Night Coach Express

Night Coach Express

Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Pakistan Railways and Shalimar Group
Website	shalimar.net.pk
Route
Start	Karachi Cantt
Stops	6
End	Lahore Jn
Distance travelled	1,286 kilometres (799 mi)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	43 UP (Karachi -> Lahore), 44 DN (Lahore -> Karachi)
On-board services
Class(es)	Economy, AC Lower, and AC Sleeper
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Track gauge	Broad Gauge
Route map Night Coach Express route map

Night Coach Express (Urdu: نائٹ کوچ ایکسپریس ‎) is a daily express train service between Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan. Pakistan Railways inaugurated it on 15 January 2013 with collaboration of Shalimar Group. ^{[1] [2]}

Night Coach Express consists of 7 Economy, 2 Air Conditioned Lower, 1 Air Conditioned Sleeper, 1 Dining Car, 1 Power van and 1 Luggage van coaches. It covers the 1,286 kilometres (799 mi) distance from Karachi to Lahore in 18 hours.^[3]

Route

Karachi to Lahore via Hyderabad, Rohri, Multan, and Faisalabad

Train stops

• Karachi Cantt
• Hyderabad Jn
• Nawabshah
• Rohri Jn
• Bahawalpur
• Multan Cantt
• Faisalabad
• Lahore Jn

References

1. Railways to run ‘Night Coach’ with private partnership, Published in The Nation on 27 December 2012. Retrieved on 22 February 2013
2. Railways inaugurates Night Coach Express, Published in The Nation on 16 January 2013. Retrieved on 22 February 2013
3. New Lahore-Karachi train service rolls into the Cantt station, Published in The Express tribune on 18 January 2012. Retrieved on 22 February 2013