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Night Coach Express

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Service type
  
Inter-city rail

Website
  
shalimar.net.pk

Stops
  
6

First service
  
2013

Start
  
Karachi Cantonment

Night Coach Express

Current operator(s)
  
Pakistan Railways Shalimar Group

Night Coach Express (Urdu: رات گاڑی ایکسپریس‎) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways and Shalimar Group between Karachi and Lahore, The trip takes approximately 18 hours to cover a published distance of 1,286 kilometres (799 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line, Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line and Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch Line.

Contents

Route

  • Karachi Cantonment–Khanewal Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  • Khanewal Junction–Sangla Hill Junction via Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line
  • Sangla Hill Junction–Shahdara Bagh Junction via Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch Line
  • Shahdara Bagh Junction–Lahore Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

    • Station stops

  • Karachi Cantonment
  • Hyderabad Junction
  • Nawabshah
  • Rohri Junction
  • Bahawalpur
  • Multan Cantonment
  • Faisalabad
  • Lahore Junction

    • Equipment

    The Night Coach Express consists of 2 AC Lower carriages, 1 AC Sleeper carriage, 7 Economy carriages as well as a dining carriage, power van and luggage van.

    References

    Night Coach Express Wikipedia
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