Margalla Express ( ur, ) 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
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 ...
and
Rawalpindi.
The trip takes approximately 4 hours, 50 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along a stretch of the
Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line. The train named after the
Margalla Hills
The Margalla Hills () are a hill range within the Margalla Hills National Park on the northern edge of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, just south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They are part of the Himalayan foothills. Th ...
in
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...
Route
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Lahore Junction–
Rawalpindi via ''
Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line''
Station stops
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Lahore Junction
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Gujranwala
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Wazirabad Junction
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Gujrat
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Chaklala
Chaklala is a major suburban town of Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
It is situated astride the Airport Road, to the east of Grand Trunk Road on the main railway line. The town has its own railway station Chaklala Railway Station w ...
*
Rawalpindi
Equipment
The train offers AC Parlor, AC Business, AC Standard and Economy class.
References
Named passenger trains of Pakistan
Passenger trains in Pakistan
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