Passenger Traffic.

Passenger earnings comprise 50% of the Railways total  revenue. During 1999-2000 this amounted to Rs. 4.8 billion. Pakistan Railways carry 65 million passengers annually and daily operates 228 Mail, Express and Passenger Trains. Daily Passengers carried 1,78,000.  Pakistan Railways also operate special trains during occasions  like congregations of the Dawat-e-Islami and theTableeghi Ijtima. 

New refurbished

 rake of  Tez Gam

Freight Traffic.

The Freight Business Unit with 12000 personnel,  operates over 200 Freight Stations on the Railway Network.  The Unit serves two major ports of Karachi and Bin Qasim as well as all the four provinces of the country and generates revenue from the movement of Agricultural, Industrial and imported products, Petroleum Oil & Lubricants (POL), Wheat, Coal, fertilizer, Rock Phosphate, Cement, Container traffic and Sugar. About 39% of the revenue is generated from the transportation of POL products, 19% from Imported Wheat, Fertilizer and Rock Phosphate.  the remaining 42% is earned from domestic traffic.

Top Lifter in operation.

The Freight Business unit offers   services to meet customers requirements, reduce costs through efficiency, innovation and modernization.  All possible efforts are made to increase revenues and pass on the benefits to the customers. The Freight Business Unit is headed by an Additional General Manager 

The Freight Rates structure is based on market trends particularly of the road transport which is Railways main competitor. The freight rates are no longer rigid but flexible, depending on the lead, peak off peak season, and quantum offered.

Pakistan Locomotive Factory at Risalpur is a  public spread on area of 251 acres of land, was put into service in 1993 with the collaboration of Government of Japan at a total cost of Rs.2284.00 million  including a foreign exchange component of Rs.1496.00 million. The rated out part of the factory 2 Diesel Electric Locomotives per month on single shift basis which can be doubled by introducing 2nd shift working. The factory is equipped with the state of the art equipment which can be employed in building of D.E.Locomotives of a horse power and Electric Locomotives with minor adjustments.

Since 1993, twenty three PHA -20 type D.E.Locomotives of 2000 H.P have been rolled out of the factory. The on going project of AGE-30 D.E.Locomotives of 3000 H.P. is at the verge of its completion, which is a milestone in the history of the factory. Apart from manufacturing new locomotives, the Pakistan Locomotive Factory has also  successfully rehabilitated 5 D.E.Locomotives of GRU-20 Type and manufactured other various spares/components for railways maintenance divisions and Rehabilitation Project. Pakistan Locomotive Factory is a national asset which apart from domestic needs can fulfill the pressing demands of the new millennium.