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KARACHI: The Railways Ministry today (Friday) restored its Mianwali Express after seven months since the service was suspended in order to provide economical intra-city commuting services to the citizens.
Earlier in April, the service was previously closed indefinitely in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak to contain the spread of the deadly virus. However today, the first train has departed for its destination Lahore from its Mari Indus origin station.
According to details, people of the town celebrated the development as they could travel directly to Lahore in rather economic ticket fares and in volumes as the train carries eight bogies.
In the earlier development taking place in the previous week, Pakistan Railways decided to outsource commercial management of eight passenger trains to the private sector in order to provide better passenger facilitation to the travelers.
In this regard, the railways department sought proposals from the private sector for the outsourcing of commercial management of the passenger trains. In a statement, the spokesperson of the railway department said that eight passenger trains are being privatized.
The trains include Karachi-Rawalpindi Sir Syed Express, Karachi-Havelian Hazara Express, Karachi-Lahore Shalimar Express, Lahore-Mari Indus Mianwali Express, Lahore-Sialkot Narowal Passenger, Karachi-Mirpur Khas Mehran Express, Lahore-Multan Moenjo Daro Express, and Lahore-Multan Badar Express.
