{"id":61331,"date":"2020-02-12T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61331"},"modified":"2020-02-12T16:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:48:28","slug":"pakistan-railways-link-karachi-port-and-pipri-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-railways-link-karachi-port-and-pipri-yard.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Railways to link Karachi port and Pipri yard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Railways on Tuesday announced a new project which involves the development of a 50-kilometre-long double track between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-firm-announces-usd-240-mn-investment-karachi-port-expansion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Karachi Port (opens in a new tab)\">Karachi Port<\/a> and Pipri yard \u2014 with the track intended to serve as a dedicated corridor for the operation of freight train services, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-railways-to-fix-issues-delaying-revival-of-kcr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh, Railways to fix issues delaying revival of KCR project (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh, Railways to fix issues delaying revival of KCR project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting held at the railway ministry, it was decided that containers from Karachi Port to Pipri will be transported through a freight shuttle train on the new track. This project will be executed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, in collaboration with the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-improve-cargo-services-facilitate-businesses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Railways to improve cargo services to facilitate businesses (opens in a new tab)\">Railways to improve cargo services to facilitate businesses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the communicated details, containers that arrive at Pipri yard from Karachi Port (after being cleared by customs) will transport goods across the country. The ministry also announced its decision to hire a consultant to carry out the feasibility study for the corridor and tenders in this regard will be floated in a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is aimed to reduce\ntraffic congestion in Karachi, open new business opportunities for traders, and\nultimately generate revenue for the government. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Railways on Tuesday announced a new project which involves the development of a 50-kilometre-long double track between the Karachi Port and Pipri yard \u2014 with the track intended to serve as a dedicated corridor for the operation of freight train services, according to news sources. Read: Sindh, Railways to fix issues delaying revival of KCR project During a meeting held at the railway ministry, it was decided that containers from Karachi Port to Pipri will be transported through a freight shuttle train on the new track. This project will be executed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, in collaboration with the private sector. Read: Railways to improve cargo services to facilitate businesses As per the communicated details, containers that arrive at Pipri yard from Karachi Port (after being cleared by customs) will transport goods across the country. The ministry also announced its decision to hire a consultant to carry out the feasibility study for the corridor and tenders in this regard will be floated in a few days. This project is aimed to reduce traffic congestion in Karachi, open new business opportunities for traders, and ultimately generate revenue for the government. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15013],"tags":[19068,19063,19067,13972,19064,5578,6207],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-construction","9":"tag-bot-finance-model","10":"tag-details-on-pakistan-railways-to-link-karachi-port-and-pipri-yard","11":"tag-freight-trains","12":"tag-karachi-port","13":"tag-pipri-yard","14":"tag-trade","15":"tag-transport","16":"cat-15012-id","17":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan Railways to link Karachi port and Pipri yard - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pakistan Railways announced a new project which involves the development of a 50-kilometre-long double track between the Karachi Port and Pipri yard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-railways-link-karachi-port-and-pipri-yard.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan Railways to link Karachi port and Pipri yard - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistan Railways announced a new project which involves the development of a 50-kilometre-long double track between the Karachi Port and Pipri yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-railways-link-karachi-port-and-pipri-yard.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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