Modern gadgets being installed to control trains' movement

28 Jan, 2015

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways will soon complete installation of a modern tracking system to control trains' movement and avert any untoward incident.

The system would be installed at Peshawar Division, Railway Control Office, Rawalpindi Division Railway Control Office, and Lahore Division Railway Control Office, Central Control Office, Headquarter Office, Lahore, Multan Division Railway Control Office, Sukkur Division Railway Control Office, Karachi Division Railway Control Office and Quetta Division Railway Control Office, a Railways Ministry official told APP.

He said the present government was taking several steps to reduce the losses. Fares had been reduced, which attracted more passengers, increasing earning.

Availability of locomotives in freight pool had been enhanced from eight to 25 on daily basis that generated activity and made it possible to start three to five freight trains at Karachi Port daily for up country, he added.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2015

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