The ''Akbar Express'' ( ur, , bal, اکبر ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by

Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ...

between

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...

and

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

. The trip takes approximately 23 hours and 30 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along the Rohri–Chaman Railway Line, Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line,

Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line ( ur, ) is one of several branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line begins from Khanewal Junction station and ends at Wazirabad Junction station. The total length of this ...

and the

Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch Line Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch Line ( ur, ) is one of several branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 186 ...

History

The Akbar Express was previously known as the ''Quetta Express''. In August 2013, it was renamed to Akbar Express in honour of

Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti ( Balochi, Urdu: ; 12 July 1927 – 26 August 2006) was a Pakistani politician and the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch people who served as the Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Baloc ...

, a Baloch nationalist leader and former head of the

Jamhoori Wattan Party The Jamhoori Wattan Party ( ur, جمہوری وطن پارٹی, lit=Republican National Party) is a political party in Balochistan, Pakistan. The party has split into two factions, with the non-dominant one led by Baramdagh Bugti splitting off to ...

suspended the train in 2010 due to lack of locomotives but was resumed on 25 April 2013.

Route

Originally, the Quetta Express ran between Quetta and

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

via

Rohri Rohri (Sindhi: روهڙي; ur, ) is a city of Sukkur District, Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located on the east bank of the Indus River, located directly across from Sukkur, the third largest city in Sindh. Rohri town is the administrative ...

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the old ...

and Rawalpindi. Since being renamed to Akbar Express, the route has been shortened to Lahore via Faisalabad. *

– Rohri Junction via the Rohri–Chaman Railway Line * Rohri Junction– Khanewal Junction via the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line * Khanewal Junction– Sangla Hill Junction via the

* Sangla Hill Junction– Shahdara Bagh Junction via the

* Shahdara Bagh Junction–

Lahore Junction Lahore Junction Railway Station (Urdu, pa, ) is the main railway station in Lahore, Pakistan. Construction commenced shortly after the 1857 War of Independence against British rule, and so was built in the style of a medieval castle with thick ...

via the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

Station stops

Equipment

Akbar Express consists of ten coaches and four rakes with AC Standard, First Class Sleeper and Economy Class accommodations.

References

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History

Route

Station stops

Equipment

See also

References