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Fareed Express
Pakistani express train From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fareed Express (Urdu: فرید ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore.[1][2] The trip takes approximately 26 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,250 kilometres (780 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line. The train named after Baba Fareed Shakar Ganj, a famous Sufi saint and Punjabi poet who lived in Pakpattan between 1173–1266.[3][4]
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History
On 21 August 2016, the Fareed Express train was privatized and outsourced to Syed Jamil & Company which joined hands with Pakistan Railway to operate the train in a private-public venture. The trains have been be equipped with internet service, AC services and catering.[5][6]
Route
Station stops
- Karachi City
- Karachi Cantonment
- Drigh Road
- Landhi Junction
- Kotri Junction
- Hyderabad Junction
- Tando Adam Junction
- Shahdadpur
- Nawabshah Junction
- Pad Idan Junction
- Bhiria Road
- Mahrabpur Junction
- Rohri Junction
- Ghotki
- Mirpur Mathelo
- Sadiqabad
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Khanpur Junction
- Liaquatpur
- Dera Nawab Sahib
- Mubarakpur
- Samasata Junction
- Bahawalpur
- Lodhran Junction
- Jamraniwah
- Kahror Pakka
- Mailsi
- Nur Shah
- Vehari
- Machhianwala
- Mandi Burewala
- Gaggoo
- Arifwala
- Murad Chishti
- Pak Pattan
- Haveli Wasawewala
- Basirpur
- Mandi Ahmadabad
- Kanganpur
- Usmanwala
- Khudian Khas
- Kasur Junction
- Raiwind Junction
- Kot Lakhpat
- Walton
- Lahore Cantonment
- Lahore Junction
Equipment
The train has Economy Class,AC Standard and AC Business accommodations.
Incidents
- Karachi rail crash, 3 November 2016
References
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