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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/trains/rites-gets-biggest-order-from-sri-lanka/articleshow/58225897.cms">Indian Railways</a> will be inviting financial bids worth over Rs 20,000 crore at the <keyword id="129739" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kanchrapara">Kanchrapara</keyword> rail factory in West Bengal this month. The bids would be for manufacturing around 5,000 AC and non-AC coaches equipped with modern facilities, which would be speedier than the existing ones. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/indian-railways-is-not-in-the-pink-of-health-turnaround-hits-buffers/articleshow/58411600.cms">Indian Railways is not in the pink of health; turnaround hits buffers</a> The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/trains/railways-eyeing-revenue-from-digital-ads/articleshow/58337826.cms">public transporter</a> aims to get 500 Electric Multiple Unit and Mainline Electric Multiple Unit coaches per year so that local and mainline train services can be made faster and comfortable. These new coaches would have automatic doors, forced ventilation system, bio-toilets, regenerative braking system and better interior designs, and would be made of stainless steel. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/trains/from-berth-availability-to-platform-number-this-app-will-address-all-train-related-issues-soon/articleshow/58324868.cms">From berth availability to platform number, this app will address all train related issues soon</a> "We will issue the request for proposal (RFP) this month for the Kanchrapara coach factory in Bengal," said a senior <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/trains/private-companies-can-run-their-own-freight-trains-says-railway-ministry/articleshow/58123561.cms">Railway Ministry</a> official. By inviting financial bids, railways would make sure that only the vendors that would be meeting the organisation's needs apply, and it would also be easier to compare the proposals.

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In his tenure as the railway minister, if there is one thing that <keyword id="6356597" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Suresh-Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</keyword> has never compromised with, it’s passenger experience. In his speech as he announced the railway budget for this year, Prabhu said that <keyword id="6355455" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Railways">Indian Railways</keyword> has added over 65,000 berths via new coaches, and plans to add 17,000 bio-toilets in trains and additional toilets at 475 stations before the end of this financial year. 
 
He also spoke on upping the online ticketing system, saying, "We have enhanced capacity of e-ticketing system from 2000 tickets/min to 7,200/min." "We are now supporting 1.2 lakh concurrent users now, as opposed to 40,000 earlier," he added. 
 
Prabhu also proposed to connect North-Eastern states via broad-gauge and said that he wants to electrify 2000 km next year. 
 
Stressing on the need for constant innovation, Prabhu said, "We need to reimagine the conventional ways of solving things. We plan to do this by drawing upon our inherent strengths." 
 
On his expectation, he said that he expects Railways top record a revenue growth of 10.1% in FY17. He also added that railways will aim for an operation ratio of 92% for 2016-2017. 
 
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Rail Budget 2016: Railways have added more than 65,000 berths via new coaches, plans to add 17,000 more bio-toilets by financial year-end

