PAKISTAN RAILWAYS

PAKISTAN RAILWAYS COMPANY PROFILE

Pakistan Railways is the national, state-owned railway transport service of Pakistan, headquartered in Lahore. It operates and maintains all public passenger and freight rail traffic in Pakistan. The company is a public sector corporation under the Ministry of Railways, Government of Pakistan.

Nature of Business:

Pakistan Railways is neither a factory nor a trader in the conventional sense. It is primarily a transportation service provider and an infrastructure operator. While it does possess workshops for the maintenance, repair, and sometimes the manufacturing of its own rolling stock (locomotives, carriages, wagons) and components, its core business is not the production of goods for sale to external customers (like a factory) or the buying and selling of goods (like a trader). Its main function is to facilitate passenger and freight movement across the country by providing railway services.

Key Activities:

* Passenger transportation services

* Freight transportation services

* Management and maintenance of railway infrastructure (tracks, bridges, signaling systems, stations)

* Maintenance, repair, and overhaul of rolling stock

* Limited manufacturing of railway components and rolling stock for internal operational use

Pakistan Railways primarily provides transportation services and related offerings. Their main products and services include:

Passenger Transportation Services

Freight Transportation Services

Logistics and Cargo Handling Services

While not typically sold as commercial products to external customers, Pakistan Railways also internally produces and utilizes:

Locomotives

Passenger Coaches

Freight Wagons

Railway Track Components such as sleepers rails and fasteners for maintenance and infrastructure development

Additionally, they may be involved in:

Leasing of Railway Property and Land

Sale of Scrap Materials for example discarded metal and old rolling stock components