Pakistan Railways to import 150 coaches from China

Pakistan Railways would import 150 new coaches from China worth Rs 5.977 billion shortly soon after the tendering process completes, an official at the Ministry of Railways said. The official said, out of the total 150 coaches, China would assemble only 40 coaches and remaining would be assembled here.
He said that other countries like Germany and USA are not only reluctant to transfer their technology but their prices are so high, which is unaffordable for PR owing to lack required resources. "Pakistan Railways prefer China, because their prices are not only reasonable but they are also interested to transfer their technology to Pakistan."
The fact that government has also shown interest to import 75 locomotives and 1,300 high-speed wagons from China. New high-speed wagons would give relief to the people by taking little time to cover more distance, as it would travel with 100 km per hour.