Railways schedule still disrupted

LAHORE: Pakistan Raliways continues to be plagued by delays and on Thursday passengers were seen waiting for several hours at stations for trains, Geo News reported.

The timetable for arrivals and departures has been turned upside down and trains which run on branch lines have started to close down.

Trains traveling from Quetta, Peshawar and Karachi to Lahore are delayed by 2 to 10 hours. Five trains which travel from Lahore to smaller cities are standing idle because they do not have engines.

According to Railway sources, the Awami Express which travels from Karachi to Lahore was delayed by seven hours, Jaffar, Allama Iqbal, Karachi Express by 6, and Karakorum Express by 4 hours.

The General Manager of Pakistan Railway, Anjum Parvez stated that the reason for the delays is outdated and lack of engines.