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Indicators	Unit	Data	Data Year	Data Source	Notes	Average	Range
Total Route	km	7,791	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Includes 7,346 km broad-gauge and 445 meter-gauge. Does not include Yards and Sidings.		24.6-63,327
By Gauge	route-km
Broad Gauge (1.676m)		7,479	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Meter Gauge (1.000m)		312	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Narrow Gauge (0.762)
By Type	route-km
Single Track		9,928	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 71
Double Track		1,043	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 71
Electrified		293	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 71	Data shows the length of route kilometers. For track kilometers, it is 544 track km.
Three/Multiple Tracks
Total Track	km	11,515	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Includes 11,103 km of broad gauge and 412 km of narrow gauge
Total Population	million	159	2006	World Development Indicators
Total Land Area	sq km	770,880	2006	World Development Indicators
Railway Density in terms of
Population	rail route km/1,000 people	0.05	2006	World Development Indicators		0.31	0.0008-0.06
Land Area	rail route km/sq km land	0.01	2006	World Bank staff calculation		0.012	0.00004-0.2
Railway Traffic Density of Passenger	passengers transported annually/rail route km	10,452	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Total Number of passengers is 72,397,000	46,709	10,452-98,205
Railway Traffic Density of Freight	tonnes transported annually/rail route km	774	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Total freight carried by the Railways is 6,180,208 tonnes	2,958	153-11,492
Freight Tonnes Carried - Net Tonne Kilometers (NTKM)	million	5,906.85	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Passenger Kilometers (PKM)	million	25,621	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
No.of Employees		86,096	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
(NTKM + PKM)/Employee	US$-km
(Freight Revenue + Passenger Revenue)/Employee	thousand US$	2.907	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 102
Average Rail Tariff
Freight	US$/ton km	0.013	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007		0.044	0.013-0.14
Passenger	US$ per passenger per km	0.006	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 77	Average 33.30 Palsa (0.33 PKR) per passenger per km. 1 US$ = 58.20 PKR in 2004.	0.006	0.006 – 0.01
Goods Transported Annually by Rail	million tonnes/yr	6.03	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Passenger Transported Annually by Rail	million passengers/yr	81.4	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Rail Passenger Revenue	US$/passenger	1.97	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 111	Calcuated based on Coach Earnings: Rs 8,316,409 thousand = US$ 1,42,894 (I US$ = PKR 58.2) Passenger Earnings: 7430951418 Rs
	US$/passenger-route km	0.00025	2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 111
	US$/PKM	0.0064		Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003, Page 111	[Passenger-km = 22,305,575,810]
Rail Freight Revenue	US$/ton goods	13.05	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Average revenue Rs. 783 per ton. 1 US$ = Rs. 60 in 2006.
	US$/ton-route km	0.0017	2006	World Bank staff calculation	Total freight revenue divided by the product of tonnes carried and total route km.	0.0013	0.0002-0.0048
	US$/NTKM	0.013	2006	World Bank staff calculation	Total rail freight revenue divided by NTKM.
No. of Main Line Locomotives Operational -- Total		544	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Electric		21	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Diesel		510	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Steam		13	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Including regular steam locomotive and meter gauge steam locomotive.
No. of Passenger Coaches		1,904	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Including passenger coach and other coaching vehicles.
No. of Freight Wagons		20,809	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007
Railway Passenger Share (% of total passenger domestic travel)	%	9.4%	2004	Economic Survey 2003-04, Page 148			6%-9.4%
Railway Freight Haulage Share (% of total freight domestic carriage)	%	4.2%	2004	Economic Survey 2003-04, Page 148			3.9%-15%
Rail Passenger Tariff	US$ per passenger per km		2003	Pakistan Railways Year Book 2002-2003. P.77
Long Distance		0.006			It is the value for average rail passenger tariff per per passenger per km - 33.30 Palsa (0.33 PKR). 1 US$ = 58.20 PKR in 2004.	0.0048	0.003-0.006
Urban		N/A
Suburban		N/A
Percentage of Multi-Tracked Lines	%	9.06%	2003		Double line track: 1,043 km.	30%	9.06%-54.30%
Total Operating Revenue	thousand US$	300,727	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Rs. 18,243,620,000 1 US$ = 60 PKR.
Total Operating Expenses	thousand US$	264,471	2006	Pakistan Statistical Year Book 2007	Rs 15,868,276,000. 1 US$ = 60 PKR.
Net Operating Income	thousand US$	36,256	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Operating Revenue per Kilometer Route	thousand US$ / rail route km	38.60	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Operating Expenses per Kilometer Route	thousand US$/rail route km	33.95	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Net Operating Income per Kilometer Route	thousand US$/rail route km	4.65	2006	World Bank staff calculation

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