"Khokhrapar-Monabao rail service from coming January"
Umerkote, Sindh, September 19, (PPI):
The revamping and uplift of Khokhrapar-Monabao rail track would be completed by December 2005, And from January 2006, trains would start running on this section, General Manager of Pakistan Railways Saleemur Rehman Akhund said here on Sunday. He said 40-kilometeres of the meter-gauge track had been converted into broad-gauge and the remaining part of the work would also be completed within the stipulated time. The arrangements for Customs and immigration counters at Chore and Khokhrapar railway stations were being finalized. He said two trains wre proposed on Khokhrapar-Monabao section daily, and one special train would daily between Karachi and Khokhrapar.(Posted @ 18:04 PST From the Dawn on September 19, 2005)
"Khokhrapar rail link to start in January"
from www.dawn.com/2005/09/23/nat45.htm (September 23, 2005)
LAHORE, Sept 22: The Khokhrapar-Monabao rail link will be resumed in January next, says Pakistan Railways new general manager (operations) Saleemur Rahman Akhoond. In his maiden press conference at the PR headquarters on Thursday, Mr Akhoond said: Around 50km existing line of meter gauge has been replaced with broad gauge on the Mirpurkhas-Khokhrapar section so far.
He said the work was simultaneously started both from the ends of Khokhrapar and Mirpurkhas and likely to be completed before Dec 31. He was confident that traffic would move through the broad gauge according to the schedule.
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Umerkote, Sindh, September 19, (PPI):
The revamping and uplift of Khokhrapar-Monabao rail track would be completed by December 2005, And from January 2006, trains would start running on this section, General Manager of Pakistan Railways Saleemur Rehman Akhund said here on Sunday. He said 40-kilometeres of the meter-gauge track had been converted into broad-gauge and the remaining part of the work would also be completed within the stipulated time. The arrangements for Customs and immigration counters at Chore and Khokhrapar railway stations were being finalized. He said two trains wre proposed on Khokhrapar-Monabao section daily, and one special train would daily between Karachi and Khokhrapar.(Posted @ 18:04 PST From the Dawn on September 19, 2005)
"Khokhrapar rail link to start in January"
from www.dawn.com/2005/09/23/nat45.htm (September 23, 2005)
LAHORE, Sept 22: The Khokhrapar-Monabao rail link will be resumed in January next, says Pakistan Railways new general manager (operations) Saleemur Rahman Akhoond. In his maiden press conference at the PR headquarters on Thursday, Mr Akhoond said: Around 50km existing line of meter gauge has been replaced with broad gauge on the Mirpurkhas-Khokhrapar section so far.
He said the work was simultaneously started both from the ends of Khokhrapar and Mirpurkhas and likely to be completed before Dec 31. He was confident that traffic would move through the broad gauge according to the schedule.
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