Pakistan Railways train fares increased

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Railways (PR) will increase the fares of passenger andinter-city passenger trains from 2 percent to 8.5 percent from July 1st.

According to a PR spokesman, the increase in the fares has been donethrough a rational way after the careful study of the fares of road and airtransport.

The current increase in the fares would reduce the additional burden ofdeficit being faced by Pakistan Railways, he added.

The increasing oil prices had left the PR with no option but to increasethe fares of all of the passenger trains, he said.

He informed there would be no increase in the fares for the destinations upto 50 kilometers and for those who had already got their seats reserved forvarious destinations.

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The PR was facing over Rs 3 billion financial burden due to increase in theoil prices, he added.

The spokesman said Pakistan Railways had launched 34 new trains during lastnine months besides increasing over six million passengers.