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India
to operate Thar Express train to
Pakistan for six months
Mirpurkhas (Pakistan): The Thar
Express train will arrive at Zero Point Railway Station, in Mirpurkhas,
from India tomorrow. It will operate on the India-managed route for the
next six months, announced Pakistan's Divisional Superintendent Railway
Karachi Mir Mohammad Khaskheli here yesterday. He said that a PC-1 has
been forwarded to the federal government, costing Rs 500 million, for
approval of construction of a modern building at any one railway station
Zero Point or Khokhrapar, for providing further facilities to the passengers.
He said this at railway station Mirpurkhas after his visit to the railway
track between Mirpurkhas and Zero Point railway stations, reported The
News. Khaskheli further said the track between Mirpurkhas and Zero Point
was in better condition and the journey time of three-and- a-half hours
of Thar Express between Mirpurkhas and Zero Point railway stations is
being reduced to two hours. He further said Mirpurkhas reservation office
was being connected online by providing modern computers due to which
the passengers would be able to get their reservations conveniently.
-Feb 16, 2007
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