Railway Budget - Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee in her Indian railway budget hopes to make 38 railway stations in Maharashtra out of 375 in the country ‘Adarsh’ (model) stations. She defines an Adarsh station - Developing stations with basic facilities such as drinking water, adequate toilets, catering services, waiting rooms and dormitories especially for lady passengers, better signage and other basic facilities which are universally available.
The stations in Mumbai are Andheri, Bandra, Belapur, Charni Road, Chembur, Churchgate, Currey Road, Dadar, Dahanu Road, Dockyard Road, Dombivili, Ghatkopar, Karjat, Kasara, Khopoli, King’s Circle, Kurla, Malad, Marine Lines, Matunga, Mira Road, Mulund, Mumbai Central (local), Nahur, Naigaon, Sanpada, Santa Cruz, Sewri, Tilak Nagar, Turbhe, Ulhasnagar, Vashi and Virar.

Union railway minister also intends to go ahead with developing Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Pune and Nagpur stations in Maharashtra as world class stations.

Nursing college at Kalyan
Of the 18 locations identified for openingmedical colleges to provide higher education facilities to new generation of railway employees, one will be in Nagpur. Railways also plans to open seven nursing colleges across the country, including one at Kalyan.

Raliway Budget - Whats in it for the commuters from Mumbai

Whats in it for the commuters from the city, Mumbai

TRAINS

DURONTO TRAINS

Howrah-Mumbai AC nonstop (bi-weekly ) Mumbai Ahmedabad AC nonstop (tri-weekly ) The trains will be four hours faster than the fastest trains on the route now and will have technical stops only

YUVA TRAINS

A weekly pilot service will be introduced within 3 months between Mumbai-Delhi . The trains with AC seating facility, will have a fare of 299 for distances up to 1,500 km and Rs 399 for distances up to 2,500 km

INTER-CITY DOUBLE DECKERS (AC)

No clear announcement as yet; officials assume the feasible routes from Mumbai would be to Pune, Manmad & Ahmedabad

SEVEN NEW TRAINS

Mumbai-Karwar Superfast (tri-weekly ) Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast (daily) Mumbai-Bikaner Superfast (bi-weekly ) Mumbai-Gorakhpur Superfast (daily) Mumbai-Jodhpur Express (weekly) Mumbai-Secunderabad-Vishakhapatnam (bi-weekly ) Mumbai-Veraval link service (daily)

SERVICE FREQUENCY INCREASED

Amaravati-Mumbai Express will now run daily instead of 3 days a week

EXTENSION OF SERVICES

Mumbai-Jaipur Express, to Delhi (tri-weekly ) Mumbai-Kanpur Udyog Nagari Exp, to Pratapgarh (bi-weekly )

SECURITY

Integrated Security Scheme for sensitive stations More women commandos, women RPF squads, in areas where women travel alone, like Dadar, Thane, Churchgate. List of stations pending

TICKETING

IZZAT TICKETS

Monthly tickets of Rs 25, surcharge free, to travel up to 100 km, for members of the unorganised sector with monthly incomes of not more than Rs 1,500. The tickets will be available for travel on both suburban and nonsuburban sections

SUBURBAN SERVICES

NEW PLATFORM AT BORIVLI

Platform 6A will come up at Borivli, at a cost of Rs 14.5 crore. The 15-coach platform will be used for both suburban and long-distance services

WORLD CLASS CST STATION

Announced in the last budget, AREP France has been appointed consultant. It will be financed through public-private partnership

HANDICAP-FRIENDLY

Railway stations will have more ramps, lifts, escalators There will be special coaches for physically challenged and aged persons

AMBULANCES

Ambulance services at all stations

ADARSH STATIONS

Adarsh stations will be stations that will have basic facilities such as drinking water, adequate toilets, catering services, waiting rooms. In the city, they will be Andheri, Bandra, Bhayandar, Borivali, Charni Road, Churchgate, Dadar, Dahanu Road, Goregaon, Malad, Marine Lines, Mira Road, Mumbai Central (local), Naigaon, Okha, Santacruz, Saphale, Vangaon and Virar.

