Pakistan Railways (reporting mark PR) (Urdu: پاکستان ریلویز ), formerly also known as the Pakistan Western Railway (reporting mark PWR) between 1947 and 1974, is the a national state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1886 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns approximately 4,800 miles (7,791 km) of track all across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi.
The railway system is going through a $8.5 billion upgrade as part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, the first phase of the project will be completed by December 2017 and Phase-II by the year 2021.[2]
