PR restores various trains

Islamabad: Pakistan Railways has restored various closed trains on main and branches lines after receiving engines from various divisions.

An official of Pakistan Railways while talking to APP here on Wednesday said that freight system has been put back on the track due to availability of engines.

He further said that PR has earned Rs1 billion profit during 2012 through running of Shalimar, Business Expresses under public private partnership. “We are also planning to run more trains with the help of private sector to bring out organisation form the financial crisis” he said. As the federal government has released Rs6 billion, the purchase of spare parts for repair of engines has also been initiated. “This would help bring around 100 engines back on track within next few months,” says the report. All out efforts are being made to improve performance and efficiency of Pakistan Railways (PR) and to make it a profit-earning organization. The out-of-order locomotives are being locally repaired and overhauled at Central Diesel Locomotive (CDL) workshop, the report said.

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