PAKISTAN TRAINS ( RAILWAYS )

TIMINGS – SCHEDULE – TICKETS – STATIONS – LIVE TRACKING

You can reach pakistan’s top attractions by traveling in train. All major cities are connected with Trains. and few international trains are also available. but you cannot travel in northern areas by train because there is no train tracks yet. after islamabad, peshawar, attock, taxila you have to take local bus to continue your journey.

Useful information about Pakistan

Train operator: Pakistan Railway Corporation – www.pakrail.gov.pk
Time zone & dial code: GMT + 5.  Dial code +92.
Currency: £1 = approx 150 rupees.  $1 = 135 rupees.  Currency converter
Flights & hotels:  Skyscanner.com  | Booking.com
Tourist information: www.tourism.gov.pk  Tripadvisor Pakistan page  Health & vaccinations
Visas:  for visa information visit PAKISTAN ONLINE VISA

TRAINS

Travel in Pakistan

1. JINNAH EXPRESS 31 UP and JINNAH EXPRESS 32 DN is newly launched on 30th march 2019, fast trains (in terms of less stops) for Lahore to Karachi or Karachi to Lahore Travelers with duration of 15 Hours. it is actually a day/night sleeper train. you should try this. prices are starting from 1500 pak rupee to 6500 pakistani rupee, including 2 times main course food and one time breakfast. it has also dining facility. They will also provide blankets and pillow. they hired private staff to take care of cleanliness. And last but not the least wifi facility of internet and Tv screens on board.

2. Green Line : is for traveller of Islamabad – Lahore – Karachi or Karachi – Lahore – Islamabad. which is also a luxury train with less stops. And it is highly recommended. Tickets fare are from 3000 to 6000 pakistani rupee aprox. This train includes Wifi, Food, beds, toilet, tv.

3. PAK BUSINESS is one of less stop train. includes sleeper class, cabin, business class, standard class, economy class. prices are varies according to your class selection. its also recommended if you are traveling to Karachi or to Lahore.

4.KARAKORAM EXPRESS is for Karachi – Lahore Travelers. it also has less stops as compare to others. you can check the stops and timings as following below.

5. Shalimar Express is for lahore / karachi travelers and it is slow as compare to other trains like green line & pak business or jinnah.

6. Tezgam is more like slow train with more stops including all small cities stops.

7. Kybermail is recommended for Peshawar travellers.  it has more stops and it takes more time than others.

AVAILABLE CLASSES IN TRAINS

You can travel in the following available classes as per your requirements:

Sr. # Class Code Class Name
1. ACSL AC Sleeper
2. PC AC Parlour Car
3. ACLZ AC Business
4. ACL AC Standard
5. ISL First Class Sleeper
6. EC Economy Class
7. SEC Second Class

MAJOR STATIONS

Karachi

Karachi has two major stations in city one is “karachi city” station and other one is Karachi Cantt station. you can check timings according to your selected station. Karachi is the largest city of pakistan and they have multiple trains option for traveling to north pakistan.

Lahore

Lahore is Second largest city of Pakistan, it also has two major stations in city. one is main lahore junction station and other one is Lahore cantt station. majority of people travelling through main junction statoin which is near to old lahore and also near to all important attractions like lahore fort, minar-e-pakistan, badshahi mosque (Grand Mosque) etc.

Multan

Multan is also one of the main station of pakistan, Multan is also known as city of tombs. you can stay over here for a day or two to explore this city. it depends.

Rawalpindi / Islamabad

There is two Station Major one is in Rawalpindi and other one is in Islamabad. majority of the traveler travel through rawalpindi station and later they hire any local bus or taxi for traveling to islamabad or murree or other part of pakistan. like swat, naran, kaghan, gilgit, hunza etc.

Quetta

Quetta Station is one of the High Station in pakistan. in term of height. many times trains required two engines attached with your train to take upto quetta city. It is highly recommended. you should travel to Baluchistan and explore the undiscovered area.

Peshawar

if you are interested to explore old civilization you can visit to Peshawar by train, many people use train as a source of traveling for peshawar. Peshawar is one of the old city in the world. there is many sleeper train options if you want to take. Buses are also in good condition you can travel by road as well from islamabad / lahore / karachi.

Jehlum

Jehlum Station is also one of the major station in pakistan. if you have plan to trip for Rohtas Fort, or Kheora Mines ( Salt Mines ) or Katas Temple. you can take train to Jehlum Station and from there you can hire a taxi or bus toward attractions. this is more touristy station because of attractions.

