''Pakistan Express'' ( 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

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

. The trip takes approximately 25 hours and 50 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and

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 ...

History

The train was inaugurated on 16 December 2006 by the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

at Rawalpindi railway station.

Route

* Karachi Cantonment– Khanewal Junction via '' Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line'' * Khanewal Junction– Wazirabad Junction via ''

'' * Wazirabad Junction– Rawalpindi via '' Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line''

Station stops

Equipment

The train offers economy class service only.

References

{{Named passenger trains of Pakistan Named passenger trains of Pakistan Passenger trains in Pakistan Railway services introduced in 2006