Millat Express
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Express | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
| Website | www.pakrail.com/ | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Karachi Cantt | ||||
| Stops | 22 | ||||
| End | Malakwal | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,326 kilometres (824 mi) | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 17 UP (Karachi -> Malakwal), 18 DN (Malakwal -> Karachi) | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Economy & Business Class | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Available | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge | ||||
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Millat Express (Urdu: ملت ایکسپریس ) is a daily express train service between Karachi and Sargodha in Pakistan. Millat means nation. It was inaugurated on 10 November 2004 with imported Chinese coaches by the Federal railways minister Mian Shamim Haider at Faisalabad railway station. [1] Initially it was operated between Karachi and Faisalabad later its route extended to Sargodha.
Millat Express is one of the fastest and popular trains in Pakistan. It has Economy class accommodation and it covers the 1,251 kilometres (777 mi) distance from Karachi to Sargodha in 19 hours.
Train stops
- Karachi Cantt
- Hyderabad Jn
- Nawabshah
- Mahrabpur
- Rohri Jn
- Sadiqabad
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Bahawalpur
- Jahanian
- Khanewal Jn
- Abdul Hakeem
- Shorkot Cantt Jn
- Toba Tek Singh
- Gojra
- Faisalabad
- Chak Jhumra Jn
- Chiniot
- Shaheenabad Jn
- Sargodha Jn
- Bhalwal
- Malakwal [2]
References
- ↑ KARACHI: Millat train service for Faisalabad inaugurated, Published in Dawn News on 11 November 2004. Retrieved on 21 October 2012
- ↑ Pakistan Railways official website, Millat Express Timings, Retrieved on 15 May 2015
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