<keyword id="20018917" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Capital-expenditure" source="keywords">Capital expenditure</keyword> on the <keyword id="19914937" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Railways" source="keywords">Railways</keyword> has increased by 77 per cent over the past five years with significant investments in the construction of <keyword id="22505706" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-lines" source="keywords">new lines</keyword>, <keyword id="20375816" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="gauge-conversion" source="keywords">gauge conversion</keyword> and doubling, the <keyword id="20613906" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Economic-Survey" source="keywords">Economic Survey</keyword> 2023-24 said on Monday. According to the survey tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister <keyword id="19916618" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nirmala-sitharaman" source="keywords">Nirmala Sitharaman</keyword>, in the financial year 2019-2020, the capital expenditure was 1.48 lakh crore which was increased to ₹2.62 lakh crore in 2023-24. "<keyword id="19909154" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Railways" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Railways" meta.hostid="346" meta.entityid="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</keyword>, with over 68,584 route km (as of March 31, 2024) and 12.54 lakh employees (as of April 1, 2024), is the fourth largest network in the world under single management," the survey said. Highlighting the initiatives taken by the Railway Ministry for the enhancement of operations and services, the survey mentioned Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project and Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) with the progress made in these respective <keyword id="19900581" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="projects" source="keywords">projects</keyword>. According to the survey, Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, launched in August 2023 for development of stations on a continuous basis, involves preparation of master plans and its phased implementation to improve amenities, building improvements, multimodal integration, and sustainability. It said that 1,324 stations have been identified for upgradation so far. Talking about another initiative, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project, the survey said that under this 508-km project, executed with cooperation from the government of Japan, land acquisition and civil conduct award have been completed. "Overall physical progress of 41.7 per cent has been achieved and financial expenditure of ₹59,291 crore was incurred until 31st March, 2024," the survey said. "Two DFCs are under implementation namely the eastern DFC with route length of 1,337 kilometre and the western DFC with route length of 1,506 kilometre," it added. It further stated that by the end of FY24, 96.1 per cent of the total DFC route length has been completed. Highlighting other major achievements, the survey said that the Railways achieved its highest-ever production for both locomotives and wagons in FY24. "Fifty one pairs of <keyword id="19922877" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vande-bharat" source="keywords">Vande Bharat</keyword> have been introduced until March 2024. The fast pace of infrastructure augmentation has been the result of a substantial increase in financial allocation along with close project monitoring and regular follow-up with stakeholders for expeditious land acquisition and clearances," the survey said. It added, "High-speed, long-distance Vande sleeper trainset coaches having features like quick acceleration, diffused lighting, automatic doors and global positioning system-based passenger information system are under development." According to the survey, the Railways is also planning to introduce Vande metro trainset coaches with features such as sealed wider gangways, centrally controlled automatic sliding doors, CCTVs for safety and surveillance, route map indicator, passenger information and infotainment system, fire detection system and aerosol-based fire suppression system. "The first lot is expected to be turned out in FY25," it said. "Railways has taken several initiatives for providing a clean environment in and around railway stations and trains, such as replacement of conventional toilets with bio-toilets on coaches leading to clean tracks, segregation of bio-degradable/non bio-degradable waste, solid waste management and discouraging use of single use plastic," the survey added.

