Khyber train safari

Khyber Train Safari
خیبر بخار سفاری
Overview
Service typeTourist train
First serviceApril 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)
Current operator(s)Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Route
TerminiPeshawar Cantonment
Attock Khurd
Distance travelled69 kilometres (43 mi)
Average journey time1 hours, 26 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)1UP (Peshawar→Landi Kotal)
2DN (Landi Kotal→Peshawar)
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s)Pakistan Railways
Khyber Steam Safari
Overview
Service typeTourist train
First service1996 (1996)
Last service2006 (2006)
Former operator(s)Sehrai Travels’ & Sarhard Tourism Corporation (1996 to 2006)
Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (2006)
Route
TerminiPeshawar Cantonment
Landi Khana
Distance travelled58 kilometres (36 mi)
Average journey time1 hours, 52 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)1UP (Peshawar→Landi Kotal)
2DN (Landi Kotal→Peshawar)
Technical
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s)Pakistan Railways

The Khyber train safari (Urdu: خیبر بخار سفاری, Pashto: د خیبر تپ صفري) is a defunct tourist train that was operated and maintained by Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan Railways between Peshawar and Landi Kotal.[1] The trip took approximately 1 hour and 26 minutes to cover a published distance of 69 kilometres (43 mi), traveling along an entire stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line.[2] It was the only passenger line in Pakistan still operating steam engines.

  1. ^ APP (2 April 2015). "Peshawar to Attock Safari train". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "[IRFCA] Pakistan Railway Train Names". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.