LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique will inaugurate new state-of-the-art upgraded rake of 9-Up/10-Down Allama Iqbal Express train, which runs between Sialkot and Karachi, at Lahore Railway Station on Saturday.
According to the PR spokesman on Friday, all three rakes of the train have been equipped with modern facilities and value addition.
Each rake of the train comprises of 16 passenger coaches, the spokesman said.
Upgradation of the train was part of revival of the railways under which several trains have been upgraded so far. As many as 44 rakes with 636 coaches of Karakoram Express, GreenLine, Khushhal Khan Khattak Express, Hazara Express, Musa Pak Express, Fareed Express, Pakistan Express and rakes of all four railcars that run between Lahore and Rawalpindi, have so far been modernised with over Rs 1.5 billion.
According to Pakistan Railways, upgradation of 10 more rakes of Mehran Express, Khyber Mail, Zakaria Express and Akbar Bugti Express is under way at the PR workshops.
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