Capital expenditure on Railways increased by 77% over 5 years: Economic Survey

Goyal in Rajya Sabha(Eds: Updating with minister's response) New Delhi, Mar 17 () There is no plan to privatiseIndian Railways as it belongs to the people of the country,Railways Minister Piyush Goyal asserted in Rajya Sabha onTuesday after some members raised concerns over it.Replying to a discussion on the working of the Ministryof Railways, Goyal announced an investment of Rs 50 lakh crorein the national transporter over the next 12 years."I want to make it crystal clear that there is no planor proposal to privatise Indian Railways, it will not happen.Indian Railways belongs to the people of this country, it willremain so," Goyal said.Keeping in mind development of the railways, thegovernment may, however, bring in a few services under privatesector in order to provide better services to the passengers,he added.Participating in the discussion, several Rajya Sabhamembers raised concerns over the poor financial health of therailways, decline in job opportunities and delay in executionof major projects, besides privatisation of the nationaltransporter.Goyal said the government was committed to making IndianRailways world class in every aspect."In the next 12 years we are going to invest Rs 50 lakhcrore in the Indian Railways. We will do it in publicprivate partnership. We will also give the chance to thepeople of this country to be part of this process," he added.Goyal, in reply to allegations by Trinamool Congressmember Derek O'Brien, said that sharing of funds between theCentre and state governments for new railway projects wasstarted during the UPA regime of which the Trinamool Congresswas a part, and it was inherited by the BJP as a legacy.The minister, however, added it was "not a bad practice".Goyal cited various news reports on the performance ofthe railways under former Railway Minister and TrinamoolCongress chief Mamata Bannerjee. "I don't want to politicisethe issue of losses," he added. O'Brien had alleged step-motherly treatment to statesgoverned by parties other than the BJP, particularly WestBengal.Responding to complaints of delay in work, Goyal saidthat over the last five years the government has taken stepsto speed up various projects."In 2014-15 the capex (capital expenditure) for theIndian Railways stood at Rs 58,000 crore. This year Rs 1.61lakh crore capex is going to happen. This investment has ledto unprecedented work," the minister noted.Elaborating on the achievements of the government, hesaid that barring a few in Rajasthan, unmanned level crossingshave ceased to exist on the board gauge network across thecountry.On electrification of tracks, he said that out ofstated target to convert 6,000 kms last year, the governmenthas been able to complete 5,276 kms.In 2013-14, the length of electrified tracks in thecountry stood at of just 610 kms, he noted."Looking at the dedication of the railways employees, Ihave confidence that we will be able to achieve the target offull electrification by 2023-24," Goyal said.He said that the government has identified 58 projectsas "super critical" and 68 projects as "critical" and therailways is working to complete them on priority.He said that if the government gets support from thestate governments in terms of land acquisition, investment,the projects could be implemented with greater speed.Commenting specifically on West Bengal, he said therewere issues of land encroachment in the state which have hadimpact on various projects.Earlier participating in the debate, Minister of Stateof Railways Suresh Angadi said there were encroachments onboth sides of tracks in West Bengal.He said that during the protests against the amendedcitizenship law, maximum damage to railways property tookplace in the state.Citing the example of Kerala, Goyal sought help fromthe members to speed up projects across the country."Help us get land, if we get land and the stategovernment's share of investment, we will be able to fast-track the projects," he said.He said the Katra-Banihal rail line in Jammu andKashmir would be completed by August 2022.Citing other achievements, Goyal said the Rai Barelirail coach factory would roll out a record 2,000 coaches thisyear.He added that the Indian Railways has traced problem ofwater-logging in 2,044 underpasses, out of the total 8,519 inthe country."We have solved the issue in 715 of the underpasses sofar and the rest would be rectified in the next few months,"Goyal said.He said that about 99.5 per cent work on bio-toilets wascomplete and the rest would be completed soon.Goyal said that in order to achieve zero carbonemissions, the Indian Railways plans to generate 20,000 megawatt of electricity through solar infrastructure, helping itmeet its entire supply requirement.Earlier, leader of opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad soughtqueries regarding the work on various railways projects inJammu and Kashmir.Participating in a discussion on the working of theMinistry of Railways, several members referred to the largenumber of vacancies in the railways and said these should befilled up, thereby providing job opportunities to the younggeneration.Binoy Viswam of the CPI said the railways has aroundthree lakh vacancies and these should be filled up.Opposing privatisation of trains and stations, he saidthe national transporter has "forgotten its social aspect andsocial commitment".V Vijayasai Reddy of the YSRCP said the railways now hasan operating ratio of 98.4 per cent, which is the worst inlast 10 years.Moreover, the railways' revenue surplus is also fallingand suggested that "priority should be given to augmentationof its internal resources."He also said that fatality due to accidents has declinedthis year and hygiene at railway station has improved.Sanjay Singh of the AAP said that employmentopportunities are being ignored by the railways. Thegovernment is increasing outsourced works in the railways,where contractual labourers are being exploited.Praful Patel of the NCP raised concerns over the delay inseveral railways projects and suggested that the governmentshould think of cost benefit analysis of major works.He, however, supported PPP model in the railways, saying"we should be open minded."Jose K Mani of the KCM said that the railway isoverloaded with work and several projects such as doubling ofline in Kerala are long delayed.Neeraj Shekhar of the BJP said the Opposition ismisguiding the people about performance of the railways.Indian Railways has performed well in last five years, hesaid.The railways has installed 2.38 lakh bio-toilets between2014 and 2018. It has a capital expenditure of over Rs onelakh crore, has done doubling of 28,000 km tracks.Highlighting the safety records, Shekhar said that it hasnot witnessed a single accident in last one year.Over the operating ratio, he said that it was due toimplementation of the Seventh Pay Commission by the governmentin the railways.Husain Dalwai of the Congress said that the revenue ofthe Indian Railways should be increased.Dalwai also raised the safety issue of the Mumbaisuburban trains, saying that according to GRP data, 3,202people died in 2016-17 and 3,014 in 2018-19. He asked therailways to enhance the security measures to reduce the highnumber of fatalities.R S Bharathi of the DMK said that the government shouldcomplete the second unit of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF)in Perambur.Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD, Veer Singh of the BSP and V PVaishya of the AGP and K K Ragesh of CPI(M) raised concernsover the privatisation of the railways.Other members who participated in the discussion are G CChandrasekhar (Congress), Kahkashan Perween (JDU), JugalsinhMathurji Lokhandwala (BJP), Anil Desai (Shiv Sena), SatishChandra Dubey (BJP), Mir Mohammad Fayaz (Jammu and KashmirPeoples Democratic Party) and Ram Narain Dudi (BJP). KRH KKSMSS MBI NAMSMN SMN

