Pakistan Railways has scheduled special trains on Eid-ul-Azha to accommodate the large number of passengers traveling during the religious holiday.

The department says the addition of a fourth special train for Eid has been adopted to meet the expected large number of passengers travelling from Karachi to Lahore.

The carrier will operate four special trains for Eid-ul-Azha, the first of which will depart from Karachi on June 14. 

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The second special train is slated to leave Karachi on June 15 at 9 p.m., while the third will depart for Lahore in the afternoon. 

The fourth special train will depart on the night of June 15. 

Previously, on May 31, Pakistan Railways announced that it would run three special trains on Eid-ul-Azha. 

The first train was set to depart Karachi at 6 p.m. on June 14 for Peshawar, while the second one would travel through Multan, Faisalabad, and Lalamusa.

Another train was set to leave Quetta for Rawalpindi at 10 am. 

The train route will be via Multan, Sahiwal, and Lahore. 

The last Eid train will leave for Lahore on June 15 at 9 am.

Karachi-Lahore Special route via Multan, Sahiwal has been notified.