Jaffar Express

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Quetta
First service	16 April 1998
Successor	Pakistan Railways
Current operator(s)	Pakistan Railways
Route
Termini	Quetta Peshawar
Stops	35
Distance travelled	1,632 kilometres (1,014 mi)
Average journey time	35 hours, 10 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	39UP 40Dn (Quetta→Peshawar) (Peshawar→Quetta)
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Business AC Sleeper AC Lower Standard Economy
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Not Available
Other facilities	Eating And Other Facilities are Available
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h
Track owner(s)	Pakistan Railways
Route map

Jaffar Express (Urdu: جعفر ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Quetta and Peshawar.^[1][2] The trip takes approximately 34 hours, 10 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,632 kilometres (1,014 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Rohri–Chaman Railway Line and Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line.

History

The Jaffar Express is named after Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali, who was a prominent Baloch tribal leader, active member of the Pakistan Movement, and a close friend of the Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He was the uncle of former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali. The train was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on 16 April 2003 with Chinese rakes.^[3] The original Jaffar Express ran between Quetta and Rawalpindi. In April 2017, the train was extended to Peshawar.

Route

• Quetta–Rohri Junction via Rohri–Chaman Railway Line
• Rohri Junction–Peshawar Cantonment via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

Station stops

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