ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is all set to introduce Electronic Ticketing (E-ticketing) system during the current year.
“The work on the project has almost completed and the new ticketing will facilitate the railway passengers,” sources in the Ministry of Railways told APP on Tuesday.
They said United Bank Limited (UBL) had offered its services regarding the E-ticketing, however, other A-class banks will be welcomed in case of competitive charges.
To a question regarding upgradation of trains, they said Pakistan Railways so far upgraded three trains and the process will continue.
A train, Musapak will be upgraded in the next month, while rake of Pakistan Express train, which runs between Rawalpindi and Karachi via Wazirabad-Faisalabad, will also be refurbished and upgraded in June this year, the sources added.
They said work on several projects including the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), upgradation of the railway stations and provision of missing facilities at railway stations was underway.
They said the PC-1 for purchase of 200 locomotives was also being prepared for the next financial year and only that firm would be welcomed in this regard which would ensure manufacturing of 75 percent locomotives in Pakistan.
Passengers of every class of society travel by trains therefore various types of trains and fares were being introduced, according to the buying capacity of the passengers, they added.
