ISLAMABAD, June 24: Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq on Monday ordered for the launch of a special passenger train service between Kohat and Rawalpindi, which would function for thirty days starting Tuesday.

According to the spokesperson for the ministry, the minister took the decision to save the additional road travel of 160km and keeping in view the under-construction bridge at Khushalgarh.

The general manager (operations) of Pakistan Railways had informed the minister about the viability of the Kohat-Rawalpindi rail service, which had been abandoned in the past due to shortage of locomotives.—A Reporter

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