Railway Budget 2014-15: Highlights Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. Here are the highlights of this Budget. * No new increase in passenger fares and freight charges * Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector * Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains * Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in 9 sectors * Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per minute; to allow 1.2 lakh users log in simultaneously * Reservation system to be revamped, ticket-booking through mobile phones, post offices to be popularised * Online platform for unreserved tickets * Combo parking-platform tickets at stations * Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches; 4,000 women constables to be inducted * Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for 2014-15 Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176 crore. * Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches; 4,000 women constables to be inducted * Retiring room facility to be extended to all stations * Battery operated cars for differently-abled and senior citizens at major stations * Feedback services through IVRS on quality of food * Food can be ordered through SMS, phone; Food courts at major stations * Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last year * CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring cleanliness * Setting up of corpus fund for stationsâAZ upkeep; RO drinking water in some stations and trains * Automatic door closing in mainline and sub-urban coaches * 58 new trains and extension of 11; 864 additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai over 2 years.