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There is a three-metre-wide (9.8 ft) road along the length of the tunnel for the maintenance of railway tracks and emergency relief. It takes approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds for the train to pass through the tunnel. [2] [3] For a short time, Banihal-Qazigund Railway Tunnel was India's longest railway tunnel. [2]
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 Khojak Tunnel (Urdu: خوجک سرنگ, Khojak Sarang), is a 3.91 km (2.43 mi) railway tunnel in the Toba Achakzai range in the Qilla Abdullah District of Balochistan province, Pakistan. [1] It is located 1,945 m (6,381 ft) above sea level. [ 1 ]
An earlier train ran between Amritsar and Lahore and vice versa and carried 8,239 persons from India to Pakistan and 10,360 from Pakistan to India from 28 October 1954 to 30 November 1954. [3] Samjhauta Express was a daily train when the service started in 1976 and changed to a twice-weekly schedule in 1994.
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.
Pakistan railways map. This is a list of Railway lines in Pakistan. The lines and the stations are owned and operated by Pakistan Railways. Rail lines in Pakistan are divided into main lines and branch lines. [1] [2] [3]
The Khyber Mail is one of Pakistan's oldest and most prestigious passenger trains that has been continuously running since 12 February 1920. The Train has completed its 100 years of Service on February 12, 2020. The Train departs Karachi Cantonment at 22.00 hrs every night, Lahore Junction arrival next night 19.45 hrs & departure 20.20 hrs.
The Thar Express (Hindi: थार एक्सप्रेस, Urdu: تھر ایکسپریس, Rajasthani: थार एक्सप्रेस, Sindhi: ٿر ايڪسپريس) was an international passenger train that ran between the Bhagat Ki Kothi a suburban area of Jodhpur in the Indian State of Rajasthan and Karachi Cantonment of Karachi in the Pakistani Province of Sindh.