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Bahauddin Zakaria Express

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Service type
  
Inter-city rail

Current operator(s)
  
Pakistan Railways

Stops
  
19

First service
  
1973

Start
  
Karachi City

End
  
Multan Cantonment

Bahauddin Zakaria Express

Bahauddin Zakaria Express (Urdu: بهاءالدین زکریا ایکسپریس‎) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Multan. The trip takes approximately 16 hours and 5 minutes to cover a published distance of 929 kilometres (577 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line. The train named after Abu Muhammad Bahauddin Zakariya, a famous Sufi saint of the Suhrawardiyya order who lived in Multan between 1171-1262.

Contents

Route

  • Karachi City–Multan Cantonment via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

    • Equipment

    The train AC Business class and economy accommodation.

    Incidents

  • 1990 Sukkur rail disaster: On 4 January 1990, the Bahaudddin Zakaria Express was on a 560-mile (900 km) overnight run from Multan to Karachi. Near Sangi village outside of Sukkur, Sindh the tracks were incorrectly set and sent the train hurdling into a siding where it collided with an empty 67-car freight train at a speed of at least 55 mph, killing 307 people. It remains one of the worst rail disasters in Pakistan Railways history.
  • 2016 Landhi rail accident: 22 people were killed and more than 65 injured when the Bahauddin Zakaria Express collided with the Fareed Express at Juma Goth Train station situated in Landhi, Karachi on the morning of 3 November 2016.

    • References

    Bahauddin Zakaria Express Wikipedia
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