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词条 Jaffar Express
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  1. History

  2. Route

  3. Station stops

  4. Equipment

  5. Incidents

  6. References

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Jaffar Express ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|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 {{convert|1632|km|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

  • QuettaRohri Junction via Rohri–Chaman Railway Line
  • Rohri JunctionPeshawar Cantonment via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

Station stops

{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
  • Quetta
  • Kolpur
  • Mach
  • Aab-e-Gum
  • Sibi
  • Bakhtiarabad Domki
  • Dera Murad Jamali
  • Dera Allah Yar
  • Jacobabad Junction
  • Shikarpur
  • Sukkur
  • Rohri Junction
  • Sadiqabad
  • Rahim Yar Khan
  • Bahawalpur
  • Multan Cantonment
  • Khanewal Junction
  • Sahiwal
  • Okara Cantonment
  • Raiwind Junction
  • Lahore Junction
  • Gujranwala
  • Wazirabad Junction
  • Gujrat
  • Lala Musa Junction
  • Jhelum
  • Rawalpindi
  • Attock City Junction
  • Nowshera Junction
  • Peshawar City
  • Peshawar Cantonment[4]}}

Equipment

The train has, 1 AC Business, 1AC Sleeper and 2, AC Lower Standard Carriage and 7,Economy Carriages And 1, Power Van And Cargo Van

Incidents

  • 16 August 2013: The Rawalpindi bound Jaffar Express was attacked with rockets in Dozan (near Machh) in Balochistan’s Bolan District, killing 2 and injuring 10 people. The banned Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility of the attack.[5]
  • 21 October 2013: The Quetta bound Jaffar Express was hit with a bomb planted on the railway track in Naseerabad District, killing 6 people and injuring 17 people. No one has yet claimed responsibility.[6]
  • 17 November 2015: The Quetta bound Jaffar Express derailed at Aab-e-Gum, Balochistan. The Aab-e-Gum derailment killed 20 and injured 96 people.

References

1. ^http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/16-Apr-17/new-train-service-from-peshawar-to-quetta-inaugurated
2. ^IRFCA: Pakistan Railway Train Names Author: Owais Mughal, Retrieved on 1 July 2013
3. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-4-2003_pg7_47| title=Jaffar Express starts service| date=22 April 2003| work=Daily Times| accessdate=8 August 2012}}
4. ^Pakistan Railways official website, Jaffar Express Timings, Retrieved on 8 August 2012
5. ^http://dawn.com/news/1036233/attack-on-jaffar-express-near-machh
6. ^http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/21-Oct-2013/six-killed-17-hurt-as-blast-hits-jaffar-express-in-balochistan
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