PR releases schedule for Karachi Circular Railway

Pakistan Railways (PR) has released the time schedule of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) which is all set to resume operations from tomorrow (Nov 18).

According to the details, the first train will depart from Orangi Railway Station at 6:30 am on Thursday for the up track while the local train on down track will depart from Marshalling Yard Pipri Railway Station at 7 am.

The railway authorities have decided to run each train from both stations after every three hours.

Stopovers of the train include Manghopir, SITE, Shah Abdul Latif, Baldia, Lyari, Wazir Mansion, Karachi City Station, Karachi Cantt Station, Departure Yard, Drigh Road, Drigh Colony, Airport, Malir Colony, Malir, Landhi, Jumma Goth, Bin Qasim and Baldia Nullah before reaching the Pipri station at 9:15 am.

The second train will leave Orangi Railway Station at 10 am; third at 1 pm and fourth at 4 pm.

For the down track, the local train will depart from Marshalling Yard railway station at 7 am, covering the same stops to reach Orangi railway station at 09:45 am while the second train will leave the Marshalling Station at 9:30 am; third at 1 pm and fourth at 4:30 pm.

It may be mentioned here that a one-sided journey on the train has been fixed at Rs50 for passengers.