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This July, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/trains/indian-railways-just-got-its-first-make-in-india-train-rake/articleshow/57715819.cms">Indian Railways</a> is planning to launch a special double-decker, AC train service for overnight journeys on popular routes. Christened as the <keyword id="4451634" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="utkrisht-double-decker-ac-yatri-express">Utkrisht Double-Decker AC Yatri Express</keyword>, or <keyword id="3691812" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="uday-express">Uday Express</keyword>, the train will only have comfortable reclining chairs as against the general practice of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/trains/from-berth-availability-to-platform-number-this-app-will-address-all-train-related-issues-soon/articleshow/58324868.cms">sleeper berths</a>. Equipped with hot food and beverage vending machines, LCD television screens, and wi-fi enabled headphones, each coach will have a capacity of 120 people. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/railways-eyeing-revenue-from-digital-ads/articleshow/58337826.cms">Ad screens at stations would earn railways revenue of Rs 10000 crore</a> Talking about the fare, it would be lower than that of the 3AC class in regular mail and express trains, even as the amenities provided would be better in comparison. The coaches will also have bio-toilets, and the interiors would sport a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/life/These-photos-of-the-Indian-Railways-Luxury-Make-in-India-coaches-will-make-you-want-to-ditch-the-airlines/articleshow/50562953.cms">modern look</a>. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/railways-plan-to-promote-tourism-in-luxury-and-budget-sections/articleshow/58206522.cms">Railways plan to promote tourism in luxury and budget sections</a> (Image source EnteCity)

Indian Railways to launch special double-decker overnight AC trains on high-demand routes

The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=railways">Railways</a> has launched a new AC 3-tier coach with new facilities like <keyword id="49101" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="CCTV-cameras">CCTV cameras</keyword>, bio-toilets and other safety features. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=CCTV+cameras">CCTV cameras</a> would be set up at the entrance of each coach and fire-retardant materials would be used to prevent fire. 
 
These AC coaches manufactured at the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Integrated+Coach+Factory">Integrated Coach Factory</a> (ICF) in Chennai, would be equipped with wider stainless steel ladder with hand-holds for easy climbing to upper berths. 
 
Also, in a step to make coaches disable-friendly, there would be <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=braille">braille</a> stickers. The door of the coach can now swing both ways for faster evacuation. Around Rs 7.2 lakhs were spent to upgrade the coach. 
 
This new compartment is the 50,000th rolled out from ICF and is expected to be fitted in a train meant for the southern states. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

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Like they promised, the <keyword id="6355455" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Indian-Railways">Indian Railways</keyword> finally unveiled the rail coaches with revamped interiors and even conducted a successful mock run! The passenger coaches which look absolutely comfortable and mindblowing have been designed by Bhopal's coach rehabilitation workshop (CRWS), Nishatpura. 
 
These coaches have been given beautiful interiors and jerk-less seats. Additionally, say goodbye to teh red and green seats as the seats too have been given a colour makeover and the colour replacing them is purple. According to the Indian Railways, these purple seats instantly give a high class look and feel. 
 
They have also ensured that the coaches are spacious and have bigger side-berths. What more? They also come equipped with a snacks table, LED reading lights and bio-toilets installed. 
 
