Ruchi Bakers

Highlights of Rail Budget 2016

- No change in passenger fares
- 33% seats reserved for women in all categories
- Average speed of freight and passengers trains by 25 kmph in
- Train collision avoidance system in all major rail routes
- Two dedicated freight corridors by 2019
- Online booking of wheelchairs, Braille enabled new coaches
- Railway board will be reorganized and chairman will be empowered
- Will lease out huge tracts of land available near tracks, stations for horticulture
- 20,000 display screens across 2,000 station for better dissemination of information to passenger
- CCTV coverage at all Tatkal counters
- 2,500 water vending machines installed at railway stations
- All major stations to be brought under CCTV surveillance in a phased manner
- Increasing senior citizens quota by 50%
- Introduced wi-fi services at 100 stations this year and will be introduced in 400 more next year
- 1,17,000 bio-toilets will be installed this year
- Social media used for feedback and complaints redress mechanism