Pakistan Railways: News & Updates

[Furqan Sarwar]

Pakistan Railways bears another Loss-making Year
Budget Report 2015-16


Pakistan Railway's (PR) losses surpassed a staggering Rs:28.3 billion, increasing around 12.64% in 2015-16. The corporation managed total earnings of Rs:35.97 billion during 2015-16, an increase from the Rs:31.92 billion recorded in the corresponding period of the previous year. However, its expenses increased to Rs:64.23 billion in 2015-16 against Rs:57.03 billion in 2014-15.

Interestingly, operating expenses showed a dip of 3%. They reduced to Rs:18.28 billion in 2015-16 from Rs:18.77 billion in 2014-15.The letter said that railways expenses under ‘Other Revenue Expenditures’ head, has increased to Rs:21.54 billion in 2015-16 from Rs:16.83 billion in 2014-15, a rise of 28%.

Similarly its general administration expenses have also increased 18% to Rs:8.63 billion in 2015-16 from Rs:7.28 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year.

-Earnings -

On the revenue side, total passenger earnings for 2015-16 stood at Rs:20.39 billion, up 17% than corresponding years earnings of Rs:17.45 billion.

Railways earned Rs:10.59 billion through transportation of goods via its freight operations in fiscal year 2015-16. These earnings are almost 28% higher than the corresponding year earnings of Rs:8.25 billion.

However its sundry section, which includes railways commercial, marketing, land and property department, has seen a negative growth of almost 40%. The earnings have reduced to Rs:2.59 billion in 2015-16 from Rs:4.3 billion in 2014-15.

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[Asian.Century]

Pakistan Railways ticket you can book online

Pakistan Railways to introduce E-ticketing system from Sep 01

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railway has decided for introducing E-ticketing System from 1st September.

This system will enable passengers to book their tickets from their homes and ticket code will be sent to the passengers through SMS.

According to Pakistan Railway sources, the e-ticketing service would be introduced for two trains including railcar running between Lahore and Rawalpindi and Green-Line train from Islamabad to Karachi at the initial stage.

The system would be expanded to all other trains if the service meets success at initial stage. The E-Ticketing service would also help in eliminating the practice of selling tickets in black.

 

[ghazi52]

E-ticketing system

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[Furqan Sarwar]

E-ticketing system

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Whats the URL to the website? Appreciate if you could provide full link.

 

[Rocky rock]

Whats the URL to the website? Appreciate if you could provide full link.

http://www.railways.gov.pk/

well the Site isn't fully functional yet but you can browse it for further information.

 

[Furqan Sarwar]

PAKISTAN RAILWAYS TO RUN EIGHT `SPECIAL TRAINS’ ON EID-UL-AZHA

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways will run eight `Special Trains' on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha across the country in a bid to extend maximum facilities to passengers so that they may celebrate Islamic festival with their near and dear ones.

• First special train will leave from Karachi to Peshawar Via Multan-Lala Musa on September 10.
• Second special train will leave from Quetta to Rawalpindi on September 10.
• Third train will go form Karachi to Lahore on September 11.
• The fourth special train will leave from Rawalpindi Railway Station to Lahore on September 12.
• Fifth train will leave from Lahore Railway Station to Rawalpindi on the September 12.

Director Operations said that last three Special Trains will leave from the different Railway Station towards their destination after Eid-ul-Azha.

Ashraf Lanjaar said that Pakistan Railways has started advance booking for the special trains, adding that additional coaches have been also arranged with the trains to accommodate maximum passengers.

"A comprehensive advertisement campaign of Pakistan Railways is being launched to aware passengers about the special trains," he added.

To a question, he said that special trains have generated more revenues for the department but the decision is basically taken to facilitate the passengers at large.

Pakistan Railways, he said, had taken several steps to facilitate the passengers as railways was a cheaper mode of transportation for general public.

 

[TheNoob]

Oh no news on the accident yesterday?

Awam Express collided with a Freight train near Multan yesterday.

5-10 passed away while 170+ Injured.
1 ZCU derailed and heavily damaged while 10 freight cars and 4 Passenger bogeys got destoryed.

ARY News

 

[VCheng]

Oh no news on the accident yesterday?

Awam Express collided with a Freight train near Multan yesterday.

5-10 passed away while 170+ Injured.
1 ZCU derailed and heavily damaged while 10 freight cars and 4 Passenger bogeys got destoryed.

ARY News

It's not like an Army train fell into a canal and killed a Colonel.

 

[Furqan Sarwar]

E-ticketing system

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So much propaganda and its only for Lahore - Islamabad and for Green Line.

 

[Muniba]

Is anyone used Railway App for booking tickets ?

 

[TheNoob]

Utterly disgusted by the discrimination faced by Trains in this country.

Last week another Freight train derailed somewhere on the maintrack and Passenger trains were delayed by 3 hours.
Another loss of ZCU engine AND railway freight PR for companies that wish to transport goods.

These new engines are dropping fast.

 

[Danish saleem]

Is anyone used Railway App for booking tickets ?

yes i did

 

[Inception-06]

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[AsifIjaz]

It's not like an Army train fell into a canal and killed a Colonel.

What is wrong with you???? you always find a reason to bash the army or malign the army men. Come on man its high time to grow up now. Get out of this narrow minded approach towards army. Armed forces are not the root cause of everything or even half of what is bad in our society.

 

[VCheng]

What is wrong with you???? you always find a reason to bash the army or malign the army men. Come on man its high time to grow up now. Get out of this narrow minded approach towards army. Armed forces are not the root cause of everything or even half of what is bad in our society.

Actually, something is wrong with you.

My comment was meant to indicate that anger and protest at a train accident was lacking when the casualties were civilian, but sky high when the casualties were fauji, as if the civilian lives do not matter as much as the fauji ones.

Why the double standard?