Rehman Baba Express (Urdu: رحمان بابا ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar. The trip takes approximately 27 hours and 50 minutes, to cover a published distance of 1,491 kilometres (926 mi), traveling along the entire stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line. The train named after the Rehman Baba, who was a Sufi Dervish and poet. The Train was inaugurated on 23 December 2018 by former Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed at Peshawar Cantonment railway station.[1][2] Train was outsourced to PRACS on January 1 2023, in September 2023, PRACS refused to run Rehman Baba Express. [3]
Route
Karachi to Peshawar via Rohri, Multan, Faisalabad, Hafizabad, Wazirabad and Rawalpindi.
Accommodation
AC Business
AC Standard
Economy
Stops
- Karachi Cantonment
- Landhi Junction
- Hyderabad Junction
- Nawabshah Junction
- Bhiria Road
- Mehrabpur Junction
- Rohri Junction
- Pano Akil
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Bahawalpur
- Multan Cantonment
- Toba Tek Singh
- Faisalabad
- Sangla Hill Junction
- Hafizabad
- Alipur Chatta
- Wazirabad Junction
- Lala Musa Junction
- Rawalpindi
- Attock Junction
- Jahangira Road
- Nowshera
- Peshawar City
- Peshawar Cantonment
References
- ^ Dawn News, Retrieved on 20 February 2023
- ^ The Express Tribune, Retrieved on 20 February 2023
- ^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/2436163/pracs-refuses-to-run-rehman-baba-express
