List of railway lines in Pakistan explained

This is a list of Railway lines in Pakistan. The lines and the stations are owned and operated by Pakistan Railways. Rail lines in Pakistan are divided into main lines and branch lines.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Main lines

Description	Established	Length	Stations	Travel time	Gauge
Karachi–Peshawar Line (Main Line 1) ^[4]	1881	1687km (1,048miles)	176	30-32 hrs	broad gauge
Major stations Karachi City Karachi Cantonment Kotri Junction Hyderabad Junction > Hyderabad-Khokhrapar Branch Line, Hyderabad-Badin Branch Line Nawabshah Junction Rohri Junction > Rohri–Chaman Line (Main Line 3) Khanpur Junction Lodhran Junction > Lodhran–Khanewal Branch Line, Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line Multan Cantonment Multan City Khanewal Junction > Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line Lahore Cantonment Lahore Junction > Lahore–Wagah Branch Line Shahdara Bagh Junction > Shahdara Bagh–Sanga Hill Branch Line and Shahdara Bagh–Chak Amru Branch Line Gujranwala Railway Station Wazirabad Junction > Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line Gujrat railway station Lala Musa Junction > Shorkot–Lalamusa Branch Line Jhelum Rawalpindi Taxila Junction Hasan Abdal Attock City Nowshera Junction Peshawar City Peshawar Cantonment > Khyber train safari
Kotri–Attock Line (Main Line 2) ^[5]	1916	1427km (887miles)	112	27.5 hrs	broad gauge
Major stations Kotri Junction Jamshoro Petaro Sehwan Sharif Dadu Mohenjodaro Larkana Junction Habib Kot Junction Jacobabad Junction Kandkot Kashmore Rajanpur Dera Ghazi Khan Layyah Bhakkar Kundian Junction Mianwali Daud Khel Junction Jand Junction Basal Junction Attock City Junction
Rohri–Chaman Line (Main Line 3)	1906	526km (327miles)	40	8-10 hrs	broad gauge
Major stations Rohri Junction > Karachi–Peshawar Line (Main Line 1) Sukkur Shikarpur Jacobabad Junction Dera Murad Jamali Sibi Junction Mach Spezand Junction Quetta > Quetta-Taftan Line Kuchlak Bostan Qilla Abdullah Chaman International links Proposed link to Kandahar, Afghanistan
Spezand–Taftan Line (Main Line 4)	1902	632km (393miles)		4 hrs 05 mins - 4 hrs 40 mins	Mixed gauge
Major stations Spezand Junction Nushki Ahmedwal Dalbandin Nok Kundi Koh-e-Taftan Boundary Pillar Mirjaveh Zahedan International links Continues to Zahedan, Iran

Branch lines

• Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line
• Sher Shah–Kot Addu Branch Line
• Lodhran–Khanewal Chord Line
• Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
• Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line
• Shorkot–Sheikhupura Branch Line
• Shorkot–Lalamusa Branch Line
• Jand–Thal Branch Line
• Bannu–Tank Branch Line
• Daud Khel–Lakki Marwat Branch Line
• Malakwal–Khushab Branch Line
• Sangla Hill–Kundian Branch Line
• Lahore–Wagah Branch Line
• Shahdara Bagh–Sangla Hill Branch Line
• Shahdara Bagh–Chak Amru Branch Line
• Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line
• Golra Sharif–Basal Branch Line
• Sibi-Zardalu Branch Line

Proposed lines

• Karachi–Gwadar Railway Line (Makran Coastal Railway)
• Mandra–Bhaun Railway^[6]
• Gwadar–Mastung Branch Line
• Jacobabad–Gwadar Branch Line^[7]
• Basima–Jacobabad Branch Line
• Zhob Valley Railway
• Nur–Muzaffarabad Branch Line
• Uzbekistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan Railway Project
• Khunjerab Railway (China–Pakistan railway)
• Thar Coal Railway

Tourist and heritage railways

• Changa Manga Forestry Railway
• Dandot Light Railway
• Kandahar State Railway
• Khewra Salt Mines Railway
• Khyber Pass Railway
• Larkana–Jacobabad Light Railway
• Mardan–Charsadda Branch Line
• Mirpur Khas–Nawabshah Railway
• Nowshera–Dargai Branch Line

Proposed Standard Gauge Line to Iran

See main article: Istanbul–Tehran–lslamabad railway. Pakistan Railways is working on plans to construct a 635 km standard-gauge line from Quetta to Taftan on the Pakistan-Iranian border.^[8]

The proposed railway would support the transport of high-value goods to Europe and Central Asia. Trains on the Islamabad – Tehran – Istanbul route currently take around five days to complete the journey, possibly due to poor or compromised condition of the track. It is claimed that a standard-gauge line would reduce journey times to 20 hours.

See also

• Cross-border railway lines in Pakistan
• Abandoned and dismantled railway lines in Pakistan
• List of railway stations in Pakistan

External links

• Planned railway lines in Pakistan
• Pakistan Railways Train timings

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-03-20 . Upgradation of 3 main railway lines underway under CPEC . 2023-06-25 . The Nation . en-US.
2. News: ایم ایل ون منصوبہ: خستہ حال ریلوے لائن پاکستان کی تقدیر کیسے بدل سکتی ہے؟ . ur . BBC News اردو . 2023-06-25.
3. Web site: [IRFCA] Pakistan - Closed Sections ]. 2023-06-25 . www.irfca.org.
4. Web site: News Desk . 2022-12-21 . Importance of ML-1 railway project under CPEC By Waseem Riaz Bhutta . 2023-06-25 . Pakistan Observer . en-US.
5. Web site: Team . Editorial . 2021-10-10 . ML-2 Project: The Prospects of Prosperity Await Pakistan . 2023-06-25 . Rationale-47 . en.
6. Web site: [IRFCA] Pakistan - Closed Sections ]. 2024-07-16 . www.irfca.org.
7. Web site: Oman offer to build Gwadar railway conjures Pakistan port's past .
8. Web site: Pakistan eyes standard gauge line to the Middle East and Europe. 2022-02-09. Railpage.