title: Fareed Express
text: # Fareed Express
  
  Fareed Express (Urdu: فرید ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. The trip takes approximately 26 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,214 kilometres (754 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line. The train named after Baba Fareed Shakar Ganj, a famous Sufi saint and Punjabi poet who lived in Pakpattan between 1173–1266.
  
  ## History
  
  On 21 August 2016, the Fareed Express train was privatized and outsourced to Syed Jamil & Company which joined hands with Pakistan Railway to operate the train in a private-public venture. The trains have been be equipped with internet service, AC services and catering.
  
  ## Route
  
  * Karachi City–Lodhran Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  * Lodhran Junction–Raiwind Junction via Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
  * Raiwind Junction–Lahore Junction via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  
  ## Station stops
  
  * Karachi City
  * Karachi Cantonment
  * Drigh Road
  * Landhi Junction
  * Kotri Junction
  * Hyderabad Junction
  * Tando Adam Junction
  * Shahdadpur
  * Nawabshah Junction
  * Pad Idan Junction
  * Bhiria Road
  * Mahrabpur Junction
  * Rohri Junction
  * Ghotki
  * Mirpur Mathelo
  * Sadiqabad
  * Rahim Yar Khan
  * Khanpur Junction
  * Liaquatpur
  * Dera Nawab Sahib
  * Mubarakpur
  * Samasata Junction
  * Bahawalpur
  * Lodhran Junction
  * Jamraniwah
  * Kahror Pakka
  * Mailsi
  * Nur Shah
  * Vehari
  * Machhianwala
  * Mandi Burewala
  * Gaggoo
  * Arifwala
  * Murad Chishti
  * Pak Pattan
  * Haveli Wasawewala
  * Basirpur
  * Mandi Ahmadabad
  * Kanganpur
  * Usmanwala
  * Khudian Khas
  * Kasur Junction
  * Raiwind Junction
  * Kot Lakhpat
  * Walton
  * Lahore Cantonment
  * Lahore Junction
  
  ## Equipment
  
  The train has AC Standard and Economy class accommodations.
  
  ## Incidents
  
  * Karachi rail crash, 3 November 2016
  