LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturdaythat Pakistan Railways (PR) would run five Eid special trains to facilitatepassengers.
Addressing a press conference here at PR headquarters, he said maximumencroachments would be removed from Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) in 15days and all out efforts would also be made to clear all encroachments inone month.
The minister said, “On Wednesday, he will go to Sukkur to check railwaytrack.” The PC-1 of Main Line 1 (ML-1) project was ready, he said and addedthat the incumbent government was free of corruption and that’s why foreigninvestment was pouring in. It has been decided to build up RailwayConstructions Pakistan Limited (RAILCOP), he maintained.
He said, Jaffar Express, Pak Business Express, Khyber Mail and Tezgaam hadbeen allowed to make stopover at Lahore Cantt station in order to reducerush at Lahore railway station.
To a question, Sheikh Rashid said twenty , out of thirty trains, were beingrun on profit while only four trains were in little deficit which, he said,would be managed. In eight months, he said almost Rs 5 billion had beenearned through the 30 trains.