By

Manan Farooq

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 General Description

The idea of a rail network was first thought of in 1847,

with the possibility of Karachi becoming a major seaport.

On May 13th, 1861 the first railway line was opened to

the public, between Karachi (city) and Kotri, with a total
distance of 105 miles (169 km).
Pakistan Railways has rail network of about 7,800
kilometers. Pakistan Railways at-present has fleet of 550
locomotives and 21,000 freight wagons for handling the
freight traffic including high capacity wagons in the entire
network.
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 Rail Network
In 1947, after Pakistan became an independent state,
1,947 route miles (3,133 km) of North Western
Railways were transferred to Pakistan from British
India.

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 Mission
To provide a safe reliable, modern, efficient and cost
effective infrastructure to its customers.

Vission
Increasing share in freight and passenger market.

Restoring confidence of the passenger and trading

community.
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 Infrastructure Of Railways
Pakistan Railway comprises 8,775 route km, 781
stations and 42 trains halts.
It has a fleet of 546 diesel
electric locomotives, 25,815 wagons and 2,099
passenger coaches.

Type of Route Route KM Track KM

Broad Gauge 7,718 11,344
Meter Gauge 445 555
Narrow 611 726
Gauge
Total 8774 12625 5
 Management Of Railways
Currently Pakistan Railways functions under the
guidance of Ministry of Railways.

The four member of the board, namely Member

Traffic, Member Mechanical Engineering, Member Civil
Engineering and Member Finance are ex-officio
Additional Secretary to the Government of Pakistan.

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 Functional Units
 Railway Operational Unit
 Production Unit I (Carriage Factory)
 Production Unit II (Locomotive Factory)
 Production Unit III (Welding Plant)
 RAILCOP (Railway Construction Co.)
 PRACS (Pakistan Railway Advisory and
Constancy Services)

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