Fareed Express
# Fareed Express

Fareed Express (Urdu: فرید ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. The trip takes approximately 26 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,214 kilometres (754 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line. The train named after Baba Fareed Shakar Ganj, a famous Sufi saint and Punjabi poet who lived in Pakpattan between 1173–1266.

## History

On 21 August 2016, the Fareed Express train was privatized and outsourced to Syed Jamil & Company which joined hands with Pakistan Railway to operate the train in a private-public venture. The trains have been be equipped with internet service, AC services and catering.

## Route

* Karachi City–Lodhran Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
* Lodhran Junction–Raiwind Junction via Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
* Raiwind Junction–Lahore Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

## Station stops

* Karachi City
* Karachi Cantonment
* Drigh Road
* Landhi Junction
* Kotri Junction
* Hyderabad Junction
* Tando Adam Junction
* Shahdadpur
* Nawabshah Junction
* Pad Idan Junction
* Bhiria Road
* Mahrabpur Junction
* Rohri Junction
* Ghotki
* Mirpur Mathelo
* Sadiqabad
* Rahim Yar Khan
* Khanpur Junction
* Liaquatpur
* Dera Nawab Sahib
* Mubarakpur
* Samasata Junction
* Bahawalpur
* Lodhran Junction
* Jamraniwah
* Kahror Pakka
* Mailsi
* Nur Shah
* Vehari
* Machhianwala
* Mandi Burewala
* Gaggoo
* Arifwala
* Murad Chishti
* Pak Pattan
* Haveli Wasawewala
* Basirpur
* Mandi Ahmadabad
* Kanganpur
* Usmanwala
* Khudian Khas
* Kasur Junction
* Raiwind Junction
* Kot Lakhpat
* Walton
* Lahore Cantonment
* Lahore Junction

## Equipment

The train has AC Standard and Economy class accommodations.

## Incidents

* Karachi rail crash, 3 November 2016
