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Railway Budget 2009

  • Mamata ends Rail Budget speech with Urdu couplet

  • No hike in freight rates

  • No increase in passenger fares across classes

  • Tatkal scheme to be reduced from 5 days to 2 days

  • 12 new 'Duronto' AC sleeper trains between major metros

  • Non-stop AC 'Durant' trains to be introduced

  • 1000 MW power plant with NTPC on Bengal-Jharkhand border

  • Kolkata Metro to get more extensions