{"id":487895,"date":"2025-07-02T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=487895"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:09:23","slug":"railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a landmark move to modernize its services and optimize asset utilization, Pakistan Railways has opened its luxury saloon coaches-once reserved exclusively for top government officials and senior railway executives-for public booking on major intercity routes. \u201cFive premium saloon coaches are now available for booking on key routes, including Karachi\u2013Lahore, Lahore\u2013Islamabad and Islamabad\u2013Lahore,\u201d an official in the Ministry of Railways told media. \u201cThis initiative follows a special directive from Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, emphasizing public access to state-owned assets and the importance of innovative revenue generation,\u201d the official added. DNA<br \/>\nHe said each luxury saloon offers a hotel-like experience on wheels, complete with a master bedroom, lounge area, dining space, fully equipped kitchen, and a bathroom with both shower and bathtub. \u201cDesigned primarily for families or groups, these coaches provide a private and comfortable alternative for premium rail travel,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nThe official said the Prime Minister\u2019s saloon is available for Rs. 600,000 on the Karachi\u2013Lahore route and Rs. 150,000 on the Islamabad\u2013Lahore route. The Railways Minister\u2019s saloon is priced at Rs. 400,000 and Rs. 100,000 for the same respective routes.<br \/>\n\u201cThese rates have been structured to make premium rail travel accessible for special occasions or long-distance journeys,\u201d the official said. The bookings can be made via Pakistan Railways\u2019 online portal or through designated reservation counters nationwide.<br \/>\nHe said that this step is part of Pakistan Railways\u2019 broader modernization and reform strategy, which also includes digital ticketing, enhanced onboard services, and upgraded station facilities.<br \/>\nIn addition to exclusive privacy, travelers can enjoy sleeper sofas, personal attendants, and luxurious amenities throughout the journey.<br \/>\nTo reinforce transparency and public benefit, a complete ban has been imposed on the personal use of saloon coaches by railway officers, a decision finalized in a recent high-level meeting chaired by Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi. \u201cThe aim is not only to elevate passenger experience but also to enhance non-fare revenue streams,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a landmark move to modernize its services and optimize asset utilization, Pakistan Railways has opened its luxury saloon coaches-once reserved exclusively for top government officials and senior railway executives-for public booking on major intercity routes. \u201cFive premium saloon coaches are now available for booking on key routes, including Karachi\u2013Lahore, Lahore\u2013Islamabad and Islamabad\u2013Lahore,\u201d an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-487895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD: In a landmark move to modernize its services and optimize asset utilization, Pakistan Railways has opened its luxury saloon coaches-once reserved exclusively for top government officials and senior railway executives-for public booking on major intercity routes. \u201cFive premium saloon coaches are now available for booking on key routes, including Karachi\u2013Lahore, Lahore\u2013Islamabad and Islamabad\u2013Lahore,\u201d an [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T04:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T04:09:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T04:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T04:09:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":331,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/\",\"name\":\"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T04:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T04:09:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public","og_description":"ISLAMABAD: In a landmark move to modernize its services and optimize asset utilization, Pakistan Railways has opened its luxury saloon coaches-once reserved exclusively for top government officials and senior railway executives-for public booking on major intercity routes. \u201cFive premium saloon coaches are now available for booking on key routes, including Karachi\u2013Lahore, Lahore\u2013Islamabad and Islamabad\u2013Lahore,\u201d an [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2025-07-02T04:09:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-02T04:09:23+00:00","author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public","datePublished":"2025-07-02T04:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T04:09:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/"},"wordCount":331,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/","name":"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-07-02T04:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T04:09:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-open-luxury-saloon-coaches-to-public\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Railways open luxury saloon coaches to public"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487909,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487895\/revisions\/487909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}