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Pakistan Railways announces reduction in passengers train fares

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Railways (PR) has reduced the fares of all passenger trains and this will effective from September 23, 2024.

Pakistan Railways has announced a 10% reduction in the fares of passenger trains, the reduction in fares will be applied to all passenger trains including air-conditioned.

The announcement also stated that the reduction in passenger train fares will be effective from September 23.

According to the statement released by Pakistan Railways, the fares of passenger trains have been reduced despite a 20 percent increase in salaries and other expenses.

It may be recalled that earlier also the fares of passenger trains were reduced due to the reduction in the prices of petroleum products.

Earlier, the railway department decided to operate 10 passenger trains under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

According to Pakistan Railways officials, the first phase of the privatisation will commence soon and 10 trains will be handed over to private operators under the PPP mode.

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Pakistan Railways generate Rs 41b in six months

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Railways

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has earned an amount of Rs41 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2023-24 despite facing the challenges of floods during monsoon season and financial crunch.

During the first six months of the previous fiscal year (2022-23), the department had generated Rs28 billion which reflected 46 percent increase in the revenues during the same period in the current fiscal year (2023-24).

As per the figures, he said that out of the revenue of Rs41 billion, earnings from passenger trains were recorded at Rs24 billion whereas the freight sector managed to earn Rs11 billion. The official said that other sectors of the department added around Rs5.5 billion to the total revenue generation. At present, he said that Pakistan Railways is operating 96 passenger trains, up from the previous year when 86 trains were running.

Similarly, during the previous year, on average it operated 3.75 freight trains while the number reached seven freight trains this year. He said the department emphasized that the issue of delay in payment of salaries to employees has now been resolved and things will be more streamlined, once work on the Mainline-I (ML-I) project kicks off.

The official said that owing to inflationary pressures, led by high fuel costs, Pakistan Railways has increased its fares, both for passenger and freight segments that would help the cash-strapped corporation to fetch better revenues in the next few months.

To a question, he said that Pakistan Railways has beefed up precautionary measures to reduce passenger train accidents and only six minor accidents with no causality took place on the entire railway network in the country during the last three months.

“Only two train accidents have taken place in September, no accident happened in October and four train accidents occurred in November due to effective steps of the department,” he added.

The drastic decrease in accidents has been witnessed due to the efforts being undertaken to reduce trespassing at unmanned level crossings and unauthorized locations, he added.

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Pakistan Railways increases fares of all passengers’ trains  

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Railways
  • The fares of all mail express trains increased by 10%.
  • Similarly,  fares of goods vehicles also increased by 5%.
  • The increase in fares will be apply from August 17.

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has increased the fares of all passenger trains by 10% after the increase in the prices of petroleum products.

According to the notification issued by the Railway Headquarters, the fares of all mail express trains have been increased by 10% while the fares of goods vehicles have been increased by 5%.

According to the notification, the increase in fares will be apply from tomorrow, August 17.

According to the spokesperson of Railways, the increase in fares will also be apply on mail, express, inter-city, shuttle, passenger and freight trains.

Goods vehicle fares have also been increased by 5%, the new fares will be implemented from tomorrow.

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Passenger Train Services To Shut Across Pakistan For Three Weeks

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In view of the third wave of coronavirus, it has been decided to shut the passenger train services once again for three weeks. According to the details, despite the government’s safety measures, the number of corona cases is increasing day by day. Due to the increasing number of cases, the booking of passenger trains will … Read more

MoFa Extends Condolences To Government & People Of Egypt

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After two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Sohag province, killing 32 people and leaving several injured, the spokesperson to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) extended condolences to Egypt’s government and people.

In a tweet, MoFA wrote,

“We extend sincere condolences to the government & people of #Egypt on loss of life & injuries in a train collision in #Sohag governorate today.”

“We stand in solidarity with brotherly Egypt, pray for the lives lost & wish speedy recovery to those injured,” MoFA tweeted.

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32 killed, Multiple Injured As Trains Collide In Egypt

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32 killed, Multiple Injured As Trains Collide In Egypt

Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Sohag province, killing 32people and multiple injuries were reported. According to the reports, in the incident that took place on Friday, the bogies of the trains collided with each other, while in the video that appeared on social media after the incident, it can be seen that the passengers … Read more

Brilliant Job! Social media lauds Pakistan Railways – See Why

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Passenger Trains of Pakistan Railways have been turned in to isolation wards in order to cure the patients of coronavirus COVID 19. Social media users lauded the efforts of Railways minister Sheikh Rasheed to counter the spread of virus, by turning some Passenger Trains into mobile hospitals, equipped with all medical facilities and availability of … Read more

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