The document discusses Pakistan Railways, the national railway company of Pakistan. It owns over 7,400 miles of track across Pakistan. Pakistan Railways was established in 1861 and is headquartered in Lahore. The company operates freight and passenger service. Pakistan Railways launched a vision in 2014 called Pakistan Railways Vision 2025, which aims to increase the railway's share of transportation from 4% to 20% through infrastructure upgrades funded by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project worth $8.4 billion.

1. PAKISTAN RAILWAYS
Group Members:
• Abdul Wahid Mangi {16ce18}
• Aamir Soomro {16ce27}
• Shafqat Buller {16ce33}
• Akash Jatoi {16ce114}
• Sarwar Sabzoi {16ce84}

2. INTRODUCTION
• Pakistan Railways is the national, state-owned railway company
of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it
owns 7,400 miles (11,881 km) of track across Pakistan
from Torkham to Karachi and operates freight and passenger
service. Pakistan Railways was also known as the Pakistan Western
Railway from 1947 to 1974. In 2014 the Ministry of
Railways launched Pakistan Railways Vision 2025, which seeks to
increase the company's share of the transportation sector from
four to 20 percent with the ₨886.68
billion (US$8.4 billion) China–Pakistan Economic Corridor rail
upgrade.

4. • The plan includes new locomotives, development and
improvement of current rail infrastructure, an increase in average
train speed, improved on-time performance and expansion of
passenger service.
• The first phase of the project was completed in 2017, and the
second phase is scheduled for completion by 2021.[4] Pakistan
Railways is an active member of the International Union of
Railways.

5. HISTORY
• The Survey For Construction Of A Railway Line From Karachi Was
Started In 1858
• Initially A Railway Line Was Proposed From Karachi City To Kotri,
Then Steam Navigation Through Rivers Indus / Chenab Up To
Multan And From There On A Railway Line To Lahore And Beyond
• The 13th Of May, 1861 The First Railway Line Was Opened For
Public Traffic Between Karachi Cityand Kotri, A Distance Of 169
Kms.

7. • By 1897 The Line From Kiamari To Kotri Was Converted To
Double Track
• Most Of The Sections (Of Pakistan Railways) Were
Constructed As Strategic Lines.
• In 1947, when Pakistan achieved independence from Britian most
of the North Western State Railway infrastructure was in Pakistani
territory and was renamed the Pakistan Western Railway.

9. • The Pakistan Locomotive Factory was built in Risalpur in 1993 at a
cost of ₨228.4 million (US$2.2 million). Pakistan Railways
Carriage Factory in Islamabad was established in 1970 with the
technical collaboration of LHB coaches in Germany to
manufacture passenger coaches. The factory's capacity is 150
coaches per year on a single-shift basis.
• The railway owns five concrete sleeper factories
in Sukkur, Khanewal, Kohat, Shahinabad and Kotri. The first factory
was established in Sukkur in 1967, and the other four factories
were opened between 1979 and 1981.

10. IMPORTANCE
• Pakistan Railways has been playing a very crucial role in social,
economic and political development of Pakistan for the last 150
years.
• Employing more than 75,000 persons and providing employment
indirectly to al least ten times more, it contributes significantly to
the GDP of the country.
• Being the cheapest mode of transportation of goods and
commuting passengers, it has been the pivot of Pakistan’s
industrial and commercial development.

11. • With more than 80 million passengers every year from one corner
of the country to other, it is not only a symbol of unity of the
country but also a vehicle of social and political integration.
• Rail transport consumes only one sixth of the energy per unit
weight-km as compared to road transport, it is less polluting
source of traffic-emissions per TKM.

13. • Despite common perception, rail fatalities are much lower than
road i.e. more than 10,000 per year on roads as compared to less
than 100 in railway system.
• During any disaster or emergency Pakistan Railways has been the
most preferred means of transporting relief goods in the shortest
possible time
• Lastly, keeping in view the geographical contours of Pakistan, it is
an excellent and most economical mode of transportation for
long distance goods haulage.

14. FUTURE VISION
“2025”
• Ministry of Railways have launched "Pakistan Railways Vision
2025" which seeks to reinvigorate Pakistan Railways by increasing
its share in the transportation sector from 4% to 20% by 2025
along with the ₨ 886.68 billion (US$8.4 billion) China Pakistan
Economic Corridor railway upgrade. The plan includes the
acquisition of new locomotives, development and improvement of
current rail infrastructure, increase of average train speeds,
improvements of punctuality and expansion of passenger services.

15. NEW RAILWAY LINES HAVE BEEN ENVISIONED TO GIVE ACCESS TO
THE LAND LOCKED AND NEIGHBOURING STATES TO THE SEA
THROUGH PAKISTAN:
• KARACHI – GWADAR
• GWADAR – MASTUNG
• BASIMA - JACOBABAD BOSTAN
• ZHOB - DERA ISMAIL KHAN
• ISLAMABAD - MUZAFFARABAD

16. • NEW RAIL LINES AND LINKS:
• UPGRADATION OF TRACK - FOR HIGHER SPEEDS
• DOUBLING OF TRACK – MAIN CORRIDOR
• RESTRUCTURING
• PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
• KARAKORAM RAILWAY
• GWADAR LINK
• CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR.

17. CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC
CORRIDOR (CPEC)
• CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR, POPULARLY KNOWN
AS CPEC, IS AN AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT OF PAKISTAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA.
• IT IS A PART OF CHINESE ONE-BELT-ONE-ROAD INITIATIVE.
• IT INCLUDES COUNTRY-WIDE RAIL-ROAD AND GAS-PIPELINE
NETWORK AND DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER TRANSIT CORRIDOR
FACILITIES.

19. • THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PORT IN
GWADAR REGION, KNOWN AS GWADAR PORT
• CONSTRUCTION OF POWER PLANTS WHICH WILL GENERATE
4500 MW OF ELECTRIC POWER

20. CONCLUSION
• Keeping in view the strategic and commercial importance of an
efficiently run railways as well as social obligations of the state to
provide affordable and cost effective mode of transportation to
the public, Pakistan railways should be given due importance
• National transportation policy should be finalized as early as
possible so that the funds allocated for transportation sector
could be judiciously distributed among different modes of
transportation.

21. • Pakistan railways should be run on purely commercial
considerations and across the board subsidy needs to be replaced
with targeted relief to passengers with limited means,
• Outsourcing of operations, corporatization of its entities with
subsequent privatization and a strict accountability regime are
some of the other essential measures for effective service delivery.