LAHORE – Pakistan Railways has announced an increase in fares of passengertrains as operations restarted after rebuilding and maintenance effortsfollowing the receding of flood water.
In a notification, Railways announced updated fares for various classes.The fare of AC sleeper class of Khyber Mail running between port cityKarachi and Peshawar via Lahore has been jacked up to Rs11,000.
With an increase, the AC business class fare has soared to Rs8,000, andpassengers traveling in AC standard will have to pay Rs7,000. The fare ofthe economy class has been increased to Rs3,000.
The new fare of AC business class of Karakoram Express traveling fromLahore and Karachi has been increased to Rs7,000 and for economy class, itwill be Rs3,000.
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AC sleeper class of Karachi Express between Lahore and Karachi will costRs9,000, AC business class fare Rs7,000, AC standard class Rs5,000, andeconomy class Rs3,000.
The notification has been issued to all divisional superintendents anddivisional commercial officers across the country regarding the updatedfares from October 2.
