Jaffar Express
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Express | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
| Website | www.pakrail.com/ | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Quetta | ||||
| Stops | 25 | ||||
| End | Rawalpindi | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,458 kilometres (906 mi) | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) |
39 UP (Quetta->Rawalpindi), 40 DN (Rawalpindi->Quetta) | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Economy and AC Business | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Available | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge | ||||
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Jaffar Express (Urdu: جعفر ایکسپریس ) is a daily express train service between Quetta and Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
The train named after Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali, was a Baloch tribal head, active worker of the Pakistan movement, close friend of the Quaid-e-Azam and the uncle of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on 16 April 2003 with Chinese rakes.[1]
39 UP Jaffar Express has Economy and AC Business class accommodation. It covers the 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) distance in approximately 29 hours. 40 DN Jaffar Express takes 29 hours for this journey
Route
Quetta to Rawalpindi via Sibi, Sukkur, Multan and Lahore
Train stops
- Quetta
- Kolpur
- Mach
- Aab-e-gum
- Sibi Jn
- Bukhtiarabad Domki
- Dera Murad Jamali
- Dera Allah Yar
- Jacobabad Jn
- Shikarpur
- Sukkur
- Rohri Jn
- Sadiqabad
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Bahawalpur
- Multan Cantt
- Khanewal Jn
- Sahiwal
- Okara Cantt
- Raiwind Jn
- Lahore Jn
- Gujranwala
- Wazirabad Jn
- Gujrat
- Lalamusa Jn
- Jhelum
- Rawalpindi [2]
Attacks and Accidents
On August 16 2013, Rawalpindi bound Jaffar Express was attacked with Rockets in Dozan area near Machh in Balochistan’s Bolan district, killing two and injuring 10 others. The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) had claimed responsibility of the attack.[3]
On October 21 2013, Jaffar Express on its way from Rawalpindi to Quetta was hit with a bomb planted on the Railway track in Naseerabad District, killing 6 and injuring 17 others. No one has yet claimed responsibility.[4]
On November 17, 2015, a westbound Jaffar Express bound for Quetta from Rawalpindi derailed at Aab-e-Gum, Balochistan. The Aab-e-Gum derailment killed twenty people and injured 96.
References
- ↑ "Jaffar Express starts service". Daily Times. 22 April 2003. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ Pakistan Railways official website, Jaffar Express Timings, Retrieved on 8 August 2012
- ↑ http://dawn.com/news/1036233/attack-on-jaffar-express-near-machh
- ↑ http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/21-Oct-2013/six-killed-17-hurt-as-blast-hits-jaffar-express-in-balochistan