Lowest CO2€109.79
- Pakistan Railways PR523106:465h 24m12:10Karachi City StationMultan City railway station
Door to door 6h 8mCO2 24.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Karachi to Multan train
Trains from Karachi to Multan start at €96.04 and take 5h 50m at their fastest.
The Trains from Karachi to Multan starts at €96.04 and takes 5h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 739 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 50mDoor to door
- 5h 6mMoving
- €96.04From
- 24.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Railways | €83.94 | 5h 44m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Multan City railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Multan for the night the train gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Karachi to Multan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €70.9490 days
- €72.7160 days
- €75.0745 days
- €65.6330 days
- €71.5321 days
- €103.9814 days
- €122.277 days
- €177.143 days
- €183.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €65.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €183.63, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €98.08Sun
- €93.95Mon
- €82.74Tue
- €103.98Wed
- €125.74Thu
- €105.16Fri
- €124.04Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Karachi
Rail
- Karachi City Station
- Karachi Cantonment Railway Station
- Karachi University railway station
Multan
Rail
- Multan City railway station
- Multan Cantonment railway station
- Tatipur railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 739 km against 739 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 Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Jalalpur Pirwala. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Karachi at 06:46 and the last at 14:04, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 33m | 1h 23m | 3h 10m | €82.74 | 187.2 kg | 2 |
| Train | 5h 50m | 5h 6m | 44m | €96.04 | 24.4 kg | 6 |
Questions about Karachi to Multan
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 Karachi to Multan take?
The Train from Karachi to Multan takes 5h 50m door to door, of which 5h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 739 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 Karachi to Multan cost?
The Train from Karachi to Multan starts at €96.04 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €111.99. 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 Karachi to Multan?
1 operators run the Train from Karachi to Multan: Pakistan Railways. Between them they file around 6 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 Karachi to Multan use?
The Train from Karachi to Multan leaves from Karachi City Station and arrives at Multan City railway 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 Karachi to Multan?
Traveling from Karachi to Multan by Flight costs €82.74 and takes 4h 33m door to door, against 5h 50m 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 Karachi to Multan?
Fares for the Train from Karachi to Multan bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €65.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 180 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Karachi to Multan produce?
The Train from Karachi to Multan produces about 24.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 739 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 Karachi to Multan?
Operators on the Train from Karachi to Multan publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Karachi to Multan on September 9, 2026: 739 km of route against 739 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €96.04, and 5h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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