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Tezgam time is abt 18 hours from KHI-LHR but Green Line will be from KHI-ISL so thats why 23 hrs as Rail Car also takes abt 5 hrs from LHR-RWP
just want to confirm if this is the bullet train that NS had promised before elections?
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just want to confirm if this is the bullet train that NS had promised before elections?
No the high speed train will be b/w KHI-Kasghar and it is in the long term plan of CPEC after 2020
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Na Chae Mili Na Khana,WIFI Bhi Na Chala-Green Train Pehle Hi Safar Main Fail
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Reaching Karachi Cantt
Passengers are satisfied with GreenLine Train Facilities - Video Dailymotion
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لولی پاپ بلٹ ٹرین کا اور بٹھا دیا کھوتا کرولا پر
واہ مالشوروں کے انداتا
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panchi pai what is greenline train and why it is called greenline?? What happened to blue line color coaches???
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panchi pai what is greenline train and why it is called greenline?? What happened to blue line color coaches?????
I have no idea why they named it green line , may be due to green color of flag or govt. fficial color which is green. Alos no idea abt blue line coaches.
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PML-N strongest critic in praise of Saad Rafique & Pak Railways
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so a train ticket from Islamabad to Karachi will cost me 5500 for a 23hrs of trip. Why shouldn’t i pay ~8000 for 2 hours flight from Islamabada to karachi ? its just a ~3000 rs difference.
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so a train ticket from Islamabad to Karachi will cost me 5500 for a 23hrs of trip. Why shouldn't i pay ~8000 for 2 hours flight from Islamabada to karachi ? its just a ~3000 rs difference.
Well you cant enjoy, shor sharaba, halla gulla and sort of rang bazi with your cousins , family or friends in 2 hrs flight of Air Blue or PIA as you can enjoy all this by rail. Simple is that !
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**Railway Maps of 1882 & 1909
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Green Line Train – Khawaja Saad Raffique ke daawon ki kalhi khulgayi
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**[DAWN
Railway decay seems reversing](http://www.dawn.com/news/1182830/railway-decay-seems-reversing)**
[Naseer Ahmad](http://www.dawn.com/authors/3017/naseer-ahmad) — Published about 9 hours ago
KARACHI: “If you find a train arriving late, set your watch right,” remarked a smart young porter hurrying down the platform overloaded with several pieces of a passenger’s luggage. “Trains don’t arrive late these days!”
I recently set off from Rawalpindi by Tezgam for Karachi. Exactly at 8.30am it whistled and after a few seconds a second whistle blew and the train began to chug. A relative texted me the train’s travel timetable. All along I checked it with the train’s arrival at the various stations, and everywhere it was ahead of schedule. I got suspicious of the genuineness of the timetable. At Multan I asked a vendor how long the train would stop over there. “It will be here for half an hour, sir. Don’t worry,” he said and added with a justified sense of elation: “It arrived here ahead of time by 15 minutes.”
When the train pulled in at Karachi’s Landhi station, it was around an hour earlier.
Trains arrival and departure has always been a serious issue. Throughout the several decades a train arriving on time was an anomaly. If a train arrived within a few hours of its due time, people were content with it. The perennial delay was blamed on the driver’s greed for overtime which he purportedly earned at the cost of the passengers’ precious time. That could be true or may not be so, but train delays had been a common phenomenon in the past. But following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, the destruction of numerous train bogies and locomotives made the railways go haywire. It never recovered from that unfortunate episode till the last government lasted. Former railway minister Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour himself was so pessimistic about the railways’ future that he declared that the system was doomed and he could not help revive it.
Critics started alleging that since the minister had his own transport business, he was deliberately trying to ruin the railways.
Anyway, trains were late, sometimes by days not just hours. In one such unfortunate episode a train reached from Karachi to Rawalpindi in almost a week instead of the 26-hour journey. People waiting at railway stations were often told that the train was on its way from the other end, it would arrive here after so many hours delay, then it would be rolled to the washing yard before it arrived on the platform to pick passengers. The causes mentioned for the inordinate delays were various, from fuel shortages to engine breakdowns and non-availability of spare locomotives.
This forced many regular passengers to opt for other modes of travel, particularly buses, which have since flourished, offering fantastic facilities and luxuries –– free cold drinks and snacks presented by women attendants, working air conditioning, films etc. But that trend appears to be reversing now with trains getting back on the track.
The prime minister’s inauguration of a new train, called Greenline train, on Friday may be proof of it. Railway officials claim that the train is not only centrally air-conditioned, it offers “WiFi connection throughout the route, three-time quality meal, tea, mineral water, newspaper and standard bedding” to the passengers during the travel between Islamabad and Karachi.
Timing is not the only area where the trains have shown some improvement. Water supply and sanitation have also markedly become better than before. The trains are swept at least once during the journey.
