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Rehman Baba Express

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Rehman Baba Express
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
First service23 December 2018
Current operator(s)Pakistan Railways
Route
TerminiKarachi Cantonment
Peshawar Cantonment
Stops26
Distance travelled1,491 kilometres (926 mi)
Average journey time27 hours, 50 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)47UP (Karachi→Peshawar)
48DN (Peshawar→Karachi)
On-board services
Class(es)AC Business
AC Standard
Economy
Sleeping arrangementsAvailable
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s)Pakistan Railways

Rehman Baba Express (Urdu: رحمان بابا ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Peshawar. The trip takes approximately 27 hours and 50 minutes, to cover a published distance of 1,491 kilometres (926 mi), traveling along the entire stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line. The train named after the Rehman Baba, who was a Sufi Dervish and poet. The Train was inaugurated on 23 December 2018 by former Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed at Peshawar Cantonment railway station.[1][2] Train was outsourced to PRACS on January 1 2023, in September 2023, PRACS refused to run Rehman Baba Express. [3]

Route

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Karachi to Peshawar via Rohri, Multan, Faisalabad, Hafizabad, Wazirabad and Rawalpindi.

Accommodation

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AC Business
AC Standard
Economy

Stops

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