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New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee unveiled the Railway Budget today in Parliament. The speech unveiled several measures to benefit low-income travellers, railways employees and included sops for home state West Bengal.

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Banerjee has also indicated measures to upgrade trains and stations and augment rail revenue through alternate uses of rail land and station real estate. She has also announced a plan to revive commercialisation of the railways’ nationwide fiber optic network.

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Also in the plans were several measures to help young passengers. Madrassa students will also now get student concessions and a new train called Yuva Rath will allow youth to travel cheaply.

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Published: 04 Jul 2009, 12:27 AM IST
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