Pakistani Trains

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No I was not correcting you. I was trying to think loud. ok ok so the article said tezgaam ... but really the word is taiz , not tez .. tez has a shorter sound, dont you think.

and great article, thanks for sharing .. and now I learned about Musa Pak and Lala Musa express ...

man, even the names are so nostalgic although I heard about them for the first time, :(

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Both my grandfathers (paternal and maternal) were in railway engineers for pakistan railways. They had maps and project files of routes that they worked on. (I wished I saved them). Grandchildren and children were given free board.

The longest trip I remember was from Lahore to Karachi. It took a day 1 and 1/2 and it was overnight train. My phophos had packed so much food but I don't know the station food and the train food tasted SOO good.

So many memories.

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travelling by trains is also my most most fav mode.. provided i have ample amount of time, i travel by train..

i love looking at the track esp when train changes it.. all the pics that you have shared are so beautiful.. :bb:

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Thanks for liking the pics :slight_smile:

Here are two videos of our trains..


Took this video while going from Lahore to Multan on Musa Pak. It was on 25th December 2008. We had a stop at Chicha watni so I landed on platform and took a video of another train reaching the station.


This video shows a tunnel between Lahore to Rawalpindi route. I took this video last year when I was going to Rawalpindi from Lahore (Islamabad Express) on 15th June 2009. The weather was great on that day which made the journey awesome.

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nice thread sufi bhai!!! some beautiful pictures : )

one of my longest trips in train was more than 36 hours, just from karachi to lahore!!!
when the train left Karachi Cantt, it was quite on time, i was traveling alone... in my compartment there was a guy wearing a tshirt which said "The Great Trip" an uncle, also in our compartment, said lets see whats so great about this trip : D and the greatness started to show right after 40 minutes when we crossed Jang Shahi, first a cargo train broke down, stopping for almost 1 hour, and then another cargo train on our way... they changed the normal route and went on to Sakhhar/ Dadu/ Larkana track. we reached lahore after more than 36 hours

and the funny thing was, i had my ticket booked on the same train back to karachi which was leaving just after 3-4 hours...

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lolz.. this is very common in Pakistani trains but one should be prepared for this in Pakistan Railways ;)