ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Railways is planning to import 20 light weight diesellocomotives particularly for hilly areas and Balochistan in order tofacilitate the passengers.-
“The main purpose of locomotives was to enhance the performance oftransport sector of Railways and allowing them to traverse mountainousterrains with steep gradient tracks easily,” sources in the Ministry ofRailways told APP.
They said that modernizing rail transportation and improving regionalconnectivity are critical components of the Ministry’s plan.
To a question, they said Railways has increased 1,460 passenger coaches and16,085freight wagons during the last five due to dedicated efforts of themanagement and enhanced spending on up-gradation of coaches.
However, he said the position has been substantially improved as tangiblesteps have been taken by the management through allocation of additionalfunds for repair and up-gradation of coaches.
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They said that currently Railways had owned 455 locomotives of differenthorse power and was operating around 110 passengers and 62 freight trainsacross the country.
The sources said Railways has inducted as many as 145 new locomotives inthe fleet during last five years to facilitate the passengers and generatemore revenue for the department.
To another question, they said that Railways has decided to rehabilitateand modernize around 136 non-functional locomotives to improve the systemand increase efficiency of the organization.
