01:59 PM) Mamta ji,please start a direct train from ambikapur to bilaspur via katghora.
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| By Bharat raj (on Feb 25, 2011 01:56 PM) Railway quarter to every railemployee which was anaounced in previous railbudget please empliment sooner.
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| By Dr D K Ghosh, Nagpur (on Feb 25, 2011 01:54 PM) Didi, Please sanction one exclusive new express train with limited stopages betwen Nagpur to Howrah
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| By A K Mishra (on Feb 25, 2011 01:53 PM) For Better Railway Tourism - Here should be given the scheme more than one ticket - concession scheme will be highly profitable.
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| By Amit Mishra (on Feb 25, 2011 01:51 PM) There is requirement of some train Via Meerut from Howrah (Shatabdi / Rajdhani / Superfast). There is none train on this rout. Please see the request
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| By Mirza Mustafa Jamal (on Feb 25, 2011 01:50 PM) Faizabad/ Auyodya again neglected. No train for South India from this station.Shame on the MPs of Faizabad.
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| By Nithish Raj (on Feb 25, 2011 01:49 PM) Hi mamtha madam pls start new train (Karnataka) Hubli to Manglore.
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| By D.Chattopadhyay/SK.Saifulla (on Feb 25, 2011 01:45 PM) Howrah to Amta double line work should commence immediately. Frequency of local trains from Howrah to Amta Division should be increased , so that daily passenger traveling up to Howrah could get some relief.All the present local trains should have 12 coaches.It is very much expectation from Didi by daily passengers like me who travel daily from Amta to Howrah. Also suggest to make a new platform/halt station at Samitybandh.
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| By Dedania ravi (on Feb 25, 2011 01:40 PM) Madam Mamtaji this budget is not for a kollkatta. ..it's for a whole country....plz gives another state who need actually......another state wait for u r giving surprice next year. .....
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| By Kanhaiya thanvi (on Feb 25, 2011 01:40 PM) We want to give express or superfast train between jaisalmer to mumbai
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| By Prem banjare (on Feb 25, 2011 01:38 PM) Pls didi hawra and bhopal ke beech ek daily train chala de
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| By Alka (on Feb 25, 2011 01:36 PM) Kindly start one shatabadi for pathankot.
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| By Pawan sharma (on Feb 25, 2011 01:35 PM) A train should be anaoused from jammu to sri ganganagar via ferozpur,fazilka,abohar.
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| By Pushpreet Singh (on Feb 25, 2011 01:30 PM) Mam Plz start some trains from patiala route because this is the route which also connects Ludhiana.there is a great rush in line bw ambala to ludhiana
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| By Gopal sharma (on Feb 25, 2011 01:30 PM) Dear Mamtaji,
I, want a superfast train from Howrah to Churu via delhi. Please arrange to start the train as early as possible.
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| By Atul (on Feb 25, 2011 01:28 PM) Please please pelase introduce trains from secudnerabad to howrah, as there are many bengalis who are here & unable to reach kolkata because there is only 1 suitable train namely Faluknama available. Also ensure that these new trains have more numbers of air conditioned departments.
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| By Pratip maitra (on Feb 25, 2011 01:26 PM) Dear Mamta ji,
on behalf of passanger located near Bandel Jn, I just want to tell u that Bandel Jn is big infracstruter and open place. To avoid big rash from Howrah / Sealdah you can devolop the Jn as Terminal. Atleast Railways Can operate some Through train for Bihat/Uttar Pradesh from here. Pl look this matter.
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| By Bharat Choudhari (on Feb 25, 2011 01:13 PM) Pl statrt direct train for nandurbar from borivali
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| By Sarahim (on Feb 25, 2011 01:03 PM) Can any one think of new train link from Hyd to Ongole Via vinukonda in AP a under developed area
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| By Debasish panda (on Feb 25, 2011 12:52 PM) Dear didi please divert bbsr bolangir intercity express through cuttack.
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| By SWATI POLKE (on Feb 25, 2011 12:38 PM) WHAT IS RLY EMPOLYEE ?????????????
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| By Kadiyala (on Feb 25, 2011 12:37 PM) Andhra was giving good revenues,but in the same proportion it was not getting new trains and new tracks,its very injustice.
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| By Sambit Mohapatra (on Feb 25, 2011 12:37 PM) In all the previous rail budget odisha state was ignored.This time please provide some relief to oriya people. lets hope for the best
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| By Nirbhay Singh (on Feb 25, 2011 12:30 PM) Improvement in the mumbai local train services including upgrading the railway stations, adding more tracks and special attention to cleaniness.
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| By S.K.KAPOOR (on Feb 25, 2011 12:29 PM) ASuperfast train in between Jabalpur to Udaipur ,via Bina -Kota-Udaipur and Ajmer to Pune ,via Jaipur-kota-Bina-Khandwa-Manmad should be started.
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| By Vabhav (on Feb 25, 2011 12:28 PM) Please extend lucknow bhopal express upto nagpur
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| By HIGH SPEED LOVER (on Feb 25, 2011 12:23 PM) MAKE this budget special budget for INDIA BULLET TRAIN
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| By Brajesh kr (on Feb 25, 2011 12:23 PM) Raiberali se patna ka train must hai
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| By Prabhat kr sinha (on Feb 25, 2011 12:20 PM) Gaya se long distance ka train hona chhaiye
specially mumbai gaya !
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| By Ajay Bhalerao (on Feb 25, 2011 12:19 PM) Job security for IRCTC employees on account of Catering Services transferred to Railways.
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| By Nishant (on Feb 25, 2011 12:17 PM) Kindly start the direct train between godhra to ahmedabad. at this we have trai via vadodara so please do something
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| By SPEED LOVER (on Feb 25, 2011 12:11 PM) REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS
1)In INFRASTRUCTURE
2)IN SECURITY
3)IN TRACK CONSTRUCTION
4)IN SPEED BOOST-UP
5)FACILITIES AT STATION
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| By Avijit (on Feb 25, 2011 12:08 PM) Sitarampur k liye bi koi rajdhani kholiye mamta ji
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| By Anurag Upadhyay (on Feb 25, 2011 12:03 PM) I want revolutionary change for INDIAN RAILWAYS...
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| By Saurabh agrawal (on Feb 25, 2011 11:33 AM) RAILWAY BUDGET ME STUDENT KA BENIFIT HONA CHAIYA
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| By Avinash borkar (on Feb 25, 2011 11:00 AM) Nagpur should be announced as a seperat Zone. Nanded division also be included in that one.
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| By M.Kesava Rao (on Feb 25, 2011 09:40 AM) Sr. citizen fare concession to be revised from 30% to 50%
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| By Anesh dev (on Feb 25, 2011 09:25 AM) I hope that 2011 -2012 railbugte are according to the aspectation but mamtaji i will aspect to include a express train ajmer to delhi via reengus .
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| By Pramod kumar verma (on Feb 24, 2011 02:34 PM) Jaipur se bia sikra delhi tak brodge line jaruri hai. keep in ur budget
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