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The Karachi Express began in 1943 and was originally between Karachi and Peshawar. Shortly after, the route was shortened between Karachi to Lahore. In 1999, Pakistan Railways began running non-stop, with only one technical stop at Khanpur. By 2003, economy class coaches were added and ceased to be a non-stop train. [4]
Karakoram Express (Urdu: قراقرم ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. [1] The trip takes approximately 17 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,241 kilometres (771 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line, Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line and Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch ...
Shah Hussain Express (Urdu: شاہ حسین ایکسپریس), previously known as Night Coach Express, is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways and Shalimar Group between Karachi and Lahore, [1] The trip takes approximately 18 hours to cover a published distance of 1,286 kilometres (799 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line, Khanewal–Wazirabad ...
The Pak Business Express (Urdu: پاک کاروبار اکسپريس ), often abbreviated as Business Express, is a daily express train service between in Pakistan between the cities of Karachi and Lahore, which is one of the busiest routes in the country. [1] It was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on 4 January 2012. [2 ...
Fareed Express (Urdu: فرید ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. [1] [2] The trip takes approximately 26 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,250 kilometres (780 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line.
Shalimar Express currently consists of seven economy, two AC lower, one parlour car, one dining car, one power van and one luggage van coaches. The train now covers the 1,286 kilometres (799 mi) distance from Karachi to Lahore in 19 hours. Shalimar Express was the first ever all air-conditioned train to run on the Pakistan Railway network.
The proposed railway would support the transport of high-value goods to Europe and Central Asia. Trains on the Islamabad – Tehran – Istanbul route currently take around five days to complete the journey, possibly due to poor or compromised condition of the track. It is claimed that a standard-gauge line would reduce journey times to 20 hours.
Khyber Mail (Urdu: خیبر میل) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar. [1] The trip takes approximately 32 hours, to cover a published distance of 1,764 kilometres (1,096 mi), traveling along the entire stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line.