ISLAMABAD, March 25: Pakistan Railways has planned to introduce five additional non-stop trains after receiving 175 new designed passenger carriages aimed at providing facilities to people for speedy journey.

According to sources in the ministry of railways, five additional non-stop trains will be introduced on various routes. According to plan, these routes will be Rawalpindi-Karachi, Faisalabad-Karachi, Faisalabad- Lahore, Lahore-Rawalpindi and Lahore-Karachi.

Talking about the infrastructure, the sources said the government took a number of decisions for the improvement of the Railways’ system. They said track would be doubled on Lodhran-Multan Cantt and Khanewal section (121 kms) to improve sectional capacity and punctuality. Increase in speeds of trains on Lahore- Faisalabad, Shorkot-Faisalabad and Lahore-Rawalpindi sections would be made. Computerization of reservation offices at Faisalabad, Multan, Sukkur, Hyderabad and Quetta would be introduced, they said. They said a website would be launched to provide online reservation facility for the convenience of public, which would provide information regarding seats availability and other information.

Pakistan Railways will establish an Information technology centre at Railway Headquarters, Lahore. — APP