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==Timetable== | ==Timetable== | ||
===Online=== | |||
Information is available at the [https://www.seat61.com/Pakistan.htm Man in Seat 61]. | Information is available at the [https://www.seat61.com/Pakistan.htm Man in Seat 61]. | ||
===Journey Planner=== | ===Journey Planner=== | ||
[https://www.pakrailways.gov.pk/train Train Timings] provides just point to point journey times and shows only express trains with seats available to reserve. It is not always accessible from European countries. | |||
===Downloadable Timetable=== | ===Downloadable Timetable=== | ||
None known | |||
===Printed Timetable=== | ===Printed Timetable=== | ||
Summary timetables are available in some editions of the [[Links#ERT | European Rail Timetable]]. | |||
===Engineering Information=== | ===Engineering Information=== | ||
None known | |||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
* | ===Online=== | ||
* An official map of Pakistan railways, showing the divisional structure, is available [https://www.railways.gov.pk/Detail/OTg0NzM1YzAtOWFhOC00MGIzLWFlMzEtNzY1MjZhOGFiZTMw here] | |||
* A Wikipedia map, showing the gauge and single or double track, is available [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Pakistan_Railways_Map.png here] | |||
==Ticketing== | ==Ticketing== | ||
Although the Seat61 website states that local citizens are able to buy tickets online, it appears from a visitor report in April 2025 that even they need to find a booking agent. The only means for foreigners seems to be to buy them at a station in person. | |||
==Infrastructure== | ==Infrastructure== | ||
===Infrastructure Authority=== | ===Infrastructure Authority=== | ||
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==Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services== | ==Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services== | ||
None known. | None known. | ||
==Border Crossings== | |||
{{India - Pakistan}} | |||
{{Iran - Pakistan}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Navbox Pakistan}} | {{Navbox Pakistan}} | ||
[[Category:Countries in Asia]][[Category:Countries]] | [[Category:Countries in Asia]][[Category:Countries]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:41, 5 June 2025
Country Details
See Wikipedia
National Railway System
National Railway Operator
Pakistan Railways Note that access to this website may be blocked for internet addresses outside Pakistan.
Timetable
Online
Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.
Journey Planner
Train Timings provides just point to point journey times and shows only express trains with seats available to reserve. It is not always accessible from European countries.
Downloadable Timetable
None known
Printed Timetable
Summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.
Engineering Information
None known
Maps
Online
- An official map of Pakistan railways, showing the divisional structure, is available here
- A Wikipedia map, showing the gauge and single or double track, is available here
Ticketing
Although the Seat61 website states that local citizens are able to buy tickets online, it appears from a visitor report in April 2025 that even they need to find a booking agent. The only means for foreigners seems to be to buy them at a station in person.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Authority
Presumably the Ministry of Railways (see above).
Network Statement
None known to exist
Gauge
- 1,676 mm (5ft 6in - 'Indian' gauge) - the 'standard' gauge in Pakistan
- Metre gauge - the former 325 km Mirpur Khas – Nawabshah Railway, closed in February 2005.
There were also some 2ft and 2ft 6in gauge railways, but all are believed to be closed
Electrification
The Lahore – Khanewal line was electrified at 25 kV AC, but electric service had ceased by 2011, owing to the theft of overhead wire!
Rule of the road
Believed to be left hand running but the great majority of lines are single track.
Distances
No source known
Other Railways
None
Tourist Lines
None
Metro and light rail systems
Visit Reports
Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
None known.
Border Crossings
India - Pakistan
Prior to the partition of India into India and Pakistan, at midnight on 14/15 August 1947, there were of course a number of lines across the future border. Trains apparently continued running across the border for a few years, but no details are known. In more recent times, only two have remained in use but these were not infrequently closed at times of tension between the two countries. As at 2025, neither line is in use.
(Amritsar -) Attari IR - Wagah PR (- Lahore)
Following the Shimla Accords, a weekly train, the ‘Samjhauta [=‘understanding’] Express’ was started in 1976 between Amritsar and Lahore. This ceased in the late 1980s when IR terminated their service at Attari. The PR service ran to and from Attari, where border procedures were carried out. Originally daily, the train became twice weekly in 1994, with the border section being traversed on Mondays and Thursdays.
The service was discontinued several times following incidents: 1 January 2002 - 15 January 2004; from 27 December 2007 for an unknown period and finally on 9 August 2019.
(Jodhpur -) Munabao IR - Zero Point Khokhropar PR (- Mirpur Khas - Hyderabad(Sindh))
This was originally a metre gauge line. It remained open after partition until the war of 1965, in which part of it was destroyed. It was later reconstructed and converted to the standard 'Indian' gauge: Jodhpur - Munabao (IR) was completed in 2004 and Mirpur Khas - Khokhropar (PR) in 2006, whereupon services resumed. Escalating tensions resulted in the service being withdrawn on 9 August 2019.
Other Border Crossings
This is a list of former lines across the border, listed from north to south:
- Suchetgarh (Jammu & Kashmir) - Sialkot (Punjab)
- (Amritsar -) Dera Baba Nanak - Narowal (- Sialkot)
- (Ferozepur -) Kasur - Raiwind (- Lahore)
(INCOMPLETE)
Iran - Pakistan
(Zahedan -) Mirjawa IRIR - Kohi-Taftan PR (- Quetta)
This isolated 84 km section of Indian gauge (1676 mm; 5 ft 6 in) railway between Zahedan and the Pakistan border was completed on 1 October 1922, the last part of the 734 km line from Quetta. The 225 km standard gauge IRIR line from Kerman (in central Iran) to Bam was completed in 2002, and the 546 km from Bam to Zahedan in early 2009. There was an opening ceremony on 19 July 2009. There are freight transhipment facilities at Zahedan.
