The budget was presented in the Parliament of India by Railway Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda on 8 July 2014.

The budget allocated a significant sum to the construction of bridges at unmanned crossings, a major cause of rail-track deaths.

Electric mobility carts will be provided to elderly and handicapped passengers at all major stations.

Also, Railway Protection Force will recruit four thousand female constables and escorted carriages will be provided for women.

[2][3] Manish R. Sharma, executive director of capital projects and infrastructure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, pointed out the budget didn't contain any information on how the government intends to attract private investors.