<h1>Railway policy priorities emphasise infrastructure investment, network decongestion, passenger amenities, safety and sustainability across operations.</h1> Railway Budget identifies nine thrust areas: restoring railways as an economic mover; resource mobilisation for higher investments; decongestion of heavy haul routes via gauge conversion, doubling, tripling and electrification; project delivery; passenger amenities; safety; transparency and system improvements; maintaining railways as preferred mass transport; and sustainability.