Monday, January 07, 2013

Karachi train operation shows improvement

KARACHI: The punctuality of train operation from Karachi has achieved considerable improvement during the last couple of months with almost all the trains except one or two, running on time.

The couple of trains which are facing late departures for about half an hour to two hours is because of certain unavoidable reasons, said Divisional Superintendent Railway Karachi Division, Anzer Ismail Rizvi.

He was of the view that the punctuality improvement was achieved due to strict monitoring of train operation and motivation, which resulted in improved maintenance of locomotives, coaches, signaling system as well track in the Division. He said that notwithstanding the ongoing financial crunch, the Railways Divisional authorities did this within their own resources.

He pointed out that 57.5 Km of speed restrictions have now been normalized without spending any money thus resulting in running of trains with normal speed.

He said that the Railway Division was operating 42 locomotives. However, their maintenance has been improved bringing normalcy in the train operation.

It also resulted in operating on an average two freight trains daily from Karachi.

He informed that the Railway Division earned 346 million rupees in excess during the last six months of the
current financial year as compared to the same period of last
financial year.

As regards the future program, DS Karachi Railway informed that efforts are being made to re-introduce Mehran Express, which was a popular mode of journey from Karachi to Mirpurkhas and was closed due to non-availability of locomotives.

He said that railway track from Karachi to Kotri has been rehabilitated while that of Down track was in progress which has brought improvement in speed and running time.

The track rehabilitation from Hyderabad to Mirpurkhas was also in progress and will be completed in about six months, which will reduce running time between the two destinations bringing it down from 90 to 60 minutes. app

 

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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