{"id":61920,"date":"2020-02-25T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61920"},"modified":"2020-02-25T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:40:59","slug":"gujranwala-to-get-freight-train-service-to-from-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gujranwala-to-get-freight-train-service-to-from-karachi.html","title":{"rendered":"Gujranwala business community to get freight train service to &#038; from Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gujranwala: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, in a recent press\nexchange, stated that should the Gujranwala business community commit itself to\nproviding cargo for at least one train daily, the Pakistan Railways would\nreciprocate by setting-up a dry port in the city \u2014 with the initiative aimed at\nallowing freight trains to directly travel to and from Karachi, a news source\nreported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister made the declaration during a meeting held with the members of\nthe Gujranwala Chambers of Commerce, where he informed the attendees that the\ncargo service would help local traders by providing a boost to their business\nactivities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gujranwala-ghanta-ghar-food-street-beautification.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gujranwala\u2019s Ghanta Ghar, Food Street to be beautified (opens in a new tab)\">Gujranwala\u2019s Ghanta Ghar, Food Street to be beautified<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gujranwala-Lahore Shuttle Service \u2013 An Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Rasheed officially launched the Lahore-Gujranwala Shuttle Train\nservice at the Gujranwala railway station on February 24 \u2013 with the initiative\naimed at connecting Lahore to Gujranwala city, as well as to the various town\nand city localities that come in between; including Badami Bagh, Shahdara, Kala\nShah Kaku, Muridke, Sadhoke, and Eminabad. Various news sources have confirmed\nthat the service\u2019s one-sided fair amounts to PKR 100. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rasheed further revealed that the shuttle service is expected to make four\ntrips daily during the advanced stages of its operations; while also being\nfitted with dedicated air-conditioning facilities for the added comfort of\ntravelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-restoration-of-24-roads-nearing-completion-in-gujranwala.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Construction, restoration of 24 roads nearing completion in Gujranwala (opens in a new tab)\">Construction, restoration of 24 roads nearing completion in Gujranwala<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The railways ministry is also similarly looking to shift the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-cm-orders-formation-new-traffic-plan-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"traffic load from Karachi\u2019s road (opens in a new tab)\">traffic load from Karachi\u2019s road<\/a> system via the Karachi Circular Railway project, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujranwala: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, in a recent press exchange, stated that should the Gujranwala business community commit itself to providing cargo for at least one train daily, the Pakistan Railways would reciprocate by setting-up a dry port in the city \u2014 with the initiative aimed at allowing freight trains to directly travel to and from Karachi, a news source reported. The minister made the declaration during a meeting held with the members of the Gujranwala Chambers of Commerce, where he informed the attendees that the cargo service would help local traders by providing a boost to their business activities. Read: Gujranwala\u2019s Ghanta Ghar, Food Street to be beautified Gujranwala-Lahore Shuttle Service \u2013 An Overview Minister Rasheed officially launched the Lahore-Gujranwala Shuttle Train service at the Gujranwala railway station on February 24 \u2013 with the initiative aimed at connecting Lahore to Gujranwala city, as well as to the various town and city localities that come in between; including Badami Bagh, Shahdara, Kala Shah Kaku, Muridke, Sadhoke, and Eminabad. Various news sources have confirmed that the service\u2019s one-sided fair amounts to PKR 100. Rasheed further revealed that the shuttle service is expected to make four trips daily during the advanced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":61922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[20860,20859,20861],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-freight-train-gujranwala","9":"tag-gujranwala-freight-train-karachi","10":"tag-pakistan-railways-projects","11":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gujranwala to get freight train service to &amp; from Karachi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gujranwala: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad recently stated that should the Gujranwala business community commit to providing cargo for at least\" \/>\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\/gujranwala-to-get-freight-train-service-to-from-karachi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gujranwala to get freight train service to &amp; 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