Tag: Pakistan Railways

Badar Express derails in Faisalabad

Badar Express train derailed here on Saturday, suspending the movement of other trains. However, the passengers luckily remained safe in the incident. According to rescue...

Wider track from Khanewal to Raiwind to complete in 2015-16

Pakistan Railways will target its investments around locomotives, bogies, tracks, signalling systems, and improvement of existing railway stations. Work on doubling of track from Khanewal...

Railways announces fare cut for children travelling to Karachi

Pakistan Railways (PR) has announced concessional fare for the children passengers in respect of Air conditioned business class Green Line train running from Islamabad...

Railways to offer 22 passenger trains to private enterprises: report

  The Pakistan Railways (PR) will soon be inviting the private sector to operate another 22 passenger trains, `not generating enough revenue to meet their...

Railways suffers over Rs 20b losses yet there’s no accountability

Ironically, despite failing to achieve the targets an additional ‘overtime’ amount of Rs 120 million was paid to the employees.

Trains collide near Ran Pathani, one person killed

  KARACHI- A collision between two trains on Tuesday killed at least one person near Ran Pathani area of Sindh. The accident between a freight train and...

Azadi march: Railway stations beef up security

LAHORE- Railway Police has started preparing a security plan in view of Azadi and Inqalabi March. According to details, in regard to Azadi March by...

Railways turns down PTI plea for special train

PTI Member of the Sindh Provincial Assembly Khurram Sher Zaman said that if arrangement of the special train was not made for PTI supporters then no one else would be allowed to travel by train

Pakistan Railways to deploy commandos for safety of passengers

KARACHI- To ensure the safety of passengers; Pakistan Railways has started deploying Commandos. The government has allowed Pakistan Railways to recruit retired SSG commandos. It has...

ECO freight train to be operational soon

Pakistan Railways is working on ECO train service for Turkey via Iran under the decisions of the Tehran conference held in March. PR sources said...

PR to add 30 new locomotives for freight trains

Pakistan Railways would add 30 more locomotives for freight trains by the end of the current financial year. "We will be bringing hundred more engines...

Train derails near Nawabshah, three killed

NAWABSHAH- Three people, including a woman, were killed while 20 others were injured when the engine and four compartments of Karachi- bound Karakoram Expressed derailed...

Nine new engines join Pakistan Railways from China

KARACHI- Nine new engines imported from China have been inducted into Pakistan Railways, a private news channel reported on Saturday. Railways Minsiter Khwaja Saad Rafique...

Taliban not the only threat

Ten killed as Baloch Republican Army blasts passenger train in Kashmore   At least 10 people, including four children of a family, were killed and several...

Saad Rafique visits church blast victims

Government to revamp railways completely Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Thursday visited Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar where he enquired after the health...

Govt chalking out new policy to make PR profitable: Saad Rafique

PR is facing a massive loss of about Rs141.56 billion, says Rafique Federal Minister for Pakistan Railways (PR) Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Monday that...

Pakistan Railways to set up prayer place on trains

Pakistan Railways (PR) Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has ordered the establishment of a prayer place on trains for the convenience of travelling passengers. In a...