Online tracking of trains in 15 days

lahore — As many as 300 trackers are being installed in trains to enable people to track train position and movement during travel within 15 days.

This was disclosed by Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed at a Press conference here on Saturday. He said that trackers had been provided to the railways by a local engineer.

He said the railways control room in the headquarters was also being modernised so that the railway staff could monitor the position of a train and rescue passengers in case of any emergency.

The minister said that special hand-held devices would be provided to ticket examiners to nab ticketless travellers.

“We want to operate a modern VVIP train with the help of a fivestar hotel. Good news in this regard will soon be shared,” he said. Sheikh Rashid said managements of some five star hotels also contacted the railways for running a train and an investment committee would take a decision in this regard.

The minister said the railways was also providing transport facility to fertilizer manufacturers and now fertilizer would be transported across the country by rail.

He said discussions with the Pakistan Air force were under way on the use of railways to transport fuel, adding that a meeting was held with PAF Air Vice-Marshal Amir Masood at the railways headquarters on Saturday. — APP