New racks of train to be opened today

Inauguration of newly installed racks to be held on Saturday

LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique will inaugurate new state-of-the-art upgraded racks of 9-Up/10-Down Allama Iqbal Express train, which runs between Sialkot and Karachi, at Lahore Railway Station on Saturday. According to the PR spokesperson, all three racks of the train have been equipped with modern facilities and value addition. Each rack of the train comprises of 16 passenger coaches, the spokesman said. Up-gradation of the train was part of revival of the railways under which several trains have been upgraded so far. As many as 44 rakes with 636 coaches of Karakoram Express, GreenLine, Khushhal Khan Khattak Express, Hazara Express, Musa Pak Express, Fareed Express, Pakistan Express and rakes of all four railcars that run between Lahore and Rawalpindi, have so far been modernised with over Rs1.5 billion. According to Pakistan Railways, up-gradation of 10 more rakes of Mehran Express, Khyber Mail, Zakaria Express and Akbar Bugti Express is under way at the PR workshops.  

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2018.