The main highlights of the 2010-11 railway budget include:
: No increase in passenger fares
: Rs.100 reduction in freight per wagon for fertilisers and kerosene
: Free travel for cancer patients in 3rd AC classes
: Cost-sharing in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode in some gauge-conversion projects
: Further extension of Kolkata Metro on priority basis; stations to be named after Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tagore family
: Karmabhoomi trains to be introduced for migrant labour
: New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur
: Special "Bharat Teertha" train to be run around India to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary
: Railway line to be extended from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir
: Andaman and Nicobar Islands to get railway line from Port Blair to Diglipur
: Sikkim capital Gangtok to be connected by rail from Rangpo
: 2011 being 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, special train to be run from West Bengal to Bangladesh
: Gross earnings in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.88,281 crore
: Working expenditure in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.83,440 crore
: Expenses during 2010-11 estimated at Rs.87,100 crore
: Thrust on expansion in 2010-11 with allocation of Rs.4,411 crore
: Kashmir rail link to be extended to Sopore in the north of the valley
: Net profit of Rs.1,328 crore in 2009-10
: 10 automobile ancillary hubs to be created
: Twenty-two million energy saving CFLs for lighting distributed already
: Policy decision to employ one member of family whose land is requisitioned for railway projects
: North-south, east-west dedicated freight corridors to be created
: Construction of high-speed passenger rail corridors envisaged
: More multi-functional hospitals to be set up
: Educational facilities to be set up for children of 80,000 women families
: Special facilities to be established for gangmen
: Insurance facilities for licensed porters as part of railway's corporate social responsibility
: Centre for railway research to be established with Indian Institutes of Technology and Defence Research and Development Organisation
: Will involve unions in policy making
: Integral Coach Factory Chennai to be further modernised
: New wagon repair shop in Mumbai
: Design, development and testing centre for railway wheels at Bangalore
: Within five years, all unmanned level crossings to be manned
: Construction of more underpasses, besides road overbridges
: Greater coordination with state governments to protect railway property
: Security of women passengers to be improved
: Ex-servicemen to be employed in Railway Protection Force
: Five sports academies to be set up
: Astroturf to be provided for development of hockey
: Employment opportunities for sports persons
: Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games
: Special drive to increase passenger amenities
: Upgrade of 94 stations
: Six new drinking water bottling plants in PPP mode
: Modern toilets at railway stations
: More ticketing centres to help the public
: Acquisition of cutting edge safety technology
: 1,000 route km to be created
: Special task force for clearing investment proposals in 100 days
: New business model to be created
: No privatisation of railways
: But greater participation of private sector
: 117 of 120 new trains for current fiscal to be flagged off