Bhawalpur

If you are traveling to Drawar Fort or Other attraction like Noor Mahal, Bhawalur Palace, Dubai palace. or old bazars. you can take this station to visit these attractions. these attractions are few kilo meters away from Bhawalpur and few of them are in the city. and Bhawalpur it self a beautiful city to explore. you should have a day or two tour to bhawalpur.

TIMINGS

Karachi- Hyderabad – Multan – Lahore – Jehlum – Rawalpindi/Islamabad – Peshawar

JINNAH EXPRESS 31 UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

15:00

2

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

17:05

17:07

3

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

20:35

20:55

4

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

02:55

03:15

5

Lahore Cantt

Lahore

07:00

07:15

6

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

07:30

GREEN LINE 5UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

22:00

2

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

0:15

0:20

3

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

4:00

4:20

4

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

8:43

8:45

5

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

10:10

10:30

6

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

14:15

14:45

7

Chaklala

Rawalpindi

19:10

19:12

8

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

19:20

19:40

9

Margala

Islamabad

20:00

KARAKORAM EXPRESS 41UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

15:30

2

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

17:45

17:50

3

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

21:35

22:00

4

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

03:50

04:10

5

Faisalabad

FAISALABAD

06:30

06:35

6

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

09:00

PAK BUSINESS 303UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

16:00

2

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

18:15

18:20

3

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

19:41

19:43

4

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

22:15

22:35

5

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

00:36

00:38

6

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

03:22

03:24

7

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

04:45

05:05

8

Sahiwal

Sahiwal

06:39

06:41

9

Raiwind Jn.

Raiwind

08:13

08:17

10

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

09:15

SHALIMAR EXPRESS 27UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

06:00

2

Drigh Road

Karachi

06:16

06:18

3

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

06:38

06:40

4

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

08:30

08:35

5

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

09:57

09:59

6

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

12:30

12:50

7

Ghotki

GHOTKI

13:29

13:31

8

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

14:51

14:53

9

Khanpur Jn.

Khanpur

15:43

15:45

10

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

17:37

17:39

11

Multan Cantt

Multan Cantt

19:00

19:20

12

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

20:01

20:03

13

Shorkot Cantt Jn

SHORKOT

20:54

20:56

14

Toba Tek Singh

TOBA TEK SINGH

21:18

21:20

15

Faisalabad

FAISALABAD

22:30

22:35

16

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

00:45

TEZGAM 7UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

17:30

2

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

19:45

19:53

3

Tando Adam

Tando Adam

20:39

20:41

4

Shahdadpur

Shahdadpur

20:58

21:00

5

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

21:30

21:33

6

Mehrabpur

Mahrabpur

22:36

22:38

7

Khairpur

Khairpur

23:40

23:42

8

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

00:20

00:45

9

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

02:46

02:48

10

Khanpur Jn.

Khanpur

03:40

03:45

11

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

05:37

05:41

12

Multan Cantt

Multan Cantt

07:05

07:25

13

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

08:05

08:10

14

Mian Channu

Mian Channun

08:42

08:44

15

Chichawatni

Chichawatni

09:15

09:17

16

Sahiwal

Sahiwal

10:00

10:02

17

Okara

Okara

10:28

10:30

18

Pattoki

Pattoki

11:04

11:06

19

Raiwind Jn.

Raiwind

11:40

11:45

20

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

12:50

13:20

21

Gujranwala

Gujranwala

14:25

14:30

22

Wazirabad Jn

Wazirabad

15:09

15:11

23

Gujrat

Gujrat

15:31

15:33

24

Lala Musa Jn.

Lala Musa

15:54

15:56

25

Jhelum

Gujrat

16:27

16:29

26

Gujar Khan

Wazirabad

17:44

17:46

27

Chaklala

Rawalpindi

18:43

18:45

28

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

19:00

Here

 KHYBER MAIL 1UP

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

22:15

2

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

22:45

22:47

3

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

00:40

00:50

4

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

02:09

02:11

5

Khairpur

Khairpur

04:10

04:12

6

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

04:50

05:15

7

Pano Akil

Sukkur

05:43

05:48

8

Ghotki

GHOTKI

06:09

06:11

9

Mirpur Mathelo

Ghotki

06:35

06:37

10

Daharki

Ghotki

06:53

06:55

11

sadiqabad

Rahim Yar Khan

07:33

07:35

12

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

08:01

08:03

13

Khanpur Jn.

