ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan Railways is set to inaugurate new Parcel Express Train from Lahore-Karachi-Lahore via Faisalabad on February 10.
The running time of Parcel Train from Lahore to Karachi will be around 22 hours, a senior official in the Ministry of Railways told APP.
“It was another important milestone of Pakistan Railways towards easy and speedy delivery of the cargo that will run initially twice a week from both sides,” he said.
While elaborating salient features of the train, the official said the departure time of trains from Lahore to Karachi on operating days will 23:50 hours.
He said that the train will comprising of 13 luggage vans and capacity of one luggage van was 10 tonnes.
“Numbers of luggage van may be enhanced as per the demand and availability of the cargo,” he added.
He said that Pakistan Railways through advertisement has requested the interested parties to approach the Divisional superintendent Offices at Lahore and Karachi for further details.
Source: APP