Akbar Express
| Akbar Express | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Service type | Express |
| Current operator(s) | Pakistan Railways |
| Website | www.pakrail.com/ |
| Route | |
| Start | Quetta |
| Stops | 22 |
| End | Lahore Jn |
| Distance travelled | 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train number(s) |
23 UP (Quetta->Lahore), 24 DN (Lahore->Quetta) |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Economy and First Sleeper |
| Seating arrangements | Available |
| Sleeping arrangements | Available |
| Catering facilities | Available |
| Baggage facilities | Available |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge |
Akbar Express (Urdu: اکبر ایکسپریس), previously known as Quetta Express,[1] is a daily express train service between Quetta and Lahore in Pakistan. It was run as Quetta Express named after Quetta, The largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. On 27 August 2013 it renamed as Akbar Express on the name of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, was a head of Bugti tribe, Baloch nationalist leader and head of Jamhoori Wattan Party.
Pakistan Railways suspended it on 2010 due to lack of locomotives. It was ran between Quetta and Peshawar via Rohri, Multan, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Pakistan Railways restored it on 25 April 2013. Now it route is shorted to Quetta and Lahore and redirected to Faisalabad.[2]
Akbar Express has Economy and First Sleeper class accommodation. It covers the 1,150 kilometres (710 mi) distance from Quetta to Lahore in 23 hours and 30 minutes.[3]
Current route
Quetta to Lahore via Sibi, Rohri, Khanewal and Faisalabad
Train stops
- Quetta
- Kolpur
- Mach
- Aab-e-gum
- Sibi Jn
- Bakhtiarabad Domki
- Dera Murad Jamali
- Dera Allah Yar
- Jacobabad Jn
- Shikarpur
- Sukkur
- Rohri Jn
- Pano Akil
- Ghotki
- Mirpur Mathelo
- Sadiqabad
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Khanpur
- Dera Nawab Sahib
- Bahawalpur
- Khanewal Jn
- Shorkot Cantt Jn
- Toba Tek Singh
- Gojra
- Faisalabad
- Lahore Jn [3]
References
- ↑ "Quetta Express named after Akbar Bugti".
- ↑ Quetta Express resumes operation, Publisher: Pakistan Observer, Published on 25 April 2013, Retrieved on 26 April 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pakistan Railways Trains". http://pakistanrail.tripod.com. Retrieved 23 July 2013.