TRAIN TO PAKISTAN THAR EXPRESS runs in Desert INTE

  • 5 years ago
Train goes via BARMER not BIKANER sorry for mistake in video
**PHOTOS AND VIDEOS USED IN VIDEO ARE NOT OF THAR EXPRESS IT IS JUST TO DISPLAY TRAINS**

The Thar Express is a continuation of the previous Sind Mail which was revived after a period of 41 years on 18 February 2006. The Thar Express travels along the Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line which was built in 1892 as the Hyderabad–Jodhpur Railway

Thar Express (Urdu: تھر ایکسپریس‬‎) is an international passenger train operated weekly by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Khokhrapar.

The trip takes approximately 7 hours, 5 minutes to cover a published distance of 381 kilometres (237 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line.

Upon reaching Zero Point railway station and clearing customs, passengers cross the border to Munabao, India and board the Thar Link Express to Jodhpur.

The trip takes approximately 7 hours and 5 minutes to cover a published distance of 381 kilometers (237 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line. The train departs Karachi Cantonment railway station every Friday at 23:45 PST and arrives at Zero Point railway station near Khokhrapar at 07:00 PST on Saturday. Zero Point serves as the final station on the Pakistani side, whereby passengers clear customs and cross the border into India to arrive at the border town of Munabao. Passengers then have to buy tickets for the Thar Link Express which departs to Bhagat Ki Kothi in Jodhpur. On the return leg, the train departs Zero Point railway station on Saturday at 17:00 PST and arrives at Karachi Cantonment railway station at 01:00 PST on Sunday.

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