Faisalabad railway station

Faisalabad railway station (Urdu: فيصل آباد ریلوے اسٹیشن‎, Punjabi: فيصل آباد ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Faisalabad city (formerly Lyallpur), Punjab province of Pakistan on the Khanewal-Wazirabad Branch Line. The station grants passengers from Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar and many more cities and towns of Pakistan access to all parts of Pakistan. The administrative office, headed by an Assistant Operation Officer, of the Faislabad section of Pakistan Railways is also located in the station building. A large amount of cargo is exported from and imported into Faisalabad daily. There was railway line between Jaranwala and Faisalabad between 1926 to 1940 Jaranwala-Lyallpur Branch Line railway stations and railway track land still existed.

Faisalabad Station

فيصل آباد اسٹیشن
Public
Main entrance
LocationRajbah Road
Faisalabad, Punjab 38000
Pakistan
Coordinates31°25′02″N 73°05′48″E
Owned byMinistry of Railways
Line(s)Khanewal-Wazirabad Branch Line
Platforms7
ConnectionsBus stand, taxicab stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Platform levels3
Other information
Station codeFSLD[1]
History
Opened1896
Services
Preceding station   Faisalabad railway station   Following station
Samanabad   Line
Khanewal-Wazirabad		   Nishatabad

Facilities

The Faisalabad railway station has all the basic facilities, including a parking lot; current- and advance-reservation offices for ticket purchases; food, drink, and book stalls on the platforms; and cargo and parcel services.

Booking and Ticketing Area

The booking and ticketing area lies in the northern building of the railway station. There are separate counters for premium classes and 2nd class. All these counters provide computerized ticketing.

Waiting Halls

Waiting halls are also located in the northern building of railway station complex. A common waiting area serves all 2nd class passengers, and a separate air conditioned waiting hall exists for premium class passengers.

Cargo Area

Faisalabad railway station also provides facilities to the people to book non industrial cargo at the station. This facility includes cargo booking and delivery, and is situated in the northwest building of the railway station complex.

Admin Offices

The admin offices that include management offices for Faisalabad railway station and Faisalabad railway region, railway police and security, station master and other administrative services lie in the southern building of the railway station.

Platforms

Faisalabad railway station serves the passenger trains through five platforms. Two additional platforms are exclusively for maintenance and services of locomotives and bogies.

Faisalabad railway station at night
Railway old main Platform
Faisalabad railway old control room
canteen stall

Services

The following trains originate/stop/terminate at Faisalabad station:

TRAIN NUMBER TRAIN NAME ORIGIN DESTINATION
17 UP MILLAT EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT MALAKWAL
18 DN MILLAT EXPRESS MALAKWAL KARACHI CANTT
23 UP AKBAR EXPRESS QUETTA LAHORE
24 DN AKBAR EXPRESS LAHORE QUETTA
27 UP SHALIMAR EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT LAHORE
28 DN SHALIMAR EXPRESS LAHORE KARACHI CANTT
35 UP SIR SYED EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT RAWALPINDI
36 DN SIR SYED EXPRESS RAWLPINDI KARACHI CANTT
41 UP KARAKORUM EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT LAHORE
42 DN KARAKORUM EXPRESS LAHORE KARACHI CANTT
43 UP SHAH HUSSAIN EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT LAHORE
44 DN SHAH HUSSAIN EXPRESS LAHORE KARACHI CANTT
45 UP PAKISTAN EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT RAWALPINDI
46 DN PAKISTAN EXPRESS RAWALPINDI KARACHI CANTT
47 UP REHMAN BABA EXPRESS KARACHI CANTT PESHAWAR CANTT
48 DN REHMAN BABA EXPRESS PESHAWAR CANTT KARACHI CANTT
111 UP BADAR EXPRESS TERMINUS LAHORE
112 DN BADAR EXPRESS LAHORE TERMINUS
113 UP GHOURI EXPRESS TERMINUS LAHORE
114 DN GHOURI EXPRESS LAHORE TERMINUS
119 UP FAISAL EXPRESS TERMINUS LAHORE
120 DN FAISAL EXPRESS LAHORE TERMINUS
173 UP FAISALABAD EXPRESS MULTAN CANTT TERMINUS
174 DN FAISALABAD EXPRESS TERMINUS MULTAN CANTT


See also

References
  1. "(home)". Pakistan Railways. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014.


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