Any train traveler will have good news this season because Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Union Budget on February 1, 2025, and major announcements will be made for the railways through that budget. Let us now talk in detail about this news from the report below.
If you are a frequent traveler on a train, there is good news for you. Important announcements about the railways will be delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget on February 1, 2025. The budget primarily focuses on improving the rail infrastructure and better coordinating passenger experiences.
Through this government, so far, for around 11 years, the railways have kept getting focus under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So maybe this years’ budget will not only keep the travel smooth, but better facilities would also be provided to the travelers. With this, probably travel by train in the years to come would be a little more interesting. (Railway news)
Improve Passenger Facilities-
The Modi central government has imposed upon making rail travel safety and convenience. Several measures for modernization of the railway infrastructure are underway, by which railway stations throughout the country are being changed within a new look. Many model stations have come up at the beginning of this engagement. Besides these, high-speed trains like Vande Bharat and Tejas are being operated to increase the speed of travel. Safety is being given priority through adoption of LHB coaches alone in the Indian Railways. Junior-age groups of rail coach factories are producing only LHB coaches now.
Railways soon to implement ATP system:
Sources say that in December’s third week Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has had a long discussion with senior railway officials about it. He had even asked for this system to be implemented on the entire network of railways soon. This is an automatic train protection (ATP) system that is indigenous to the country. The entire network has a phased plan between setting this up. It would significantly reduce the possibility of train accidents happening. According to experts, certainly, there has been some visible effect from the increased government emphasis on safety in their railways; however, a lot more is to be done on the subject.
Nirmala Sitharaman can create some “fireworks” on February 1 sconed:
According to senior officials of Indian Railways, the rapid progress is already visible in implementation of the “Armor” security system. The system is being installed on important routes such as Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai over a length of more than 3000 km. Now the focus is laying newly new lines and electrifying existing railway lines. The allocation for the railways is expected to be hiked during this year’s Union Budget 2025. Of note is that no special announcement was made for the railways in the budget presented on July 23, 2024. Such conditions add to the possibility of important announcements for the railways in the budget of July 1, 2025, which is expected to improve the facilities of the railways.
Vande Bharat Sleeper trains will be declared on new routes-
The government has instructed the railways to replace 40,000 normal train coaches with Vande Bharat coaches to improve passenger convenience, safety, and travel experience. On February 1, 2025, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will probably announce the new routes for Vande Bharat Sleeper Trains in her budget presentation. The production of Vande Bharat Sleeper coaches is in full swing in the rail coach factories, thus adding to the facilities and services for train passengers and making their journeys even more enjoyable.