Pakistan Railways is finalizing arrangement to revive Chiltan Express to facilitate passengers of Balochistan province.

In a first step towards restructuring Pakistan Railways, the government approved a bailout package worth Rs 25.7 billion.

The Government has planned to upgrade and double the railways tracks from Karachi to Peshawar to run trains up to 120 km/h.

Out of 110 locomotives in the railways junk yard. 28 have been repaired while 25 have been added to Pakistan Railways fleet: Saad Rafique

Railways to get five new locos next month

The Pakistan Railways is upgrading existing railway track from Karachi to Peshawar with the cost of Rs 300 billion.

PR has decided to revoke the public-private partnership of Business Express and operate it under Pakistan Railways completely with new name

The arrival of 23 out of total 58 new locomotives from China is facing delay due to some technical reasons.

Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organized a train trip yesterday from Peshawar to Attock Khurd in collaboration with PR and PRACS.

PR has showed improvement in its earning and generated revenue of Rs 5.319 billion in last three months.

PR would get 58 new locomotives from China and 10 used locomotives from Korea in current year, an official of the department has said.

PR will develop new web-based reservation and ticketing system to improve current reservation system for passengers.

PR decided to provide free internet and modern facilities for passengers in trains.

Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has announced that the ministry is going to restart a cargo train between Turkey and Pakistan.

Islamabad-Murree-Muzaffarabad railway link is going to become a reality as the government has directed to prepare a feasibility report.

In a bid to address the ailing deficit, PR will allow advertisers to use its stations and trains for branding purposes, said minister Saad

To protect trains in Balochistan from terrorist activity, Pakistan Railways has installed eight explosive jammers on Jaffar Express

The government had prepared a rehabilitation and upgradation plan worth Rs143 billion for the gradual revival of Pakistan Railways.

PR seeks Rs 47 billion for the upcoming financial year 2014-15 to improve its performance with better infrastructure and locomotives.

Installation of modern tracking system at the places controlling the train movement would be completed soon.