Share of new trains: Tamil Nadu gets the lion's share

RAILWAY BUDGET 2013-14

Railway ministers have traditionally tried to please their constituency or home state while announcing new trains. While Chandigarh, the railway minister Pawan Bansal's constituency, got a couple of trains, it is Tamil Nadu which got the lion's share of the new trains (20/67) that will originate or terminate in the state, followed by Maharashtra (17) and Rajasthan (14). (Click on graphic)