Bahauddin Zakaria Express
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Express | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
| Website | www.pakrail.com/ | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Karachi City | ||||
| Stops | 19 | ||||
| End | Multan Cantt | ||||
| Distance travelled | 929 kilometres (577 mi) | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) |
25 UP (Karachi -> Multan), 26 DN (Multan -> Karachi) | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Economy and AC Business | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Available | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
| Catering facilities | Unavailable | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge | ||||
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Bahauddin Zakaria Express (abbreviated as Zakaria Express) (Urdu: بهاءالدین زکریا ایکسپریس) is a daily express train service between Karachi and Multan in Pakistan. The train named after Bahauddin Zakaria, A saint who lived in Multan.[1]
Bahauddin Zakaria Express has Economy and AC Business class accommodation. It covers the 900 kilometres (560 mi) distance from Karachi to Multan in 16 hours .[1]
Route
Karachi to Multan via Hyderabad and Rohri
Train stops & Timings from Karachi City
- Karachi City 17.45
- Karachi Cantt 18.00
- Landhi Jn 19.12
- Jungshahi 19.54
- Kotri Jn 20,20
- Hyderabad Jn 20.35/20.45
- Tando Adam 21.47
- Shahdadpur 22.20
- Nawabshah 22.55
- Daur 23.50
- Mehrabpur 00.50
- Rohri Jn 02.00
- Sadiqabad 03.00
- Liaqatpur 03.45
- Rahim Yar Khan 04.35
- Khanpur Jn 06.20
- Dera Nawab Sahib 06.54
- Samasata Jn 07.52
- Bahawalpur 08.10
- Lodhran Jn 08.55
- Shujabad 09.20
- Multan Cantt [2] 09.45
Accident
This train has witnessed one of the worst rail disaster in the history of Pakistan on 4 January 1990 in the village of Sangi near Sukkur in the Sindh Province of Pakistan killing 307 people.[3] Bahaudddin Zakaria Express was on a 560-mile (900 km) overnight run from Multan to Karachi and was carrying many more passengers in its 16 carriages than its 1408 seat capacity. It was supposed to pass straight through the village of Sangi but incorrectly set points sent it into a siding where it collided with an empty 67-car freight train at a speed of at least 35 mph.
References
- 1 2 "IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names". Owais Mughal. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ Pakistan Railways official website, Bahauddin Zakaria Express Timings, Retrieved on 6 April 2013
- ↑ "Chronology of world train disasters". The Guardian (London). 1999-08-02.