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MULTAN: Railways Multan division has completed work for laying 57 kilometre-long new rail track enabling trains to run speedier.
The 71-kilometre project from Sher Shah to Kot Addu was expected to be completed by June 2020, a Railways official told APP.
He said that another 14 km track would also be completed to enable trains run at higher speed, from an existing 80 km/hour to 95-100 km/hour.
Meanwhile, Divisional Engineer-II Mujeeb ur Rahman said that work on rail segment of CPEC was also on the cards as tenders were issued and feasibility report has been finalised.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2019.
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