Speaking at the booking inauguration, PR chairman said that it would be a successful example of public-private partnership. Railways would provide all possible support to make this project a success.
The first Business Train will be operational from January 15, 2012. The PR management expects that the department will earn Rs1.15 billion per year through this project.
Four Brothers International Private Limited, a private company, invested Rs225.786 million to bring substantive changes to value adding in the passenger services. Besides a modern booking booth, the company has also built a special passenger lounge at the citys main station, which was inaugurated by the General Manager (Operations) Saeed Akhtar recently.
International standard facilitates will be provided to the passengers in this train, which will be operated between Lahore and Karachi, said organizers of train service.
According to the agreement, food and catering service for the passengers in the lounges and in the Business Train would be provided by the Four Brothers. The Business Trains would consist of nine Business-Class airconditioned coaches, with a journey time of 18 hours.
It is expected that mostly business community would travel through the train. The PR is likely to start more such trains in Sialkot and Faisalabad.
