Under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, special cleanliness campaign was launched by Railways on October 2, 2014.
The Railway Ministry has sanctioned 55 new lines, nine gauge conversions and 128 doubling projects since 2009.
Give safety and security first to the people, say MPs.
Construction is supposed to begin in 2017, with completion slated for 2023.
The minister of state said the requirement of the ministry was more and resources were limited.
The government has increased the budgetary allocation.
Shah attended a function on renaming of Mughalsarai junction after Pt Deendayal Upadhyay.
'We need to look beyond the current approach'.
The number of passengers were 8,421 million in 2012-13 which was reduced to 8,397 million in 2013-14.
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha, while replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, indicated that SMS service on train delays is under consideration.
During the trip, Mukherjee will hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on civil nuclear cooperation, defence ties and partnership in higher education.
He will lay foundation stone for the 'Urja Ganga' project, aimed at providing piped natural gas to all the households in the city.
The project will eventually be rolled out to cover 400 railway stations across India
The minister said drivers are given specific instructions on where to slow down the train.
National fencing champion, Hoshiyar Singh, died on Thursday after he was allegedly thrown off a moving train by Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel in Uttar Pradesh.
In July last, fares were increased by 14.2%.
Prosperity was not possible without peace, the minister said.
As many as 48 ministers of National Democratic Allaince government were in the fray in the general elections.
8 bogies of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP, 52 injured.
At least four passengers were killed and another eight were injured when the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Golden Ganj station near Chhapra on early Wednesday morning in a suspected sabotage by Maoists.
Thirty one people were killed and 45 injured in a train accident on Friday morning at Uttar Pradesh's Bachhrawan railway station, barely 40 km from Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Punjab chief minister Capt.Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh to kin of each deceased and free treatment to injured in government and private hospitals.
Outlining the Budget estimates for the coming year, the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu put the plan size at Rs 1.21 lakh crore.
Railways Ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said several people have been rushed to nearby hospitals with injuries, and the casualties may go up.
Sensing the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's attempts to rekindle Ayodhya sentiments, the Akhilesh Yadav-led government in Uttar Pradesh has banned a meeting to mark the 25th death anniversary of brothers, Ram and Sharad Kothari, who fell to police bullets while performing the symbolic kar sewa on November 2, 1990 -- two years before the Babri Masjid was brought down.
Budget proposals have set four goals to transform Indian Railways.
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