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Moen-jo-Daro Express resumes with major modifications


By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

Pakistan Railways resumed the operation of 213 Up Moen-jo-Daro Express from the City Station Karachi with major modifications on August 17. 

Prior to suspension of train operation almost 5 months back due to COVID-19, it was running between Kotri and Rohri via Sehwan, Dadu, Larkana, Shikarpur and Sukkur. 

The Moen-jo-Daro  restored Express will now operate between Karachi and Multan on ML-I path from Karachi to Kotri and ML-II path from Kotri to Multan enroute Dadu, Larkana, Jacobabad, Rajanpur, D G Khan and Muzaffargarh. 

The train having departed from the City Station Karachi comprised of seven economy class coaches with a cumulative seating capacity of 616 passengers.

According to railway sources the extension in initial and final stations of train will be enormously beneficial for the laborers and workers from interior Sindh and Southern Punjab employed in Karachi as it provided them with the cheapest option for journey between their native places and Karachi.

While talking to media on the occasion, the Divisional Superintendent Railways Karachi, Arshad Salam Khattak, said that Moen-jo-Daro Express was not a new train but its route has been elongated primarily as a public facilitation step.

"Though the train will take almost 24 hours between Karachi and Multan but it offers the cheapest possible fare of Rs 920 per berth for a journey of approximately 1000 kilometers,” Arshad Khattak remarked.
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