Khushhal Khan Khattak Express
Overview | |||||
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Service type | Inter-city rail | ||||
First service | 1962 | ||||
Current operator(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
Route | |||||
Start | Karachi City | ||||
Stops | 47 | ||||
End | Peshawar Cantonment | ||||
Distance travelled | 1,512 kilometres (940 mi) | ||||
Average journey time | 34 hours, 15 minutes | ||||
Service frequency | Daily | ||||
Train number(s) |
19UP (Karachi→Peshawar) 20DN (Peshawar→Karachi) | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Class(es) | Economy | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
Catering facilities | Not available | ||||
Technical | |||||
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
Track owner(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
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Khushhal Khan Khattak Express (Urdu: خوشحال خان خٹک ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar.[1] The trip takes approximately 34 hours and 15 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,512 kilometres (940 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line[2][3]. The train named after Khushhal Khan Khattak, a Pashtun nationalist and poet, warrior, scholar, and chief of the Khattak tribe[4].
Route
- Karachi Cantonment–Kotri Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
- Kotri Junction–Attock City Junction via Kotri–Attock Railway Line
- Attock City Junction–Peshawar Cantonment via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
Station stops
- Karachi City
- Karachi Cantonment
- Landhi Junction
- Marshalling Yard Pipri
- Kotri Junction
- Sind University (Jamshoro)
- Sehwan Sharif
- Dadu
- Piaro Goth
- Rehmani Nagar
- Radhan
- Badah
- Mohenjodaro
- Larkana Junction
- Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Shikarpur
- Jacobabad Junction
- Kandkot
- Kashmore
- Mithan Kot
- Rajanpur
- Jampur
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Shadan Lund
- Kot Adu Junction
- Kot Sultan
- Layyah
- Sultan Karori Halt
- Bhakkar
- Darya Khan
- Kallur Kot
- Piplan
- Kundian Junction
- Mianwali
- Daud Khel Junction
- Injra
- Chhab
- Jhamat
- Uchhri
- Jand Junction
- Basal Junction
- Jhalar
- Attock City Junction
- Jhangira Road
- Akora Khattak
- Nowshera Junction
- Pabbi
- Peshawar City
- Peshawar Cantonment [5]
Equipment
The train has Economy class accommodations.
References
- ↑ IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal, Retrieved on 1 July 2013
- ↑ "IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names". Owais Mughal. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal. Retrieved on 27 May 2013
- ↑ IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal. Retrieved on 3 April 2013
- ↑ Pakistan Railways official website, Khushhal Khan Khattak Timings, Retrieved on 3 April 2013
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