Pakistan Railways Issues Winter Timetable Of Passenger Trains

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published October 16, 2018 | 04:16 PM

Pakistan Railways has announced new winter timetable for trains in which nine passenger trains are allotted additional stops across the country to facilitate the travelers.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Oct, 2018 ) :Pakistan Railways has announced new winter timetable for trains in which nine passenger trains are allotted additional stops across the country to facilitate the travelers.

According to a notification issued by Pakistan Railways, the new timetable has been implemented according to which departure time of 18-Up and Down trains had been re-scheduled.

Pakistan Railways has increased the stoppage of four passenger trains including Allama Iqbal Express, Khushhal Khan Khatak, Jaffar Express and Pak business Express.

Now Allama Iqbal Express will stop at�Bahawalpur�Railway Station for four minutes instead of two minutes, Khushhal Khan Khatak Express will stop at Joharabad for eight minutes instead of five minutes, Jaffar Express will stop at�Jacobabad�for 10 minutes instead of seven minutes and Pak�Business Express train will stop at�Raiwind�Railway Station for four minutes instead of two minutes.

Pakistan Railways has renumbered the five trains running between Lahore-Rawalpindi, Lahore-Multan and Sargodha-Lalamusa.

The department changed the Names of two trains and now 43-Up/44-Down Night�Coach� between�Lahore�and�Karachi�will be called Shah Hussain Express train while 253-Up/254-Down Sargodha-Lalmusa mixed train will be called Karana Passenger train.

Pakistan Railways has regularised five trains including 109-Up/110-Down�Rawalpindi�Express, 119-Up/120-Down�Faisalabad�Express, 175-Up/176-Down�Mianwali�Railcar, 211-Up/212-Down�Narowal�Passenger and PDK 5-Up/6-Down Shuttle train between�Pind Dadan Khan�and�Malakwal.

The destination of 101-Up Subak Raftar train has been changed�from�Margala Railway Station to�Rawalpindi.

Pakistan Railways has also changed the schedule for 179-Up/180-Down�Badin�Express weekly train, which runs between�Hyderabad�and�Badin�and now this train will return on the�same�day (Monday) instead of the next day.