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The present Pakistan Railways network was originally built as a patchwork of local rail links operated by small private railway companies. These included the Scinde Railway, Punjab Railway, Delhi Railway and Indus Steam Flotilla companies. In 1870, these 4 companies were amalgamated into the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway company.
The Kartarpur Corridor (Punjabi: ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ ਲਾਂਘਾ (), کرتارپور لانگھا (), romanized: kartārpur lāṅghā; Urdu: کرتارپور راہداری, romanized: kartār pūr rāhdārī) is a visa-free border crossing and religious corridor, [2] [3] connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, near Narowal in Pakistan to Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur district ...
Train Name [2] Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Train Numbers Akbar Express: PR: Quetta – Lahore Junction: 1974 – 2020 23UP/24DN Allama Iqbal Express: PR: Karachi Cantonment – Sialkot Junction: 1940 – Present 9UP/10DN Attock Passenger: PR: Mari Indus – Attock City Junction: 1988 – present 201UP/202DN Attock Safari S. Jamil & Co ...
'A Railway Train', lithographed sketch by Hurnam Singh, circa mid-19th century The Punjab Railway was established shortly after the Scinde Railway Act of Parliament in July 1855 was passed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Punjab Railway began soon after the Karachi-Kotri Railway Line opened in 13 May 1861.
Pakistan Railways [a] is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan.Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns 7,789 kilometres (4,840 miles) of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger services, covering 482 operational stations across Pakistan.
The Amritsar railway station is located at an elevation of 233 metres (764 ft) and was assigned the code "ASR." With this, it has become the busiest railway station of the state in terms of passenger movement and train traffic.
The Punjab Railway was established shortly after the July 1855 passage of the Scinde Railway Act. [1] [2] [4] As the Karachi-to-Kotri line was being constructed and the Indus Steam Flotilla was being set up to transport passengers to Multan, the Punjab Railway was laid from Multan to Lahore and onward to Amritsar. [5]
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483 km (300 mi)-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Sahnewal–Chandigarh rail link (also referred to as Ludhiana–Chandigarh rail link) was inaugurated in 2013.