Khanpur

08:55

09:00

14

Liaquatpur

Rahim Yar Khan

09:31

09:33

15

Dera Nawab Sahib

Bahawalpur

10:08

10:10

16

Samasata Jn

Bahawalpur

10:59

11:01

17

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

11:15

11:20

18

Lodhran Jn

Lodhran

11:46

11:48

19

Shujabad

Multan

12:22

12:24

20

Multan Cantt

Multan Cantt

13:00

13:08

21

Khanewal JN

KHANEWAL

13:55

14:20

22

Mian Channu

Mian Channun

14:52

14:54

23

Chichawatni

Chichawatni

15:30

15:32

24

Sahiwal

Sahiwal

16:15

16:20

25

Okara

Okara

16:46

16:48

26

Renala Khurd

Okara

17:06

17:08

27

Pattoki

Pattoki

17:30

17:32

28

Kot Radha Kishan

Kasur

17:55

17:57

29

Raiwind Jn.

Raiwind

18:25

18:30

30

Kot Lakhpat

Lahore

19:04

19:06

31

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

19:40

20:10

32

Gujranwala

Gujranwala

21:22

21:27

33

Wazirabad Jn

Wazirabad

22:02

22:05

34

Gujrat

Gujrat

22:21

22:23

35

Lala Musa Jn.

Lala Musa

22:57

23:00

36

Jhelum

Gujrat

23:32

23:34

37

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

01:40

02:10

38

Attock City Jn

Attock

03:33

03:37

39

Jahangira Road

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

04:14

04:16

40

Nowshera Jn

Nowshera

04:33

04:37

41

Peshawar City

Peshawar

05:22

05:26

42

Peshawar City

Peshawar

05:35

Peshawar – Rawalpindi/Islamabad – Jehlum – Lahore – Multan – Hyderabad – Karachi

JINNAH EXPRESS 32 DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

14:30

2

Lahore Cantt

Lahore

14:45

15:00

3

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

18:35

18:55

4

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

00:50

01:10

5

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

04:43

04:45

6

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

07:00

GREEN LINE 6DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Margala

Islamabad

15:00

2

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

15:20

15:40

3

Chaklala

Rawalpindi

15:50

15:52

4

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

20:05

20:35

5

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

00:10

00:30

6

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

01:50

01:52

7

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

06:30

06:50

8

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

10:25

10:30

9

Drigh Road

Karachi

12:33

12:35

10

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

13:00

KARAKORAM EXPRESS 42DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

16:00

2

Faisalabad

FAISALABAD

18:00

18:05

3

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

20:35

20:55

4

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

03:00

03:25

5

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

07:05

07:10

6

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

08:55

08:57

7

Drigh Road

Karachi

09:20

09:22

8

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

09:45

PAK BUSINESS 304DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

15:30

2

Raiwind Jn.

Raiwind

16:08

16:12

3

Sahiwal

Sahiwal

18:00

18:02

4

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

19:30

19:50

5

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

21:12

21:16

6

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

23:40

23:42

7

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

02:10

02:30

8

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

04:37

04:39

9

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

06:20

06:25

10

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

08:10

08:12

11

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

08:55

SHALIMAR EXPRESS 28DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

06:00

2

Faisalabad

FAISALABAD

08:05

08:10

3

Toba Tek Singh

TOBA TEK SINGH

09:05

09:07

4

Shorkot Cantt Jn

SHORKOT

09:36

09:38

5

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

10:34

10:36

6

Multan Cantt

Multan Cantt

11:15

11:35

7

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

12:52

12:54

8

Khanpur Jn.

Khanpur

14:50

14:52

9

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

15:24

15:26

10

Ghotki

GHOTKI

16:44

16:46

11

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

17:55

18:15

12

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

20:24

20:26

13

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

22:05

22:10

14

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

23:54

23:56

15

Drigh Road

Karachi

00:20

00:22

16

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

00:45

TEZGAM 8DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

08:00

2

Gujar Khan

Wazirabad

08:47

08:49

3

Jhelum

Gujrat

10:03

10:05

4

Lala Musa Jn.

Lala Musa

10:45

10:50

5

Gujrat

Gujrat

11:07

11:09

6

Wazirabad Jn

Wazirabad

11:25

11:27

7

Gujranwala

Gujranwala

11:55

12:00

8

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

13:15

13:45

9

Raiwind Jn.

