List of railway lines in Pakistan

This is a list of Railway lines in Pakistan. The lines and the stations are owned and operated by Pakistan Railways. Rail lines in Pakistan are divided into main lines and branch lines.^[1][2][3]

Pakistan Railways Map

Main lines

Description	Established	Length	Stations	Travel time	Gauge
Karachi–Peshawar Line (Main Line 1) [4]	1881	1,687 kilometers (1,048 mi)	176	30-32 hrs	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Major stations Karachi City Karachi Cantonment Kotri Junction Hyderabad Junction > Hyderabad-Khokhrapar Branch Line, Hyderabad-Badin Branch Line Nawabshah Junction Rohri Junction > Rohri–Chaman Line (Main Line 3) Khanpur Junction Lodhran Junction > Lodhran–Khanewal Branch Line, Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line Multan Cantonment Multan City Khanewal Junction > Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line Lahore Cantonment Lahore Junction > Lahore–Wagah Branch Line Shahdara Bagh Junction > Shahdara Bagh–Sanga Hill Branch Line and Shahdara Bagh–Chak Amru Branch Line Gujranwala Railway Station Wazirabad Junction > Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line Gujrat railway station Lala Musa Junction > Shorkot–Lalamusa Branch Line Jhelum Rawalpindi Taxila Junction Hasan Abdal Attock City Nowshera Junction Peshawar City Peshawar Cantonment > Khyber train safari
Kotri–Attock Line (Main Line 2) [5]	1916	1,427 km (887 mi)	112	27.5 hrs	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Major stations Kotri Junction Jamshoro Petaro Sehwan Sharif Dadu Mohenjodaro Larkana Junction Habib Kot Junction Jacobabad Junction Kandkot Kashmore Rajanpur Dera Ghazi Khan Layyah Bhakkar Kundian Junction Mianwali Daud Khel Junction Jand Junction Basal Junction Attock City Junction
Rohri–Chaman Line (Main Line 3)	1906	526 km (327 mi)	40	8-10 hrs	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Major stations Rohri Junction > Karachi–Peshawar Line (Main Line 1) Sukkur Shikarpur Jacobabad Junction Dera Murad Jamali Sibi Junction Mach Spezand Junction Quetta > Quetta-Taftan Line Kuchlak Bostan Qilla Abdullah Chaman International links Proposed link to Kandahar, Afghanistan
Spezand–Taftan Line (Main Line 4)	1902	632 km (393 mi)		4 hrs 05 mins - 4 hrs 40 mins	Mixed gauge
Major stations Spezand Junction Nushki Ahmedwal Dalbandin Nok Kundi Koh-e-Taftan Boundary Pillar Mirjaveh Zahedan International links Continues to Zahedan, Iran

Branch lines

• Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line
• Sher Shah–Kot Addu Branch Line
• Lodhran–Khanewal Chord Line
• Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
• Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line
• Shorkot–Sheikhupura Branch Line
• Shorkot–Lalamusa Branch Line
• Jand–Thal Branch Line
• Bannu–Tank Branch Line
• Daud Khel–Lakki Marwat Branch Line
• Malakwal–Khushab Branch Line
• Sangla Hill–Kundian Branch Line
• Lahore–Wagah Branch Line
• Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch Line
• Shahdara Bagh–Chak Amru Branch Line
• Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line
• Golra Sharif–Basal Branch Line
• Sibi-Zardalu Branch Line

Proposed lines

• Karachi–Gwadar Railway Line (Makran Coastal Railway)
• Mandra–Bhaun Railway^[6]
• Gwadar–Mastung Branch Line
• Jacobabad–Gwadar Branch Line^[7]
• Basima–Jacobabad Branch Line
• Zhob Valley Railway
• Nur–Muzaffarabad Branch Line
• Uzbekistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan Railway Project
• Khunjerab Railway (China–Pakistan railway)
• Thar Coal Railway

Tourist and heritage railways

• Changa Manga Forestry Railway
• Dandot Light Railway
• Kandahar State Railway
• Khewra Salt Mines Railway
• Khyber Pass Railway
• Larkana–Jacobabad Light Railway
• Mardan–Charsadda Branch Line
• Mirpur Khas–Nawabshah Railway
• Nowshera–Dargai Branch Line

Proposed Standard Gauge Line to Iran

Main article: Istanbul–Tehran–lslamabad railway

Pakistan Railways is working on plans to construct a 635 km standard-gauge line from Quetta to Taftan on the Pakistan-Iranian border.^[8]

The proposed railway would support the transport of high-value goods to Europe and Central Asia. Trains on the Islamabad – Tehran – Istanbul route currently take around five days to complete the journey, possibly due to poor or compromised condition of the track. It is claimed that a standard-gauge line would reduce journey times to 20 hours.

See also

• Cross-border railway lines in Pakistan
• Abandoned and dismantled railway lines in Pakistan
• List of railway stations in Pakistan

References

1. "Upgradation of 3 main railway lines underway under CPEC". The Nation. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
2. "ایم ایل ون منصوبہ: خستہ حال ریلوے لائن پاکستان کی تقدیر کیسے بدل سکتی ہے؟". BBC News اردو (in Urdu). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
3. "[IRFCA] Pakistan - Closed Sections". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
4. News Desk (2022-12-21). "Importance of ML-1 railway project under CPEC | By Waseem Riaz Bhutta". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
5. Team, Editorial (2021-10-10). "ML-2 Project: The Prospects of Prosperity Await Pakistan". Rationale-47. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
6. "[IRFCA] Pakistan - Closed Sections". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
7. "Oman offer to build Gwadar railway conjures Pakistan port's past".
8. "Pakistan eyes standard gauge line to the Middle East and Europe". Railpage. Retrieved 2022-02-09.

External links

• Planned railway lines in Pakistan
• Pakistan Railways Train timings