Pakistan Railway Projects.

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Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi has granted approval for inclusion of a dozen fresh projects as part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including much-awaited Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) with an estimated cost of $2.07 billion.

He said that Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) and Mainline-1 (ML-1) were strategic projects and finalisation of implementation plan for dualisation/ up-gradation of rail line from Peshawar to Karachi (ML-1).

 

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Railway Station Under Construction at Qadirabad near Sahiwal....

 

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Sahiwal Railway station revamping and Upgradation underway.

 

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Sahiwal Railway station revamping and Upgradation underway.

Bloody hell it certainly needs it going by those pictures.

 

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All set to start Kohat Express later this month. Coaches are ready. Train Route: #Rawalpindi -- #Kohat. After this Pakistan Railways to start or 2 other routes as well #Sibi – #Khost #Karachi – Mirpur Khas

 

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Sibbi Railway Station U/C.

Finishing work underway. PR plans to open Sibbi - Harnai Section in 2018.

 

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Kohat Railway station before and after revamping and restoration. More than 3 million people of region will get benefited.

After.......

 

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Pakistan Railway Import Tmno GWS75 Plasser & Theurer Machine From Australia for sleeper tamping.

 

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Kohat Cantonment station under renovation and track rebuilt. Taken back in November. You can still see the narrow gauge line...this went from Kohat all the way to Thal via Hangu.

 

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Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line to Be Upgraded

In the latest development on the mainline renovation agreement between Pakistan and China, the Karachi-Peshawar linkages will be modernized, starting from March 2018.

At present, the design of the project is undergoing evaluation and is expected to be finalized within a month.

Director General for Railway Ministry, Mazhar Ali Shah, has declared the project to be “ambitious”. He also added that Pakistan will work hard to meet its target.

Other Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) originally intended improvements for railways in individual provinces under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Plan (CAREC).

In this regard, the Lahore-Peshawar linkage on the Main Line 1 (ML-1) was identified as a priority area and $2.5 billion was provided for its renovation.

In April 2017, Chinese investment worth $8 billion was announced for this line. By May, the Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique had announced his hopes for “a positive image of the country at an international level” based on the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative.

Modernization Schemes
Some of the modernization schemes mentioned include automated pension systems, train punctuality improvement, 20-day fuel stock and deployment of technicians for computerized monitoring of the mainline.

In November, the Rawalpindi-Havelian section of this linkage was announced as a priority area under CPEC by the Pakistan Railway.

On the whole, previous railway developments under CPEC have been beneficial for Pakistan, and the latest announcement can, therefore, to be looked upon with optimism

 

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PR completes feasibility study of Karachi-Peshawar track

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Railways has completed the feasibility study and preliminary design for the upgradation of Main Line-I from Peshawar to Karachi under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

“It is top priority of Pakistan Railways to upgrade the ML-I,” an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP. He said that groundwork on project is likely to be initiated by March. “Although Pakistan Railways has set an ambitious target for starting the groundwork, it is working hard to meet this target,” he added.

He said that ML-I should be completed in five years and by theup gradation of the project, the speed of trains will be increased. “In 2012-13, only 92 passenger and 8 freight trains had run on system with pathetic condition but now over 100 passengers and around 55 freight trains are running on the system,” he added.

Regarding the availability of locomotives, he said that in 2013 only 160 locomotives were functional out of 465 but now with the concentrate effort of the government 324 locomotives are functional out of 473. “During the current tenure of the government as many as 140 locomotives of different horse powers had been added in the fleet and contract of 20 locomotives has already been awarded to General Electric,” he added.

 

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Updates 6/1/2018.

Narowal Railway Station U/C. Taking final shape.

 

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Kohat. KPK
Renovation

 

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Sahiwal Railway Station New Building U/C.

 

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New racks of train to be opened today

LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique will inaugurate new state-of-the-art upgraded racks of 9-Up/10-Down Allama Iqbal Express train, which runs between Sialkot and Karachi, at Lahore Railway Station on Saturday. According to the PR spokesperson, all three racks of the train have been equipped with modern facilities and value addition. Each rack of the train comprises of 16 passenger coaches, the spokesman said. Up-gradation of the train was part of revival of the railways under which several trains have been upgraded so far. As many as 44 rakes with 636 coaches of Karakoram Express, GreenLine, Khushhal Khan Khattak Express, Hazara Express, Musa Pak Express, Fareed Express, Pakistan Express and rakes of all four railcars that run between Lahore and Rawalpindi, have so far been modernised with over Rs1.5 billion. According to Pakistan Railways, up-gradation of 10 more rakes of Mehran Express, Khyber Mail, Zakaria Express and Akbar Bugti Express is under way at the PR workshops.