ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) has started work for the rehabilitation of around 100 engines, said an official of PR.
Talking to APP he said the rehabilitation of the locomotives would help adding 30 more locomotives in the fleet of PR within a next few months.
He said that around 200 new locomotive would be part of PR system during next two years.
The addition of more engines in PR fleet would help in restoring the suspended train service by the pervious government.
To a question, he said, the government had also released funds for the purchase of spare parts of the engines.
He said freight trains would also be restored with the addition of new engine. He said freight trains are the main source of income for PR.
He expressed the hope that with the restoration of freight trains - PR would be able to earn around Rs. 15 billion revenue annually.
To a question he said with the addition of 100 overhauled engines, PR would be able to earn around Rs. 22 billion.
The PR would also get around Rs. 10 billion through auction of stalls and 'Quli' services at various railways stations.
Central Diesel Locomotive Workshop (CDLW) has completely overhauled 80 locomotives and partially repaired 37 engines from October 2011 to December 2012, he recalled.
He said the repaired locomotives have been handed over to different railway divisions, including Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Multan, Sukkur, Quetta and Karachi.
He said that the workshop overhauled 10 locomotives every month, adding that the organization was functioning to its full capacity round the clock.
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