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Lalu's rail: What's in it for you
February 26, 2008
Major passenger amenities
Passenger Amenities
Provision of on-line coach indication display board; on-line train arrival departure.
Information board; on-line reservation availability information board.
Provision of discharge-free green toilets in all 36,000 coaches in XI Plan Period at a cost of about Rs 4,000 cr.
LHB design coaches for all Rajdhani and Shatabadi trains over next few years.
Provision of LHB coaches with stainless steel bogies in Mail/Express trains.
Special stress on cleanliness - on-board cleaning in passenger trains.
Extending the public address system in passenger coaches of select mail/express trains.
Increase in the height of a number of platforms.
Provision of platform shelters at all D category stations.
Provision of foot-over bridges at all high-level platforms.
Increase in length of 30 more platforms.
Provision of multi-level parking, lifts and escalators at major stations.
Image: An Indian Railways employee near a poster that shows Lalu's plan to have high-speed trains plying on Indian tracks.
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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