Pakistan Railway's income doubled during PML-N's tenure: minister
Saad Rafique inaugurated 'Rehabilitated Diesel Locomotive and New Hopper Wagons' today.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday claimed that that annual income of Pakistan Railways (PR) has increased one hundred percent during the last three and half years.
Speaking to journalists after inaugurating "Rehabilitated Diesel Locomotive and New Hopper Wagons" at Lahore Railway Station, the minister said that new hopper wagons are being run for the fast transportation of coal for new Coal Fired Power Plants.
Saad Rafique hoped that Pakistan Railways will earn five to six billion rupees annual profit by providing coal transportation service only for Sahiwal Coal Power Project.
He said the revenue of Pakistan Railways has increased from eighteen billion in 2013 to thirty six billion rupees till June this year.
We will earn revenue of forty billion rupees by June next year 2017 and cross the target of thirty-six billion rupees, he added.
He said that revenue through freight trains has also been increased from about two billion rupees annually in 2013 to eleven billion rupees in the year 2015-16 and by June next year it will be sixteen billion rupees.
