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Khushhal Khan Khattak Express

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Service type
  
Inter-city rail

Current operator(s)
  
Pakistan Railways

Stops
  
47

First service
  
1962

Start
  
Karachi City

End
  
Peshawar Cantonment

Khushhal Khan Khattak Express

Khushhal Khan Khattak Express (Urdu: خوشحال خان خٹک ایکسپریس‎) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar. The trip takes approximately 34 hours and 15 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,512 kilometres (940 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Kotri–Attock Railway Line. The train named after Khushhal Khan Khattak, a Pashtun nationalist and poet, warrior, scholar, and chief of the Khattak tribe.

Contents

Route

  • Karachi Cantonment–Kotri Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  • Kotri Junction–Attock City Junction via Kotri–Attock Railway Line
  • Attock City Junction–Peshawar Cantonment via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

    • Equipment

    The train has Economy class accommodations.

    References

    Khushhal Khan Khattak Express Wikipedia
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