Railway Budget Highlights - 2
New Delhi, Feb 26: Following are the highlights of the Railway Budget for 2015-16 presented by Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Lok Sabha Thursday: * Investment of Rs.8.5 lakh crore in next five years * Over 20,00 suggestions received on improving facilities * Four goals: Deliver sustained improvement in customer facilities, Make railways safer means of travel, expand substantially, make Indian Railways self-sustainable * Budget part of trilogy: White paper already tabled, this budget, vision document soon * Railways backbone of national connectivity * Will partner with private sector to improve last mile connectivity * Railways unique integrator of modern India * Facilities not improved substantially over past few decades * Vicious cycle of under-investment must end * 1,219 sections on network - most of them overworked * In next five years, intention to substantially augment capacity