Faisalabad to Karachi train

Trains from Faisalabad to Karachi start at €120.24 and take 7h 31m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Faisalabad to Karachi starts at €120.24 and takes 7h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 941 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 31mDoor to door
  • 6h 47mMoving
  • €120.24 to €247.29From
  • 06:09 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 31.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€120.24 to €247.29 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €226.39Tue15
  2. about €221.99Wed16
  3. about €247.29Thu17
  4. about €213.19Fri18
  5. about €215.94Sat19
  6. about €195.59Sun20
  7. about €137.84Mon21
  8. about €149.94Tue22
  9. about €161.49Wed23
  10. about €163.14Thu24
  11. about €172.49Fri25
  12. about €203.29Sat26
  13. about €180.19Sun27
  14. about €120.24Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Lowest CO2€106.49
  1. Pakistan Railways PR835406:096h 47m12:56Faisalabad Railway StationKarachi City Station

Door to door 7h 31mCO2 31.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Pakistan Railways€106.497h 9m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Karachi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Karachi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Faisalabad to Karachi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €127.5890 days
  2. €97.1460 days
  3. €108.1145 days
  4. €79.2030 days
  5. €80.3821 days
  6. €111.0614 days
  7. €106.347 days
  8. €230.833 days
  9. €203.101 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €79.20.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €230.83, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €148.82Sun
  2. €106.34Mon
  3. €106.34Tue
  4. €125.22Wed
  5. €143.51Thu
  6. €154.13Fri
  7. €145.87Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Faisalabad

Rail
  • Faisalabad Railway Station
  • Faisalabad Dry Port railway station
  • Abbaspur railway station

Karachi

Rail
  • Karachi City Station
  • Karachi Cantonment Railway Station
  • Karachi University railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 941 km against 941 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Multan, Jhang Sadr, Bahawalpur, Hyderabad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Faisalabad at 06:09 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 54m1h 44m3h 10m€106.34238.4 kg1
Train7h 31m6h 47m44m€120.2431.1 kg5

Questions about Faisalabad to Karachi

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi take?

The Train from Faisalabad to Karachi takes 7h 31m door to door, of which 6h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 941 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi cost?

The Train from Faisalabad to Karachi starts at €120.24 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €123.54. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi?

1 operators run the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi: Pakistan Railways. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi use?

The Train from Faisalabad to Karachi leaves from Faisalabad Railway Station and arrives at Karachi City Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Faisalabad to Karachi?

Traveling from Faisalabad to Karachi by Flight costs €106.34 and takes 4h 54m door to door, against 7h 31m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi?

Fares for the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €79.20. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi produce?

The Train from Faisalabad to Karachi produces about 31.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 941 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi?

Operators on the Train from Faisalabad to Karachi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 31m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Faisalabad to Karachi on September 14, 2026: 941 km of route against 941 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €120.24, and 7h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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