The railways is trying to ensure that both the phases are completed by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2011-12) so that passengers on suburban and long hauls are completely segregated, besides enhancing the capacity of local trains by 56%.
The other part of his suburban story is to run air-conditioned trains in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. While
While better services are going to come at a cost to the travellers, railways hopes to cover a large part of the losses from the suburban trains. But till the power system is reworked, Lalu’s plans may just be a proposal.
(Source-Times of India,27/02/07)
