ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Railways has inducted 145 new and upgraded locomotives during last four years and total number of its locomotives strength has reached 468 mark.

As per details, 27 HGMU-30 new and upgraded locomotives were added to Pakistan Railways fleet during 2014-17, 29 ZCU-20 locomotives were inducted during 2014 to 2015, 34 ZCU/ZCUP-30 were added during 2015 and 55 GEU-40 locomotives were inducted during 2017.

A data issued on Tuesday showed that Pakistan Railways currently owns 468 locomotives and 1820 coaches (bogies). Out of 468 locomotives, 145 locomotives are almost new, having been inducted during 2014-17 period.

Of the total 468 locomotives, 136 are non-functional whereas 563 coaches out of 1820 are non-functional at present.

As regard passenger coaches, 175 coaches were put in operation in 2002, 202 in 2014 while remaining 1443 coaches were mostly introduced years back.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2018

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