The route of Shalimar Express has been changed and now this train will not go to Faisalabad, Photo: File
Lahore: Good news for train commuters, Shalimar Express will resume service from May 1, Ministry of Railways has issued a notification.
The Ministry of Railways has decided to resume the Shalimar Express from May 1 after a suspension of 8 months. A formal notification of the implementation of the decision has also been issued.
According to the notification signed by JTO Ghulam Abbas, Shalimar Express will run from Karachi Cantt at 6 am and will depart from Hyderabad, Tando Adam, Nawab Shah, Rohri, Rahim Yar Khan, Khanpur, Bahawalpur, Multan Cantt, Khanewal, Sahiwal, Yousuf. It will reach Lahore at 11:45 PM via Wala and Raiwand.
Earlier, Shalimar Express ran to Karachi, Hyderabad, Nawab Shah, Rohri, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan via Toba Tek Singh, Faisalabad and Lahore.
The decision to re-run the Shalimar Express was taken during a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq at the Lahore headquarters on April 8.
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