Pakistan Railways is planning to rehabilitate more than one hundred old diesel electric locomotives, laying of new and upgrade existing tracks through public private partnership and Build-Operate-Transfer basis. Sources of Pakitan Railways told APP that bids in this connection are invited on two ...

*LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday decided to interrogate former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique over purchase of 55 locomotives at exorbitant rates.* According to details, the NAB found out that Rafique had approved purchasing of locomotives at excessive rates and ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid has said that domestic manufacturing of passenger coaches will be started next year. Addressing workers of Pakistan Railways at Carriage Factory in Rawalpindi on Friday, he said local production of locomotives will also be started in the next ...

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways has added 118 locomotives in its current fleet to replace old and obsolete engines, aimed at enhancing cargo revenues. Around 1405 modern wagons for coal loading and unloading (hopper wagons) have been procured for Qadirabad Coal Power Plant at Sahiwal.Official sources ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has improved availability of locomotives in freight pool and now increased its strength to 95 from mere eight in 2013.The addition of dedicated, freight specific 55 new locomotives of 4000 to 4500 HP in freight pool has also been made during last two years as part of ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has added 113 locomotives in its fleet after their complete overhauling since 2013, which is ensuring smooth and efficient operations of passengers and freight services.“Dedicated efforts of Pakistan Railways management and increased spending on the repair and ...

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique Thursday congratulated the PR administration and staff on induction of 55 USA manufactured 4,000-horsepower computerised locomotives into the PR system.In a statement, issued here, he said that these up-to-date engineswere earning hands of ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways on Wednesday signed an agreement with US company General Electric under which it will receive twenty new locomotives.An agreement was signed at the Ministry of Railways. General Electric’s Regional Sales Manager Ashfaq Nainar and Pakistan Railway’s Director ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan Railways revenues earned from Freight sector have reached Rs. 10585.9 million in 2015-16, showing a reasonable 81 per cent increase as compared to four years back.During year 2012-13, the revenues earned from freight sector were Rs. 1984.8 million. The freight operation in ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) has fleet of 448 locomotives out of which 293 are functional and 155 are non-functional. In a written reply to a question during 3rd sitting of 41st session of National Assembly on Friday, it was told that seventy seven (77) new locomotives had been inducted in the ...