Bolan Mail ( ur, ) is a

passenger train A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self pr ...

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

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

and

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

. The trip takes approximately 20 hours 25 minutes to cover a published distance of , running at & traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line, Kotri–Attock Railway Line and Rohri–Chaman Railway Line. The train is named after the famous

Bolan Pass Bolān Pass ( ur, ) is a valley and a natural gateway, through the Toba Kakar range in Balochistan province of Pakistan, south of the Afghanistan border. The pass is an stretch of the Bolan river valley from Rindli in the south to Darwāza ...

, a strategically located pass connecting to

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. The train was closed after 2022 floods, after a long time this train is finally restored on 25 December 2023,.Currently, the train is running on alternate days with only one rake. Ac dinning car has been added in this train.

Incidents and accidents

* In April 2022, four people were injured after a collision.

Route

* Karachi City– Kotri Junction via '' Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line'' * Kotri Junction– Shikarpur via '' Kotri–Attock Railway Line'' * Shikarpur– Quetta via '' Rohri–Chaman Railway Line''

Station stops

Equipments

References

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Named passenger trains of Pakistan Passenger trains in Pakistan Rail transport in Balochistan, Pakistan Transport in Sindh {{Pakistan-transport-stub