Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented A Rail safety fund with a corpus of Rs 100,000 crore will be created over a period of 5 years

Union Budget 2017: Highlights of new Railway Budget

A Rail safety fund with a corpus of Rs 100,000 crore will be created over a period of 5 years

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu arrives at the Parliament house for the budget session in New Delhi

The service charge on rail tickets booked through IRCTC will be withdrawn.

By 2019, all coaches of the Indian Railways will be fitted with bio-toilets

A 22% rise in the Railways Budget was announced,
Unmanned railway level crossings to be eliminated by 2020