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Pakistan and China’s CRRC Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Company signed an agreement in November 2021 for the supply of 230 high-speed coaches to Pakistan Railways, the plan was to upgrade and enhance long-distance passenger services in the country.
“Out of 230 passenger coaches, the first consignment of 40 coaches will arrive in Pakistan by December, which would have the capacity to run at the speed of 160 kilometers per hour,” the spokesperson, Babar Ali Reza of Pakistan Railways told the media about the delivery of first consignment of the high speed coaches.
The cost of incoming passenger coaches from China was estimated at the time of the contract signing that each economy-class coach would cost $694,000, standard air-conditioned coach $794,000, and an air-conditioned parlor would cost $859,000 upon arrival in Pakistan.
The spokesman said the current maximum speed limit of Pakistani trains was 120 kilometers per hour and the new Chinese coaches would be suitable for higher speed limits after the upgradation of railway tracks.
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