There's more. The floor of the coach is painted like a carpet, the seats are fire-proof and there is a water-bottle holder next to every seat. 
 
What seals the deal is however the fact that every compartment has a separate mobile and laptop charging points. Hell to the yeah! 
 
While the AC coaches have cost the government a whopping Rs 70 lakh, sleeper coaches have cost around Rs 40 lakh. 
 
So, are you ready to ditch the airlines yet? 
 
Image credit: Economic Times.

These photos of the Indian Railways' Luxury ‘Make in
India’ coaches will make you want to ditch the airlines

Every year, we have the same boring faces reading out from a little piece of paper what is a totally "out-of-the-world plan" to make the Indian trains and stations an absolute beauty. 
 
By now, India should have been in the list of top 5 countries with world-class Railways, if not the first one. It's infrastructure should have been 100 times swankier than the T3 airport in Delhi. 
 
Plush railway stations with floor tiles so clean we could see our faces in it, and sleep in the train washroom if we liked to - the idea was sold to us many times. How we dreamt of a spick and span mode of travel..aaaaaaah. But, every time we got onto one of those bogies, reality struck us hard! 
 
Soiled toilets, rat-infested platforms. But, words echoed - "India will soon get bullet trains". 
 
Whennnnnn, we ask? Is there a deadline or is the deadline FOREVER? We have been getting one of those bullets for the last 5 years now, except that we don't have one till now. 
 
Yet, we sympathize with our ministers who claim to be working so hard in trying to getting us the cleanest platforms and wifi-ed stations and bio-toilets and........ so many more great things, you see! 
 
It will all come to us..*sigh*.. one day. Perhaps.. For now, here's a quick dose of the reality on the ground:

Railway Budget 2016: Expectation v/s Reality

The railways has decided to go ahead with manufacturing on its own trainsets that can run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph, after its global bid in this regard failed to elicit positive response. 
 
Aptly named 'Train-2018', the first trainset -- a rake without a separate locomotive -- is expected to be ready by March next year and likely to be pressed into service in Delhi-Lucknow or Delhi-Chandigarh sector. 
 
A trainset, much like a Delhi Metro rake, comprises many coaches that are individually powered by a propulsion system, eliminating the need for locomotive. 
 
"Our aim is to reduce travel time between cities and to achieve that, we have launched Train-2018 project to manufacture two trainsets at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) near Chennai on a pilot basis," a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project told news agency PTI. 
As per the Rs 200 crore project, two trainsets will be manufactured, in collaboration with foreign players on transfer of technology basis, for which the ICF has floated a fresh global tender. 
 
Aiming to offer both comfort and pace to passengers, the project will roll out semi-high speed, 16-coach trainsets with quicker acceleration and world-class passenger amenities. 
 
For a first in Indian Railways, these trainsets will have automatic plug type doors that will open and close at stations, wide windows for panoramic view, and ergonomically designed seating. 
 
The railways had floated a global tender for procurement- cum-maintenance and manufacture of 15 trainsets with 315 coaches in June, 2015. Though five bidders had qualified for the initial round, they did not find the offer viable and asked for raising the tender size to 1,000 coaches. 
 
Now, it has been decided to make it here to reduce the manufacturing and import cost, said the official. 
 
 
Equipped with bio-toilets, all coaches in the fully AC trainset will be inter-connected so that passengers can move from one coach to other with ease. 
 
To make the travel more a joyful ride, all coaches of a trainset will be provided with onboard Wi-Fi, infotainment and GPS-based passenger information system (PIS) which will keep the passengers informed about the travel status. The train will have plush interiors and diffused LED lighting. 
 
To reduce jerk and vibration, Train-2018 will be equipped with improved mechanical couplers and modern coaches with fully suspended traction motors, pneumatic secondary suspension and anti-roll bar.

