The railways plans to upgrade its capacity of issuing tickets from 25,000 to 2.25 lakh per minute and attending to enquiries from four lakh to 40 lakh per minute, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

At a press conference in New Delhi, the minister also said a target has been set to lay new railway tracks for a distance of 7,000 kilometres in financial year 2023-24.