{"id":49691,"date":"2024-09-24T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=49691"},"modified":"2024-09-24T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:02:17","slug":"pakistan-plans-first-high-speed-rail-from-lahore-to-rawalpindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/automobile\/pakistan-plans-first-high-speed-rail-from-lahore-to-rawalpindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan plans first high-speed rail from Lahore to Rawalpindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan is on the verge of a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/transport-fares-reduced-in-lahore-following-fuel-prices-drop-details-inside\/\">transportation revolution<\/a> with its first high-speed rail project underway. The proposed Lahore-to-Rawalpindi high-speed rail link, valued at $1.6 billion, has been submitted for approval to the Punjab chief minister&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>This project, developed by the transport and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/fbr-massive-crackdown-to-start-from-non-filers-from-oct-1st\/\">mass transit departments,<\/a> promises to significantly reduce travel time between the two cities to under two hours, with trains reaching speeds of up to 250km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal stresses the need for an action plan, building on the railway department&#8217;s pre-feasibility study.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for this study will come from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/excise-department-launches-hassle-free-car-registration-transfer-services-in-islamabad\/\">Department of Planning and Development<\/a>. However, securing initial funding poses a substantial challenge to the project&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, this high-speed rail will modernize Pakistan&#8217;s transportation infrastructure, offering a swift and efficient travel option between Lahore and Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p>This development is exciting news for Pakistan, especially considering the global trend of investing in high-speed rail networks.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, countries like Egypt are making significant strides in high-speed rail, with a 543-kilometer-long project linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, capable of speeds up to 250 km\/h.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan is on the verge of a transportation revolution with its first high-speed rail project underway. The proposed Lahore-to-Rawalpindi high-speed rail link, valued at $1.6 billion, has been submitted for approval to the Punjab chief minister&#8217;s office. This project, developed by the transport and mass transit departments, promises to significantly reduce travel time between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":49703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14342,2],"tags":[22217,22218,22216,22215],"class_list":["post-49691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","category-pakistan","tag-department-of-planning-and-development","tag-high-speed-rail-from-lahore-to-rawalpindi","tag-pakistans-first-high-speed-rail-project","tag-transportation-revolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49705,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49691\/revisions\/49705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}