Peshawar-Karachi railway line to be upgraded

[SHAMK9]

KARACHI: A railway track project worth $5 billion has been planned to compete in next five years from Karachi to Peshawar as part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will streamline and increase railway transportation for logistics, trading and traveling of passengers in the country.

Addressing the sixth meeting of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of the CPEC on Thursday, Minister of Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal saidthe railway tracks will be carpeted in phases to halve duration of the distance between the two destinations.

The railway will move at 160 per km in accordance with a plan as against 60-82 per km at present, whereas the project contains establishment of advance stations and automatic signal system that will help greatly in the transportation of cargo and passengers services. The railway tracks will be laid down from Karachi to Hyderabad districts first and then Multan to Peshawar in the initial stages, he added.
The minister said the importance of Karachi is imminent for development of the CPEC which shows that the commercial hub of the country is coming back to business with foreign and local investors are taking keen interest in its development and economy after security operations of Rangers.
Railway track project planned from Karachi to Peshawar - PakTribune

 

[VCheng]

Somebody dusted off the plan originally written in the sixties.

 

[silent hawk]

Nice development

 

[I M Sikander]

Somebody dusted off the plan originally written in the sixties.

Come to 2015 kid.

 

[Ryuzaki]

What % of railway tracks in Pakistan are electified?

 

[SHAMK9]

What % of railway tracks in Pakistan are electified?

Probably none

 

[I M Sikander]

What % of railway tracks in Pakistan are electified?

Khaniwal to lahore portion had electrical locomotive but now thy have dismantled that portion also.

 

[VCheng]

What % of railway tracks in Pakistan are electified?

Zero.

 

[My-Analogous]

KARACHI: A railway track project worth $5 billion has been planned to compete in next five years from Karachi to Peshawar as part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will streamline and increase railway transportation for logistics, trading and traveling of passengers in the country.

Addressing the sixth meeting of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of the CPEC on Thursday, Minister of Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal saidthe railway tracks will be carpeted in phases to halve duration of the distance between the two destinations.

The railway will move at 160 per km in accordance with a plan as against 60-82 per km at present, whereas the project contains establishment of advance stations and automatic signal system that will help greatly in the transportation of cargo and passengers services. The railway tracks will be laid down from Karachi to Hyderabad districts first and then Multan to Peshawar in the initial stages, he added.
The minister said the importance of Karachi is imminent for development of the CPEC which shows that the commercial hub of the country is coming back to business with foreign and local investors are taking keen interest in its development and economy after security operations of Rangers.
Railway track project planned from Karachi to Peshawar - PakTribune

They must make it double track

 

[Thunder.Storm]

What % of railway tracks in Pakistan are electified?

Zero/lol

 

[TheNoob]

What % of railway tracks in Pakistan are electified?

Railway discarded the electrical locos and tracks for some reason.

 

[VCheng]

They must make it double track

Yes, that was the plan some fifty years ago. Somebody found the old plan and typed into MSWord to make a nice presentation out of it.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Work to start in 2016 January...

 

[MKC]

Work to start in 2016 January...

Rail lines (total route-km) in Pakistan was last measured at 7791 in 2012, according to the World Bank. Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.This page has the latest values, historical data, forecasts, charts, statistics, an economic calendar and news for Rail lines (total route-km) in Pakistan.

Report says Karachi to Peshawar rail line planned that mean it will take a long time to start construction, just think about securing funds for project which will takes at least 3 months.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Rail lines (total route-km) in Pakistan was last measured at 7791 in 2012, according to the World Bank. Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.This page has the latest values, historical data, forecasts, charts, statistics, an economic calendar and news for Rail lines (total route-km) in Pakistan.

Report says Karachi to Peshawar rail line planned that mean it will take a long time to start construction, just think about securing funds for project which will takes at least 3 months.

Believe me work to start in 2016.... and Feasibility of it was done in October... Chinese are gonna Invest 3.8 billion dollars in Pakistan Railway... Plus Also new railway track From Islamabad to Muzaffarabad ... Plus Feasibility of Peshawar to Karachi Electric Train has also be done... Funds are already there