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Train routes operated by Pakistan Railways
4 routes · classic 2 · night train 2
Pakistan Railways runs 4 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 5,169 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Khyber Mail at 1,732 km; the fastest is the Jaffar Express, running up to 110 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1881.
The company itself dates to 1947, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from Pakistan Railways's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q918096 ↗
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- 4
- Total length
- 5,169 km
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Fastest
- Jaffar Express · 110 km/h
- Longest
- Khyber Mail · 1,732 km
- Oldest line here
- 1881
- Company founded
- 1947
- Type
- railway company
Classic (2)
- Jaffar Express
Pakistan’s longest through service tops the Bolan Pass at Kolpur (1,790 m), then follows the Indus corridor 1,632 km to the gate of the Khyber.
Wikipedia ↗ - Subak Raftar
A fast daytime intercity up Pakistan’s historic Main Line 1, sprinting Lahore to Rawalpindi across the Chenab and Jhelum rivers.
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Night train (2)
- Khyber Mail
Rolling since 1920 and named for the pass beyond Peshawar. Pakistan’s grand old mail train, two nights along the Indus, a lounge diner added in 2024.
Wikipedia ↗ - Green Line Express
Pakistan’s premium flagship since 2015: 22 hours up the Indus valley from Karachi’s sea air to Islamabad’s Margalla foothills, meals and bedding included.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does Pakistan Railways run?
4 of the routes in this atlas are Pakistan Railways services, covering 5,169 km across 1 country (Pakistan). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest Pakistan Railways train?
The Jaffar Express, Quetta to Peshawar, at up to 110 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 35 h 10 min over 1,632 km.
Does Pakistan Railways run night trains?
Yes — 2 sleeper services in this atlas: Khyber Mail (Karachi – Peshawar), Green Line Express (Karachi – Islamabad).
When was Pakistan Railways founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1947, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1881 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries Pakistan Railways runs in
- 🇵🇰 Train routes in Pakistan 4 routes