{"id":65666,"date":"2020-05-19T13:21:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T08:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65666"},"modified":"2020-05-19T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T08:21:23","slug":"pakistan-railways-train-services-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-railways-train-services-resumes.html","title":{"rendered":"PM approves resumption of Pakistan Railways train services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Pakistan Railways (PR) Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Monday (May 18) revealed that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had approved the resumption of the country\u2019s train services under strict SOPs implementation, according to a news source. The minister said that PR will recommence with nationwide train operations from May 20 (Wednesday) onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restoration-of-train-service-needed-to-avoid-heavy-losses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restoration of train service needed to avoid further heavy losses: Rasheed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the press conference held to make these announcements, Rasheed further informed that the PM had allowed him to operationalise 30 trains in the government\u2019s first of phase of lifting the temporary ban imposed to stop local COVID-19 transmissions. He also remarked that if the situation in terms of the new, reported coronavirus cases was seen to improve, the department will restart more trains by June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-railways-shares-details-train-stations-upgraded-last-4-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan Railways shares details on train stations upgraded in last 4 years<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rasheed pointed out that since many people had already moved to their hometowns both before and after the nationwide lockdown imposition in February, there was no rush of passengers, at present; making a \u2018complete implementation\u2019 of the SOPs communicated by the federal government possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the implementation of the said SOPs, he stated that an emergency has been declared at the Karachi, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Multan, and Lahore railway stations; where only passengers with valid bookings could enter the premises, while entrance of all other individuals had been banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fare-revealed-for-lahore-gujranwala-shuttle-train-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fare details revealed for shuttle train service between Lahore and Gujranwala<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rasheed also declared that the department had reduced train fares by 60%; despite the measure expected to lead to heavy losses for PR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Pakistan Railways (PR) Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Monday (May 18) revealed that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had approved the resumption of the country\u2019s train services under strict SOPs implementation, according to a news source. The minister said that PR will recommence with nationwide train operations from May 20 (Wednesday) onward. Read: Restoration of train service needed to avoid further heavy losses: Rasheed During the press conference held to make these announcements, Rasheed further informed that the PM had allowed him to operationalise 30 trains in the government\u2019s first of phase of lifting the temporary ban imposed to stop local COVID-19 transmissions. He also remarked that if the situation in terms of the new, reported coronavirus cases was seen to improve, the department will restart more trains by June 1. Read: Pakistan Railways shares details on train stations upgraded in last 4 years Rasheed pointed out that since many people had already moved to their hometowns both before and after the nationwide lockdown imposition in February, there was no rush of passengers, at present; making a \u2018complete implementation\u2019 of the SOPs communicated by the federal government possible. 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