Karachi: Pakistan Railways gets 46 high-speed carriages from China.
Pakistan and China CRRC Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Company signed a deal in November 2021 to supply Pakistan Railways with 230 high-speed coaches as part of a strategy to modernize and improve long-distance passenger services in the nation.
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According to a public relations representative, passenger train coaches will include 80 coaches for the economy and air-conditioned class, 30 parlor coaches, and 20 coaches for luggage and brake.
PR Stated: 200 freight coaches will be imported, while 620 such bogies will be built at the facility. The Chinese company is to manufacture 230 state-of-the-art passenger coaches under a $140 million contract (approximately Rs31 billion), of which 46 will be provided as completely built units and the remaining 184 will be manufactured in Pakistan by PR engineers and technical staff under the supervision of Chinese experts.
