Includes Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Bhopal among others
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the 15th Railway Budget in Parliament today, 3 July 2009. This is her first rail budget for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and third in her political career.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said 50 stations will be turned into world-class stations with international facilities, in her Railway Budget speech for 2009-10. She said CST Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Howrah, Sealdah, Thiruvanathapuram, Chennai, Bhopal, Madhura Junction, New Jalpaiguri and Kochi are some of the stations that will be modernised.
Mamata Banerjee in her Budget speech added that the railway stations will have more facilities for passengers like PCOs, book stalls and shopping complexes.
