Night train route
Green Line Express
Karachi → Islamabad · Pakistan
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 3 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 19828022 (476 km), relation 6127340 (646 km), relation 19846006 (289 km) — 1,411 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Pakistan Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Green Line Express?
The Green Line Express runs 1,515 km from Karachi to Islamabad.
How long does the Green Line Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 22 h for the 1,515 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 105 km/h.
Who runs the Green Line Express?
Pakistan Railways, with AC sleeper rake.
How old is the Green Line Express?
The line has been in service since 2015. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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