During the last few months the steadily rising fares seems to have been reversed. For instance, earlier an AC sleeper ticket between Karachi and Rawalpindi cost Rs6,300; now it is for Rs4,700. Similarly, at the station, coolies roam about offering their services to whoever wants them. Their role has changed considerably from that of an agent of corrupt officials who sold tickets in black market through these men in red shirts and white shalwars. Now they only help passengers with their luggage and comfortably lodge them in their already reserved seats. Black-marketing of tickets is uncommon now. Even the porters are supposed to charge official rates for carrying luggage pieces, though most passengers are unaware of or do not care much about it and just bargain with them.
The trains are comfortable with mostly having bogies imported from China, punctual and in some cases luxury too. Yes, what is called AC sleeper has various compartments for four, three and even two passengers.
Most people credit the present government for the turnaround. “Minister Saad Rafiq really deserves commendation for this improvement,” said Iftikhar Hussain, an employee of the Sui gas company, who says he cannot afford to travel by air and cannot sit for long hours in a bus either.
“Credit for this goes to the PTI. If it were not for Imran Khan’s sit-ins, this government wouldn’t have done anything for the public during its first four years,” said Mohammad Tufail, a PTI supporter.
Whether the credit goes to Minister Saad Rafique, the PTI’s dharnas or the changed internal and external circumstances, China’s assistance, passengers don’t care. They want a dependable, comfortable and affordable mode of travel and they seem to be getting it.
With Greenline train on the tracks, I’m looking forward to enjoying a trip to the capital and back with the promised cool VIP treatment on it.
The government’s enthusiasm shows that the privitisation process set in motion with Business Train and Shalimar Express is not in favour of the people. Privatisation is just adding to their woes with higher fares. And they have no economy class, only which most Pakistanis can afford.
Published in Dawn, May 19th, 2015*
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Pak Railway’s improved services start attracting Passengers
May 23, 2015 News
http://indepthpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/8456881777_cd091316da_b.jpgPak Railways
The traditional non-compromising attitude of the transporters and passenger-friendly policies of Pakistan Railways attracted a large number of passengers as after several years a heavy crowd of passengers with families is being witnessed at different railway stations including Rawalpindi.
Talking to APP, a number of passengers said now they were preferring to travel by train because of low fares as compared to private transport.
“I am thankful to the Railways administration which improved its services in all the trains across the country,” said Sohaib Mansha, a passenger returning to Rawalpindi from his hometown from Karachi.
He said the PR’s overhauled fleet had mitigated sufferings of the passengers as quality services were being provided at reasonable fare. “The PR has won hearts of the public,” he added.
After many years, he said, he had seen well-cleaned trains and efficient staff at railway stations. A Lahore-bound passenger Qasim
Ali, who was sitting in the waiting room of Rawalpindi station, said he was highly impressed by the punctuality of the trains which was a major issue for the commuters.
After more than 10 years, he said, he along with his family was travelling by train as they were equipped with all modern facilities, besides departing and arriving as per schedule.
An office-bearer of the Daily Passengers Association of Pakistan Railways said the department had ensured to maintain high standards and punctuality under the supervision and leadership of Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique.
He said passengers had stopped using railways but following the concerted efforts of the government, they have returned to train journey showing trust in the national fleet.
A senior official in the Railways Ministry told APP that it was the result of dedication of staff and workers who worked day and night to regain past glory of the Railways as per the vision of the Minister.
He said the Railways had devised a multi-pronged strategy bringing maximum number of passengers and freight trains at the track for which special attention was giving to upgrade its difference sectors.
Under the vision-2025, he said the PR was given the target to enhance its ‘market-share’ from four percent to 20 percent, which would be easily achieved.
Accordingly, he said, the reformatory steps were taken to make the Railway Board functional, rationalization of the staff was in progress, restructuring of administrative hierarchy and post of General Manager Operations had been upgraded. On May 15, he said, the PR achieved another milestone by launching the Greenline, a new non-stop train between Karachi and Islamabad with an aim to provide the passengers economical, comfortable and secure journey.
Courtesy : AAP
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Picture from the Lunch & Breakfast served in Green Line Train
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اس ریلوے ملازم کا کیا بنا جو رشوت لے کر بم بارود ٹرین پر چڑھا دیتا تھا?
ٹرین میں نا پھٹے باقی سب ٹھیک ہے.
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panchi pai this is all paid propaganda just to jack up Sad Rafiq. Do you know how much money is he paying???When Railway really thrived in the 50, 60 and 70 perhaps you were not born then, there were no photo shop sessions and there were no paid propaganda, railway then ran in really huge profit.
Sad Rafiq is definitely taking advantage of past government’s disaster of railway, which seems it was destroyed on purpose. Zardari is to blame for it.
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panchi pai what is greenline train and why it is called greenline?? What happened to blue line color coaches?????
because pml(n)'s flag is green :)
btw, I hope this train is a success. On my next trip, I want to take my kids on train journey from Karachi to Lahore to ISB stopping at different cities. It always fascinates me to explore my country and show it off to kids who has kinda different image about Pakistan.
