| Box Width: | auto |
| Bahauddin Zakaria Express | |
| Type: | Inter-city rail |
| First: | 1973 |
| Operator: | APNI RAIL (SSR GROUP) |
| Stops: | 27 |
| Distance: | 929km (577miles) |
| Journeytime: | 16 hours, 20 minutes |
| Frequency: | Daily |
| Trainnumber: | 25UP (Karachi→Multan) 26DN (Multan→Karachi) |
| Class: | AC Business AC Standard Economy |
| Sleeping: | Available |
| Catering: | Available |
| Owners: | Pakistan Railways |
| Map: | Bahauddin Zakaria Express route map |
Bahauddin Zakaria Express (Seraiki, ur|{{Nastaliq|بهاءالدین زکریا ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Multan.[1] The trip takes approximately 16 hours and 5 minutes to cover a published distance of 929km (577miles), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line. The train named after Abu Muhammad Bahauddin Zakariya, a famous Sufi saint of the Suhrawardiyya order who lived in Multan between 1171 and 1262.
Bahauddin Zakaria Express offers AC Business, AC Standard and Economy seating accommodations.[2]
On 4 January 1990, the Bahaudddin Zakaria Express was on a 560miles overnight run from Multan to Karachi. Near Sangi village outside of Sukkur, Sindh the tracks were incorrectly set and sent the train hurdling into a siding where it collided with an empty 67-car freight train at a speed of at least 55 mph, killing 307 people. It remains one of the worst rail disasters in Pakistan Railways history.[3]
22 people were killed and more than 65 injured when the Bahauddin Zakaria Express collided with the Fareed Express at Juma Goth Train station situated in Landhi, Karachi on the morning of 3 November 2016.[4] [5]