LAHORE, Dec 8: The Pakistan Railways is starting a new train from Rawalpindi to Karachi from Dec 16 to provide express and economical travelling facility to common people.

According to a press release issued by the Railways here on Friday, Pakistan Express (45/Up-46/Down) will have new economy class bogies. It’s fare will be Rs600 per person right from Rawalpindi to Karachi.

It will reach Karachi via Faisalabad, having only eight stops — Wazirabad, Hafizabad, Sangla Hill, Faisalabad, Khanewal, Multan, Rohri and Hyderabad.

It will leave Rawalpindi at 8:30am every Tuesday and Saturday and reach Karachi at 6:30am the next day. Similarly, it will leave Karachi

at 11:30am every Wednesday and Sunday reaching Rawalpindi at 9:30am the next day.

From Rawalpindi, the train will move with 16 bogies, six of the economy class, one dining car and two break vans whereas seven more economy class bogies will be attached to it at Faisalabad.