2008-09 revenue Rs. 13,641 crore; profit put at Rs. 1,328 crore::Dividend to exchequer - Rs. 6,608 crore: private operators can operate freight trains.

Hyderabad-Siddipet-Sircilla service to be launched

New railway lines Bhadrachalam-Kovvur, Kothagudem-Visakhapatnam; Krishna-Vikarabad; Mantralayam Road-Kurnool; Nizamabad-Ramagundam; Pandurangapuram-Bhadrachalam; Patancheru-Adilabad

Saved Rs. 2,000-cr from austerity measures

Dedicated passenger corridors and high-speed railway passenger corridors

Freight charge on food grains and kerosene cut by Rs. 100 a wagon

GPS-based driver guidance system to be introduced

Secunderabd to get a

Service charge on AC class cut to Rs. 20 from Rs. 40;; Service charge on sleeper class cut to Rs. 10

Rlys to come up with multi-level parkings, multi-functional hospitals

Secunderabad to get a wagon making unit

Service charge on AC class cut to Rs. 20 from Rs. 40; Service charge on sleeper class cut to Rs. 10

New Bharath tirth train in the name of Rabindranath Tagore - to cover 16 destinations across India including Hyderabad and Tirupathi