Railways is readying a ‘Make in India’ train rake without a separate
locomotive

Railway Minister <keyword id="6356597" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Suresh-Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</keyword> today flagged off the first indigenously built '<keyword id="195876" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Medha">Medha</keyword>' rake on the western corridor of the city, according to a <keyword id="6367495" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="PTI">PTI</keyword> news report. 
 "We are proud to have built this rake under the Make in India campaign. We are working on various railway projects worth Rs 51,000 crore for the people of Mumbai city, besides projects worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore are underway for the state of <keyword id="13126" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword>," <keyword id="19179" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="prabhu">Prabhu</keyword> said in his speech. 
 Two Medha rakes were on a trial mode since last two years and have been designed and built at the <keyword id="49000" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Integral-Coach-Factory">Integral Coach Factory</keyword> in Chennai. 
 The seats of these trains are ergonomically designed for better seating comfort of the passengers. The cost of each Medha rake is Rs 43.23 crore, as against Rs 44.36 crore spent for <keyword id="117791" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bombardier">Bombardier</keyword> rakes. 
 
Prabhu said his ministry was on a "mission mode" to transform the Railways. 
 
"We have chalked out a roadmap to transform the railway and therefore, we have prepared the blueprint of long-term, short-term and medium-term investment to achieve this target. Most importantly, railway authorities have been vested powers to use the fund according to their profile," said Prabhu. 
 During the event, Prabhu also flagged off Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Tatanagar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus <keyword id="3260043" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Antyodaya-Express">Antyodaya Express</keyword> (bi-weekly). 
 Having a seating capacity of 2,000, the <keyword id="113158" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Antyodaya">Antyodaya</keyword> Express is meant to be a long-distance, fully unreserved, super-fast train service, which will cover the distance between the two cities in 25 hours. 
 
20-general-coach Antyodaya train has many advanced amenities like water purifiers, fire extinguishers, mobile charging points, anti-theft arrangement, cushioned luggage racks with coat hooks, LED lights and bio-toilets. 
 The regular service will leave <keyword id="426621" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lokmanya-Tilak-Terminus">Lokmanya Tilak Terminus</keyword> at 1.20 PM every Tuesday and Saturday and enroute the train will halt at Igatpuri, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, <keyword id="45327" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Raipur">Raipur</keyword>, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Jharsuguda, Rourkela and Chakradharpur stations. 
 Prabhu also flagged off Miraj- Solapur-Miraj Express daily train through a video link, besides announcing <keyword id="4309574" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="lokmanya-tilak-terminus-lucknow-lokmanya-tilak">Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Lucknow-Lokmanya Tilak</keyword> Terminus AC Superfast (weekly), which will commence its regular services from April 8, 2017. 
 
He also laid foundation stone for the construction of the fourth line between Bhusaval-Jalgaon a 24-km stretch at an approximate cost of Rs 260 crores. 
 
During the event, Prabhu also inaugurated the mechanised laundry installed at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (coaching depot) having capacity of 13,000 bed rolls per day.

Indian Railways just got its first 'Make in India' train rake

In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s <keyword id="6361202" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swachh-Bharat">Swachh Bharat</keyword> Abhiyaan, this year’s Rail Budget will focus on cleanliness and financial viability of Indian <keyword id="6360676" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Railways">Railways</keyword>, as per a report by The Economic Times (ET). In his maiden Budget, Railway Minister <keyword id="6356597" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Suresh-Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</keyword> is expected to take measures to improve the financial health of Indian Railways. 
 
According to the ET report, Prabhu is likely to announce a number of measures to promote cleanliness, which may include coverage of more trains under on-board housekeeping services (OBHS), building bio-toilets and providing dustbins in all coaches. Moreover, he may also introduce some measures to improve facilities at stations. 
 
The budget this year will also consider problems faced by visually challenged passengers as the railway minister is expected to come up with a proposal to provide Braille signs at stations. 
 
However, due to the poor financial health of the railways, there is less probability of any big announcement this year. Currently, Indian Railways faces the challenge to generate funds worth Rs 1.7 lakh crore to finance about 300 projects. 
 
In addition to this, the ministry also plans to raise funds from Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme, state governments and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme.

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