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Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda exhibited his lady Railway Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. Here are the highlights of this Budget.  No new build in passenger charges and cargo charges  Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad area  Diamond quadrilateral for fast trains  Plan to trek velocity of trains to 160-200 km/hr in 9 areas  Online booking to help 7,200 tickets per minute; to permit 1.2 lakh users/clients log in all the while.  Reservation framework to be patched up, ticket-booking through cell telephones, post offices to be promoted  Online platform for unreserved tickets  Combo parking-platform tickets at stations  Women RPF Constables to escort women coaches; 4,000 ladies constables to be drafted  Retiring room office to be reached out to all stations  Battery operated cars for in an differently-abled and senior residents at major stations  Feedback benefits through IVRS on quality of food  Food could be requested through SMS, telephone; Food courts at majo

Image Source: Indianrailways Six days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked in Goa on the need to take "tough decisions" to resuscitate the economy, the government on Friday endorsed a soak hike in the train fares and freight rates. Successful from June 25, fares of all classes are situated to climb by 14.2 per cent, while the freight rates will go up by 6.5 per cent.  Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda had looked for the approbation of Modi to reveal the "disliked move" scarcely several prior weeks the government's first rail budget. Gowda had additionally presented a defense for the hike to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley not long ago.  To the extent that 4.2 per cent of the fare hike is by virtue of a variable Fuel Adjustment Component (FAC) sanction in a year ago rail budget. The staying 10  per cent  is a level hike over all classes. Essentially, freight rates will have a five  per cent  hike level far beyond a 1.4  per cent  of the FAC.  Railwa