Hazara Express
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail | ||||
| First service | 2006 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | S. Jamil & co | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Karachi City Havelian | ||||
| Stops | 38 | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,594 kilometres (990 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 33 hours | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 11UP (Karachi→Havelian) 12DN (Havelian→Karachi) | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Economy | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Track owner(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
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Hazara Express (Template:Lang-ur) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Havelian in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.[1] The trip takes approximately 33 hours to cover a published distance of 1,594 kilometres (990 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line, Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line, Shorkot–Lalamusa Branch Line and Taxila–Khunjerab Railway Line.
History
The Hazara Express was originally called the Chenab Express before 2006. Pakistan Railways renamed it as Hazara Express and began the express train in collaboration with Pakistan Railways Advisory & Consultancy Services on 15 February 2006. [2]
Route
- Karachi City–Khanewal Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
- Khanewal Junction–Shorkot Cantonment Junction via Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line
- Shorkot Cantonment Junction–Lala Musa Junction via Shorkot–Lalamusa Branch Line
- Lala Musa Junction–Taxila Cantonment Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
- Taxila Cantonment Junction–Havelian via Taxila–Khunjerab Railway Line
Station stops
- Karachi City
- Karachi Cantonment
- Drig Road
- Landhi Junction
- Kotri Junction
- Hyderabad Junction
- Tando Adam Junction
- Nawabshah
- Pad Idan Junction
- Bhiria Road
- Mahrabpur Junction
- Rohri Junction
- Pano Akil
- Mirpur Mathelo
- Sadiqabad
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Khanpur Junction
- Liaquatpur
- Dera Nawab Sahib
- Mubarakpur
- Samasata Junction
- Bahawalpur
- Lodhran Junction
- Shujabad
- Multan Cantonment
- Khanewal Junction
- Shorkot Cantonment Junction
- Jhang Sadar
- Sillanwali
- Shahinabad Junction
- Sargodha Junction
- Bhalwal
- Malakwal Junction
- Mandi Baha-Ud-Din
- Dinga
- Lala Musa Junction
- Jhelum
- Gujar Khan
- Rawalpindi
- Taxila Cantonment
- Kot Najib Ullah
- Haripur Hazara
- Havelian[3]
Equipment
The train has economy class accommodation.
References
- ^ IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal, Retrieved on 1 July 2013
- ^ Two new trains begin running from today Archived 14 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine Publisher: Daily Times, Published on 15 February 2006, Retrieved on 29 March 2013
- ^ Pakistan Railways official website, Hazara Express Timings, Retrieved on 29 March 2013