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July is the best time for economics in India, as the farmers get all the rain they require for their harvest and the commoners get the budget. So, as a layman, what would one expect from the budget? First of all, since worldwide, there is a recession, we would like some more steps to guarantee sustainable employment. Also, we would like to see some consumer durables being cheaper than they are. The government has just raised the price of petrol and diesel; this will really be heavy on the consumers.  

We would like to see lower prices of fruits and vegetables and most of us, upper middle class people would like to see cheaper imported food stuffs, as we use a lot of the same. The common person uses medicines a lot, we would like to see their prices regulated, and most of us can’t afford to buy a home in our lifetime; so we would like to see that change. Also, the taxes levied for homeowners are so high that most of us desist from buying our first house.  

I don’t know why and how foreign brands have a free run in this country. They not only sabotage the smaller, Indian enterprises; but people end up paying a lot more than they can afford, just to keep up with the times. This is foolish, and foreign brands should be forced to sell at the domestic prices in the market.  

Hard working Indians are really prone to entertainment, so we must get some sops and cheaper prices for multiplex tickets. The railways and road transports are doing a great job and we would like to see more online bookings for the same. Air fares should also be lowered; this will lead to more people traveling by air. We want cheaper cars, scooters and cycles at the best quality possible. 

As far as the banking and insurance sector is concerned, we would like to be able to take home and business start up loans easily with the least interest rates. This is not really happening and many of us remain in debt for the major portions of our lives. We have voiced our concerns; now, its up to the government to do something!

Neha Singh

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Railways Puts Mumbai Suburban train travel on fast track - Provides Rs.5,300Cr For Modernisation Under Mutp-II

In what can provide succour to lakhs of communiters, Indian Railways (IR) has provided Rs.5,300 crore for modernisation and improvement of suburban services under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-II)

The railways intends to starts 300 suburban services using improved infrastructure and new trains under the world Bank-funded MUTP. Although railway ministry officials said allocation would be made in real sense from this year.

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In the last four years, the railways intends to lay the fifth and sixth lines from CST to Kurla and Thane to Diva. As of now, work is on in full swing to lay an additional pair of tracks between Thane and Kurla as part of MUTP-I.

MUTP-II also envisages laying the sixth line between Borivali and Mumbai Central. Work on extending the Harbour Line from Andheri to Goregaon has already started using surplus funds from MUTP-I, said officials in the Mumbai Railways Vikas Corporation(MRVC).

Railway officials said laying additional tracks under MUTP-II would segregate suburban train operations from the Main Line mail/express trains and freight services.

MRVC would also use part of the funds MUTP-II to convert power supply from 1,500-volt direct current (DC) to 25,000-volt alternate current (AC) to run suburban trains faster. MRVC has finished DC to AC conversion on a majority of the Western Railways(WR) net work under MUTP-I. The funds under MUTP-II will be used to finished the DC to AC conversion on the Thane-CST section oc Central Railways, said officials.

MRVC would continue to get new rakes under MUTP-II. Mumbai will get 7812-coach trains, said an official.

Lalus Bag Of Goodies

New Services: The railways intends to start 300 suburban services.

Hi-Tech Rakes: Mumbai will get 72 12-coach trains under MUPT-II

More Tracks: Laying of the fifth and sixth lines from CST to Kurla and Thane to Diva.

Big Money: Rs.9000 Crore has been allotted in the last four years under MUTP.

City gets 7 New Outstation trains.

What The Budget Means - Fare Deal

Mumbai to Bangalore

                   2006         2007         2008         2009

AC-1          2603         2603         2376         2328

AC-2          1502         1502         1440         1411

AC-3          1061         1061         1031         1010

SLEEPER    397             397            377                  369

 Mumbai to Delhi (Rajdhani)

                  2006         2007         2008         2009 

AC-1          3500         3405         3305         3238

AC-2          2040         2005         1975         1935

AC-3          1495         1495         1495         1465

New Services From City

1.Mumbai-Karwar Superfast

2.Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast

3.Mumbai-Bikaner Superfast

4.Mumbai-Gorakhpur Superfast

5.Mumbai-Jodhpur Express

6.Mumbai-Tirunelveli Via Thiruvananthapuram

7.Mumbai-Machilipatnam Superfast.

Source : Times of India

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