Sheikh Rasheed inaugurates Lahore-Faisalabad non-stop train
The new non-stop train consists of air-conditioned and economy coaches.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has inaugurated a new train 119/Up-120/Down non-stop between Lahore and Faisalabad at Lahore Railway Station on Monday morning.
The new non-stop train consists of air-conditioned and economy coaches. It will leave Lahore at 8am and reach Faisalabad at 10am.
In the afternoon, the train will leave Faisalabad at 2:30pm and reach Lahore at 4:30pm. The fare of economy class is 190 rupees, AC standard is 400 rupees and AC Parlour class fare is 500 rupees.
Talking to media, According to a document of land section of the department, Pakistan Railways has owned more than 105,000 acres of land. The Railway administration has nominated four divisional superintendents as focal persons to properly transfer the land of railways to it.
Out of 168,000 acres of PR’s land, 63,500 acres of land has already been transferred on its name. Similarly, out of total land, 125,000 acres of land is under operation of Pakistan Railways, while 19,234 acres has been fixed for future usage and 12,568 acres have been given on lease while 4,010 acres land is under control of land mafia and Katchi Abadies, 4,525 acres is agriculture land while 413 acres is commercial land which has worth of billions.
Pakistan Railways has owned more than 48,000 acres in Punjab, 34,300 acres in Sindh, 20,000 acres in Balochistan and 3,279 acres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
---with input from APP
