Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government is focused on development of railways shedding earlier practices wherein the ministry was used as a "bargaining tool" by the main ruling party to "distribute trophies to its allies".
The Prime Minister today laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Gandhinagar railway station, which will get a face-lift at a cost of Rs 250 crore and will have a 300-room five star hotel built atop.

"My government has given priority to railways... it should expand, it should be developed, get modernised and it should bring a qualitative change in the lives of common people. We have tried to do this in the last two years and five months. We have increased the budget of railways to double of what it was," he said.
Modi listed various works done by his government to develop railways and said the pace of doubling of railway tracks has increased, besides speeding up of gauge conversion and electrification of lines.
He said free WiFi has been provided at railway stations.
The Central government is working to increase speed of trains and also striving to bring in global technology to make railways safer, as "safety is of greatest concern", Modi said.

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