LAHORE – Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that time durationof travelling by train between Lahore and Rawalpindi will be reduced byhalf an hour in March.Addressing a press conference at the PR Headquarters hereon Saturday, he said that track between Rawalpindi and Lahorewas being improved.He said that the PR had collected Rs320 million asfine in a campaign against ticket-dodgers during thelast three months, adding that it was a big amount and now thePR police had been given authority to take action against ticket-dodgers.The minister said that he would inspect Lahore-Okara-Sahiwalsection tomorrow (Sunday) for the betterment ofthe railways, adding that Lahore-Narowal-Sialkot and Lahore-Faisalabad sections were also in a schedule of his visitwithin the next two days.He disclosed that Prime Minister Imran Khan would inaugurate Thal Expresson February 12, adding thatThal Express train would run between Rawalpindi and Multan via Muzafargarh,Layyah, Bhakar, Kundian and Mianwali.Sheikh Rashid said that the railways would also introduce a VIP non-stoptrain named Jinah Express from March 30, whereas, another VIP train SirSyed Express would be introduced soon.He said that the railways had started two new freight trains and two morefreight trains would be operated till March.He said that upgradation of MainLine-1 (ML-1) and completion of Nullah Laiproject was his dream. He added that a meeting on ML-1 had been scheduledfor the next month and the masses would hear a good news about it.About the Nullah Lai project, he said that Chief MinisterPunjab Sardar Usman Buzdar would announce the final decisionon March 01.The minister said that a train manager was beingappointed in every train and his cell number would be displayed in thetrain.To a question, he said that response of the complaint cell was good andpassengers were registering theircomplaints.The minister also announced that he would listen complaints for one hourwhenever he would present in Islamabad.PR Chairman Sikandar Sultan Raja, CEO Aftab Akbar and other senior officerswere also present.Later, the minister visited the PR reservation office and issued directionsto improve the performance.Talking to the media during his visit, he assured the passengers that theircomplaints would be addressedimmediately.
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