Raiwind

14:30

14:35

10

Pattoki

Pattoki

15:09

15:11

11

Okara

Okara

15:47

15:49

12

Sahiwal

Sahiwal

16:31

16:33

13

Chichawatni

Chichawatni

17:02

17:04

14

Mian Channu

Mian Channun

17:30

17:32

15

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

18:15

18:20

16

Multan Cantt

Multan Cantt

19:00

19:20

17

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

20:45

20:49

18

Khanpur Jn.

Khanpur

22:35

22:40

19

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

23:12

23:14

20

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

01:45

02:10

21

Khairpur

Khairpur

02:33

02:35

22

Mehrabpur

Mahrabpur

03:13

03:15

23

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

05:00

05:02

24

Shahdadpur

Shahdadpur

05:47

05:49

25

Tando Adam

Tando Adam

06:09

06:11

26

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

06:50

06:55

27

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

08:42

08:44

28

Drigh Road

Karachi

09:02

09:04

29

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

09:30

KHYBER MAIL 2DN

#

Station Name

City

Arrival Time

Departure Time

1

Peshawar Cantt

Peshawar

22:00

2

Peshawar City

Peshawar

22:10

22:12

3

Nowshera Jn

Nowshera

22:42

22:47

4

Jahangira Road

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

23:04

23:06

5

Attock City Jn

Attock

23:43

23:47

6

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

01:25

01:50

7

Jhelum

Gujrat

03:49

03:51

8

Lala Musa Jn.

Lala Musa

04:35

04:40

9

Gujrat

Gujrat

05:00

05:02

10

Wazirabad Jn

Wazirabad

05:20

05:23

11

Gujranwala

Gujranwala

06:00

06:05

12

Lahore Jn.

Lahore

07:10

07:40

13

Lahore Cantt

Lahore

07:53

07:55

14

Kot Lakhpat

Lahore

08:08

08:10

15

Raiwind Jn.

Raiwind

08:35

08:40

16

Kot Radha Kishan

Kasur

08:58

09:00

17

Pattoki

Pattoki

09:25

09:30

18

Renala Khurd

Okara

09:52

09:54

19

Okara

Okara

10:16

10:18

20

Sahiwal

Sahiwal

11:00

11:05

21

Chichawatni

Chichawatni

11:36

11:38

22

Mian Channu

Mian Channun

12:03

12:05

23

Khanewal Jn

Khanewal

12:50

13:15

24

Multan Cantt

Multan Cantt

14:00

14:08

25

Shujabad

Multan

14:41

14:43

26

Lodhran Jn

Lodhran

15:19

15:21

27

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

15:45

15:50

28

Samasata Jn

Bahawalpur

16:06

16:08

29

Dera Nawab Sahib

Bahawalpur

16:37

16:39

30

Liaquatpur

Rahim Yar Khan

17:22

17:24

31

Khanpur Jn.

Khanpur

18:10

18:15

32

Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

18:47

18:49

33

sadiqabad

Rahim Yar Khan

19:08

19:10

34

Daharki

Ghotki

19:48

19:50

35

Mirpur Mathelo

Ghotki

20:06

20:08

36

Ghotki

GHOTKI

20:37

20:39

37

Pano Akil

Sukkur

21:10

21:15

38

Rohri Jn.

Rohri

22:05

22:30

39

Nawabshah Jn.

Nawabshah

00:37

00:39

40

Hyderabad Jn

Hyderabad

02:20

02:30

41

Landhi Jn.

Karachi

04:18

04:20

42

Drigh Road

Karachi

04:48

04:50

43

Karachi Cantt

Karachi

05:15

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For JazzCash Complaints: 042-111-124-444 , From Jazz Number: 4444
For Easypaisa Complaints: 0345-1113737, From Telenor Number: 3737
For UBL Complaints: 021-111-825-777
Pakistan Railways : 042-99201738

LIVE TRACKING

Pakistan recently introduced Live Train Tracking system. now anyone can track there love one trains through satellite, you can download application in your Andriod phones or IOS. but it seems like slow or having some issues. any how something is better than nothing. Enjoy free service!!

