Khushhal Khan Khattak Express
Khushhal Khan Khattak Express (Urdu: خوشحال خان خٹک ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar.[1] The trip takes approximately 34 hours and 15 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,512 kilometres (940 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Kotri–Attock Railway Line.[2][3] The train named after Khushhal Khan Khattak, a Pashtun nationalist and poet, warrior, scholar, and chief of the Khattak tribe.[4]
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail | ||||
| First service | 1962 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Karachi City | ||||
| Stops | 47 | ||||
| End | Peshawar Cantonment | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,512 kilometres (940 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 34 hours, 15 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 19UP (Karachi→Peshawar) 20DN (Peshawar→Karachi) | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Economy | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
| Catering facilities | Not available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Track owner(s) | Pakistan Railways | ||||
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Route
Station stops
- Karachi City
- Karachi Cantonment
- Landhi Junction
- Bin Qasim Railway Station'''
- Marshalling Yard Pipri
- Kotri Junction
- Sind University (Jamshoro)
- Sehwan Sharif
- Dadu
- Piaro Goth
- Rehmani Nagar
- Radhan
- Badah
- Mohenjodaro
- Larkana Junction
- Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Shikarpur
- Jacobabad Junction
- Kandkot
- Kashmore
- Mithan Kot
- Rajanpur
- Jampur
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Shadan Lund
- Kot Adu Junction
- Kot Sultan
- Layyah
- Sultan Karori Halt
- Bhakkar
- Darya Khan
- Kallur Kot
- Piplan
- Kundian Junction
- Mianwali
- Daud Khel Junction
- Injra
- Chhab
- Jhamat
- Uchhri
- Jand Junction
- Basal Junction
- Jhalar
- Attock City Junction
- Jhangira Road
- Akora Khattak
- Nowshera Junction
- Pabbi
- Peshawar City
- Peshawar Cantonment [5]
Equipment
The train has Economy class accommodations.
References
- IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal, Retrieved on 1 July 2013
- "IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names". Owais Mughal. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal. Retrieved on 27 May 2013
- IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal. Retrieved on 3 April 2013
- Pakistan Railways official website, Khushhal Khan Khattak Timings, Retrieved on 3 April 2013
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