LAHORE – The Pakistan Railways has taken yet another initiative under thePM 100 days plan.
Pakistan Railways is launching two more new trains in Sindh province fromTuesday, according to PR officials.
The Mohenjodaro Passenger (213-Up/214-Down) will be operated between Kotriand Rohri, while Rohi Passenger (215-Up/216-Down) will run between Sukkurand Khanpur.
Fare between Kotri and Rohri of the Mohenjodaro Passenger will be Rs320 forthe distance of 381 kilometres; fare between Kotri and Sehwan Sharif Rs150;fare for Dadu will be Rs190; for Larkana Rs280; and fare between Kotri andHabibkot will be Rs300.
For the Rohri Passenger train, the railways has fixed fare between Sukkurand Khanpur as Rs200 for the distance of 220 kilometres; fare from Sukkurto Rohri Rs25; for Sadiqabad Rs180; while the fare from Sukkur to Rahim YarKhan will be Rs190.
According to a PR spokesman, the Pakistan Railways will introduce 10 newtrains till the end of the current year on the directions of RailwaysMinister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.
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The railways had already inaugurated the operation of three trainsincluding Mianwali Railcar, Rawalpindi Express and Faisalabad Non-Stoptrains during the previous month. On average, nearly 600 passengers havebeen traveling by newly introduced trains.
A train for low-income people from Karachi to Peshawar will also belaunched soon, the spokesman said.
The Railways, on the direction of the PR minister, is also planning toincrease the number of freight trains from 10 to 15 within the next 120days.
