Faisal Express opening today

Published April 15, 2003

LAHORE, April 14: Federal Railways Minister Ghaus Bakhsh Khan Mehr will inaugurate a new train on Lahore-Faisalabad section on Tuesday.

Faisal Express will be the 18th train to shuttle between the two cities and will take less than two hours. Starting from Lahore at 6:45am, the train will reach Faisalabad by 8:30am. It will start its journey back to Lahore at 9:35am. Comprising 10 bogies, the train will have two lower AC, one AC parlour, fives economy class coaches and one break van and one power van. — Staff Reporter

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