Federal cabinet members visit KCR track
Karachi
March 1, 2021
Advisor to the Prime Minister for Institutional Reforms and Austerity Measures Ishrat Husain and Federal Minister for Privatisation Muhammad Mian Soomro on Sunday travelled from the City Railway Station to the railway station in Orangi by the Karachi Circular Railway-II (KCR) track.
Divisional Superintendent Pakistan Railways Karachi Muhammad Hanif Gul welcomed the visiting cabinet members at the City Station and accompanied them along with the KCR Project Director Ameer Mohammad Daudpota and divisional officers.
The cabinet members had a detailed outlook of the en route railways infrastructure especially the right-of-way retrieved along the 14 kilometres of the recently rehabilitated track between the City and Orangi stations.
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Marking the completion of an important phase of the rehabilitation
KARACHI:
The operations of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) were restored between City and Orangi Stations on Wednesday, marking the completion of an important phase of the rehabilitation of the KCR.
The KCR train, following the restoration of the service along the said track, will leave Orangi Station for City Station at 4.16pm, a covering a distance of 14 kilometres on the track passing through Manghopir, SITE Industrial Area, Baldia, Lyari and Wazir Mansion Station, will reached their destination.
From City Station, the train will leave for Orangi Station, arriving there at 10.10am.
The Pakistan Railways announced on Thursday it would soon revive the Karachi Circular Railway from Orangi Town to the City Station on the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.The.