Rehman Bab train launched today,Freight trains being increased to boost economy-Sh,.Rashid

Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid says Pakistan Railways has started twenty trains in first hundred days of government.
Addressing the launching ceremony of Rehman Baba Express in Peshawar today, he said twenty more trains will be run next year to facilitate the passengers.
Sheikh Rashid said freight trains are being increased to fifteen which will boost the economy of the country.
He said two VVIPs nonstop trains will also be launched in next two months besides starting three trains for tourists.
He said Jahangira and Nowshera stations will be developed under CPEC.Our Peshawar correspondent reports that Rehman Baba Express will reduce the duration of travel between Peshawar and Karachi from seven to nine hours.
In order to facilitate low income passengers in travelling from Peshawar to Karachi, Pakistan Railways has launched‘Rehman Baba Express’ today (Sunday).
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed jointly inaugurated the new train service at a launching ceremony  held in Peshawar at 10am.  Every day, Rehman Baba Express will leave for Karachi from Peshawar Cantonment Railways Station at 10am.
Rehman Baba Express has ten economic class coaches, brake van and one power plant, an official at the Peshawar Railways Division told The Nation on Friday. “This service was basically aimed at facilitating low income passengers by providing them economy class service from Peshawar to Karachi,” the official added.
About its route, he said that departing from the provincial metropolis Peshawar at 10am, Rehman Baba Express, named after late prominent Pashto poet ‘Abdul Rehman’ commonly known as Rehman Baba will pass through Nowshera, Attock City, Rawalpindi, Wazirabad, Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Rohri, Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Landhi and will finally reach Karachi Cantonment Railway Station next day at 12:30pm.
Likewise, it departed at 10am from Karachi and will reach Peshawar Cantonment Railway Station at 12:30 pm the next day, the officials explained.
They informed that currently at least four different trains including the Jaffar, Awam Express, Khushal Khan Khattak and Khyber Mail are functional. Of them, the Jaffar Express plies between Peshawar and Quetta, while the remaining three travel between Peshawar and Karachi.
The launch of the Rehman Baba Express for economy class passengers is part of the first 100-day plan of Pakistan Railways.
The ticket is Rs1,350 and passengers travelling on the first day on Rehman Baba Express charged half of the ticket.