The train service between Peshawar and Karachi will resume on April 25, 2025, offering significant travel convenience to passengers commuting between the two cities.
The train will depart from Karachi City Railway Station at 8:00 PM, heading to Peshawar Cantt, while the return journey will begin from Peshawar at 4:00 PM.
This is the only express train that connects important cities like Larkana, Dadu, Kot Addu, Layyah, Mianwali, Bhakkar and Dera Ghazi Khan directly to Karachi and Peshawar. It has full economy class, and comfortable seats for passengers for long journeys.
The total distance of this train is 1,512 km, while the duration is about 34 hours and 15 minutes. Khushal Khan Khattak Express was suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic and floods.
After a long gap of five years, the Khushal Khan Khattak Express is going to be restored to its full glory.
Meanwhile, Former Senior Vice President and Member Executive Committee of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi has thanked Prime Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for Railways, Hanif Abbasi for restarting the services of Khushal Khan Khattak Express.
Pakistan Railways announces schedule of special trains
Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, who is also the Senior Vice President of the Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), said that some black sheep in Pakistan Railways and a certain lobby conspired to thwart cargo and passenger trains from Peshawar and succeeded in their goal.
He asked the Federal Minister for Railways to take strict action against these black sheep in the department and immediately take steps to run special trains and passenger trains for export cargo trains, goods trains, and GITA (goods in transit to Afghanistan) from Peshawar.
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