Lahore, 18th May: Pakistan Railways is going to start a limited train operation of 30 trains from Wednesday, May 20, this will include 15 up and 15 down trains.
We thank the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan for this. These views were expressed by Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed while talking to media in Rawalpindi.
Partially launched trains include Peshawar-Karachi-Peshawar (Khyber Mail and Awam Express), Quetta-Peshawar-Quetta (Jaffar Express), Karachi-Rawalpindi-Karachi (Tezgam, Green Line, Pakistan Express), Rawalpindi-Multan. Rawalpindi (Mehr Express), Rawalpindi-Lahore-Rawalpindi (Featured, Islamabad Express), Karachi-Lahore-Karachi (Pak Business, Karakoram Express, Shah Hussain), Karachi-Lala Musa.
Karachi (Millat Express), Karachi-Sialkot-Karachi (Allama Iqbal Express), Jacobabad-Karachi-Jacobabad (Sukkur Express) are included.
Trains should be allowed to run till Monday: Sheikh Rasheed
Passengers are requested to maintain a reasonable distance from each other. Travel with the least amount of people in an emergency. Passengers will need to follow the following SOPs to travel by train.
Train booking will be through online ticketing only. Booking offices will be closed. Bookings will be closed after 60% occupancy.
Sanitizer walk-through gates will be installed at various stations. Passengers will be allowed to enter the station one hour before the departure of the train. Passengers’ families will not be able to leave them. Will Medical officers and staff have been deployed at the train stop stations to ensure social distance.
The temperature of all passengers will be checked during the journey. Keep masks, sanitizers, gloves, and soap with you.
It should be noted that if a passenger violates these SOPs and does not maintain social distance, he will be fined Rs.500 for the first time, Rs.1000 for the second time, and for the third time, he will be taken off the train at the next stop station.
We expect the passengers to follow the instructions and give their full support to Pakistan Railways to keep Pakistan safe from this epidemic.
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