Karachi: The Dhabeji Express will start running again in Karachi from tomorrow, 1st November, 2018, a news source reported. President Dr Arif Alvi inaugurated the project today. Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid also announced that a railway track from Gwadar to Quetta will be laid soon.
The Dhabeji Express will start from the City Station in Karachi at 7am every morning and reach Dhabeji station at 8:55am, after making stops at Drigh Road, Malir and Bin Qasim stations. The train from the other side would leave from Dhabeji daily at 6:15am, on the other hand. The minimum fare would be PKR 25 and maximum PKR 80. No fare will be charged on the first day, tomorrow.
The minister also promised a monthly pass for labourers and another train service from Sukkur to Karachi. He said it was his agenda to make 10 trains functional in 100 days.
The Dhabeji’s train operation was suspended 11 years ago, in 2007, while the last intra-city train service from City Station to Landhi was suspended in 2016.
