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Pak Business Express

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Service type
  
Inter-city rail

Last service
  
2015

Start
  
Karachi Cantonment

First service
  
2012

Website
  
pakbusinessexpress.com

Pak Business Express

Former operator(s)
  
Pakistan Railways Four Brothers International Ltd.

The Pak Business Express (Urdu: پاک کاروبار اکسپريس ‎, or Pakistan Business Express) was a daily express business-class train service between Karachi and Lahore. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on 4 January 2012 The total traveling time of the route was 18 hours with two short stops in Khanewal and Rohri, on a total travelling distance of 1,214 kilometres (754 mi). It became Pakistan's first and most profitable privatized train during its operation between 2012 and 2015.

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History

The Pak Business Express was the brainchild of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The train had free wi-fi internet service for passengers, offered by the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited.

Route

  • Karachi CantonmentLahore Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  • Station stops

  • Karachi Cantonment
  • Hyderabad Junction
  • Rohri Junction
  • Rahim Yar Khan
  • Khanewal Junction
  • Lahore Junction
  • Equipment

    The train offered AC Business class only.

    References

    Pak Business Express Wikipedia