If you have ever travelled from Karachi to Rawalpindi than you will be familiar with ‘Tezgam Express Train’ which is one of the oldest train service in Pakistan. The route and schedule of the train is kept similar from many years, the only major change was shortening its destination to Rawalpindi earlier it travelled to Peshawar.
Tezgam travels around 1548 kilometer from Karachi to Rawalpindi and offers different class accommodation at different prices. You can either travel in Economy, AC Business or AC Sleeper class to cover the distance in almost 25 hours.
It travels through multiple stations and stops at more than 23 stations which include the following:
- Hyderabad Junction
- Tando Adam
- Nawabshah
- Mehrabpur
- Khairpur
- Rohri Junction
- Khanpur
- Bhawalpur
- Multan Cantt
- Khanewal Junction
- Mian Channu
- Chichawatni
- Sahiwal
- Okara CITY
- Pattoki
- Raiwind Junction
- Lahore Junction
- Gujranwala
- Wazirabad
- Gujrat
- Lalamusa Junction
- Jhelum
- Gujar Khan
You can also book your ticket through the online e-ticketing system which was introduced by Pakistan railways to facilitate the passengers.
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Tezgam express travels daily from Karachi to Rawalpindi and from Rawalpindi to Karachi. Its departure time from Karachi is 5:30 pm. It reaches Hyderabad station at 7:40 pm, Rahim Yar Khan at 2:46 am, Multan 7:00 am, Lahore at 1 am and Rawalpindi at 7:10 pm.
From Rawalpindi its departure time is 8:00 am and it reaches Lahore at 1:15, Multan at 7:05, Rahim Yar Khan at 11:22, Hyderabad at 7:35 am and reaches Karachi Cantt Station at 10:10 am.
If you are planning to travel from Tezgam then make sure to book your tickets as early as possible to avoid any inconvenience.