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International Train Routes

Pakistan to India by train…

Lahore-Amritsar-Delhi…

A twice-weekly train leaves Lahore at 08:00 on Mondays & Thursdays (these are the confirmed days of running as at November 2008, previously it ran on Tuesdays & Fridays) for Wagah (the Pakistan side of the Pakistan/India frontier) arriving 09:15, departing again after customs checks at 11:30 (in practice usually after 12:00) for Atari on the Indian side of the frontier, arriving 20 minutes later.  The train has 2nd class non-air-con seats only, and it’s composed of Indian Railways carriages for half the year, Pakistani coaches for the other half (I suspect that the days of running may vary depending on which country is providing the coaches – it my run on Tues & Fri for part of the year when provided by Indian Railways, please double-check locally).  There are connections for Amritsar arriving around 15:00, and for Delhi (please double-check connecting times locally).  The fare from Lahore to Wagah is 130 Pakistani rupees.  Tickets are not sold at Lahore’s main station, but at Lahore Railway Headquarters, about 2km from the station.  You need your passport to buy a ticket.  The fare from Wagah to Atari is 16 rupees.

For details of the westbound Samjhota Express from India to Pakistan, and for information on train travel within India.

However, Lahore-Amritsar can also be done daily, and faster, by bus or taxi.  Take a bus or taxi Lahore-Wagah, walk through the frontier to Atari on the Indian side, then take a bus or taxi to Amritsar for daily trains to New Delhi.  Going by bus or taxi also allows you to see the spectacular ceremony at sunset when the border closes.  Indian and Pakistani guards try to outdo each other with their performances, watched by Indians and Pakistani crowds – as a tourist, you may get to sit in the VIP stand!

Karachi-Munabao-Jodhpur-Delhi…

A new weekly international train called the Thar Express started on 17 February 2006.

  • Eastbound:  The Thar Express leaves Karachi every Friday at 23:00, arriving at ‘Zero Point’ on the Pakistan/India frontier at around 08:00 next morning.  After customs checks, the train goes forward to Munabao on the Indian side, arriving around 11:00.The Indian train departs Munabao at 19:00 after customs formalities, arriving Jodhpur (Bhagat Ki Kothi station) at 23:50 Saturday.
  • Westbound:  The Thar Express leaves Jodhpur (Bhagat Ki Kothi station, about 4km from the main station) every Saturday morning at 01:00 arriving Munabao at 07:00, leaving Munabao at around 14:30 on Saturdays, reaching Karachi at 02:15 on Sunday morning.
  • The sleeper fare from Jodhpur to Munabao/zero point is about Rs170, and from Munabao/zero point to Karachi is about Rs230.  No more information is yet available, but feedback would be appreciated!  The train has one sleeping-car and several economy cars.

Pakistan to Iran by train…

Trains run from Quetta to Zahedan (Iran) twice a month, see the Europe-India overland page.  Alternative buses may also be available, please check locally.  You should check the security situation in this part of Iran at www.fco.gov.uk before travelling.

Tips & Hacks

  1. You can buy snacks from the city rather than buying from stations. usually they have double prices inside the station and quality is not good as city grocery stores / shops.
  2. Delays are normal thing in pakistan. its better to confirm by phone while coming to station. and delay during travel is also a normal thing. so never worry about these things in the end you will reach your destination.
  3. Every train have there Police cabin, you can report them if you have any issue or facing any problem while traveling. they will help you. but never argue with any police man. they have official authorities to check you and your baggage just for you safety.
  4. You can stand on doors and smoke. you can also take pictures from the door. but please safety first. If no body will stop you does not mean you put your life in danger.
  5. before train departures train always whistles two times or three times. so keep in mind when ever you go to rest rooms. never miss your train.
  6. In cass you miss your train do not worry. you always have multiple options for travel if you have time.
  7. you can reach train station before one hour of departure. they also have security scanners same like airports. its all because for your safety.
  8. Ticket checker will check your ticket one or two time if your journey is long. so always keep your ticket with you. Without ticket they will fine you or maybe arrest you.
  9. In case of emergency you can pull the chain. but only emergency  other wise there is huge fine ready for you.
  10. AC Business class trains window glass is usually closed you cannot open.
  11. Economy Class windows can be opened and you can enjoy natural winds from outside. but you will be dirty in the end of your journey. because there is dusty areas.
  12. snack man will visit in your train carriage every stop. in case you are feeling hungry you can buy it.
  13. WC is available in all trains and stations. but it might not be clean as you expect. so better to free  your self at home before leaving for your departure.
  14. Be care full of loaders or Collies and always keep eye on them. even they are trust worthy but still never trust on them they dont care that you are following them or not. they will go faster than you expect. I suggest its better to keep your luggage with you.
  15. For long journey you can take travel pillow with you in case you are traveling in economy. better to have your own. also blanket if you want. some times you feel cold in night. specially in winter days.