Pakistan Railways is going to hold a seminar/conference on 09.10.2020 (Friday) in P.R. Headquarters office Lahore at 09:30 HRS, regarding induction of rolling stock (Passenger Coaches and Freight wagons) and to discuss their salient features/specifications, keeping in view the anticipated traffic volume on ML-I and GITA etc. Rolling stock of Railways need to be upgraded in line with modern specification of robust design and enhanced speed. Therefore, Pakistan Railways plans to induct latest passenger coaches and freight wagons to provide state of the art facilities for general public by improving the existing obsolete infrastructure and inducting the new fleet compatible with modern / European specifications. After a very long time Ministry of Railways has initiated various projects regarding induction of rolling stock in development budget as well as PPP mode. Current PSDP as well as PSDP Plus includes huge budget for rolling stock. In current Financial Year PSDP, various projects are ongoing including induction of 820 freight wagons and 230 high speed passenger coaches. Several news projects, including 600 freight wagons for transit trades, are being initiated in PPP mode. In this seminar various aspects related to these projects shall also be discussed. In view of the above all the relevant stakeholders i.e. concerned government officers, respective vendor’s representatives, public / private entities etc. are requested to participate in the subject seminar/conference and will be encouraged for their valuable feedback/suggestions. Anybody who is desirous to witness/attend this occasion may please contact the office of AGM (Mechanical) at 042-99201642, being the focal person, two days prior to this event.
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