ISLAMABAD: The much awaited Azadi Train, with all its grandeur, is well set to get on track and depart from Railway Carriage Factory for Margalla Station on Wednesday.
A formal inauguration ceremony will be held on August 11 at 11 am.
The train will begin its journey from Peshawar on August 12 and will reach Karachi on September 5, says a press release.
The train will make its return on September 9 to reach Golra Station, Islamabad on September 13.
The month-long journey by Azadi Train will cover more than 50 cities across all the four provinces of the country.
The train will stay overnight at 16 stations which include Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sahiwal, Multan, Samma Sata, Sukkur, Sibi, Quetta, Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Karachi, Larkana, Jacobabad, Dera Ghazi Khan and Kundian Station.
The Azadi train is a customized commemorative train prepared through joint efforts of Pakistan Railways, Ministry of Information Broadcasting and National Heritage and Inter Services Public Relations.
The train would carry 18 coaches of which six have floats projecting the culture of four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir; six coaches would house art galleries.