The Jaffer Express resumed operations on the Quetta-Peshawar route, five days after service was suspended. Railway officials said the train had been halted due to the destruction of a track and bridge near Spezand in a September 23 bomb blast. They confirmed that repair and restoration work on the damaged infrastructure has now been completed. […]
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‘Train of Hope’ brings healthcare to South Africa’s poor
A 19-coach train pulled into the Dube station of South Africa’s emblematic Soweto township early in the morning to bring desperately-needed and virtually free medical services to poor residents. Equipped with instruments and gear for optometry, dentistry, general medicine, psychology and a pharmacy — the Phelophepa clinic-on-rails criss-crosses the country for nine months a year. […]
Two children die under train in Sukkur
In Sukkur a freight train crushed two children to death and injured two others. The tragic accident occurred on Monday. According to police, four children were grazing their cattle near Mando Dero railway station when the accident took place. The bodies of the deceased and those injured were shifted to a nearby hospital, the police […]
Freight train bogies overturn in Balochistan
Six wagons of a freight train going to Quetta overturned near Dalbandin tehsil of Chaghi district on Saturday morning. As per details the train was travelling from the Zahedan region of Iran to Quetta when six of its wagons overturned. Pakistan Railways officials said that the wagons overturned due to the sand dunes covering the […]
CEO Railways calls for frequent track, rolling stock inspections
Chief Executive Officer Pakistan Railways Nisar Ahmad Memon Tuesday said the frequency of train incidents could be drastically curtailed by frequently inspecting the track and the rolling stock. “Though our inspection regime, from the lowest level of mate to the highest level of FGIR, conducts its periodic inspections but further field work at diesel sheds […]
Istanbul-Islamabad freight train to resume operations from 4th March
ISLAMABAD: The Istanbul–Islamabad freight train will resume operations from this week after a gap of nine years, connecting the three countries of Pakistan, Turkey and Iran, a senior official has confirmed. Since the train will complete the one-side trip in 12 days, it is expected to reach the Islamabad dryport on March 16. “Pakistan Railways […]
Three selfie-crazy Indian teens crushed by train
Three teenagers were killed while taking selfies on a railway track in India, the country which researchers say has the worst record for selfie-related deaths. A fourth youth managed to jump to safety before the accident in Panipat city in the northern state of Haryana, a police officer told AFP Wednesday. “The victims were busy […]
Sheikh Rashid’s publicity stunt backfires after users commend Saad Rafique over train video
New Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad’s publicity stunt backfired after posting a video on social media platform ‘twitter’ while he was travelling from Rawalpindi to Lahore on a train on Friday. Sheikh Rasheed must have posted the video to show the adherence to austerity policy introduced by prime minister Imran Khan, but it quickly turned […]
S. Korea opens high-speed line to Winter Olympic venues
Emblazoned with a tiger and a bear — the mascots of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics — a blue and white high-speed train rolled out of Seoul station Friday as a new line to the venues opened to the public. The railway cuts travel times significantly, reaching Jinbu — the station for snow sports […]