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With a view to develop Indian Railways as a world class railway, an Integrated Railways Modernisation Plan spanning five years upto 2010 has been formulated. Under this plan, in the passenger segment, running of 150 kmph trains on New Delhi- Howrah and New Delhi-Chennai routes is envisaged. The freight business segment envisages running of freight trains at 100 kmph on the golden quadrilateral and its diagonals, introduction of higher axle load, double stack containers and Roll-on-Roll-Off wagons on the identified routes, etc. This was announced by the Railway Minister Shri Lalu Prasad while presenting the Railway Budget 2005-2006 in the Lok Sabha today.
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