Faiz Ahmed Faiz Express

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Express
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
First service 2014
Current operator(s) Pakistan Railways
Route
Start Lahore Junction
Stops 11
End Narowal Junction
Distance travelled 96 kilometres (60 mi)
Average journey time 2 hours, 15 minutes
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 209UP (Lahore→Narowal)
210DN (Narowal→Lahore)
On-board services
Class(es) Economy
Sleeping arrangements Not Available
Catering facilities Not Available
Technical
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s) Pakistan Railways

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Express (Urdu: فیض احمد فیض ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Lahore and Narowal.[1][2] The trip takes approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes to cover a published distance of 96 kilometres (60 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Shahdara Bagh–Chak Amru Branch Line. The train named after Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a famous Pakistani intellectual, revolutionary poet, and one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language,.[3]

Route

Station stops

Equipment

The train has economy accommodations.

References

  1. IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal, Retrieved on 1 July 2013
  2. http://www.dawn.com/news/1111540
  3. "IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names". Owais Mughal. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. Pakistan Railways official website, Faiz Ahmed Faiz Express Timings, Retrieved on 6 April 2013
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