Shalimar Express 28DN — within 15 minutes of the scheduled time 44% of the time, typically 22 minutes late, over 10 days of recorded runs across every stop of its full journey, not this segment alone. That is its whole-journey record, a different promise from this leg alone: over just Ghotki to Karachi Cantt it typically adds 22 min, from 22 recorded runs. At Karachi Cantt it has typically arrived 62 minutes late, from 26 recorded runs.
Every train, compared
10 of 10 with 7+ daysOver this leg is the CHANGE in a train's delay between Ghotki and Karachi Cantt on the same run — not how late it arrives; a train can run late through its whole journey and still show no change here. — means either too few recorded runs on this leg, or — permanently, for a train whose journey starts right here at Ghotki — no booked arrival at Ghotki to measure from at all. Figures cover runs recorded between 30 July 2026 and 3 October 2026. why a delay figure changes along the route.
| Train | Departs | Arrives | Duration | Distance | Typical delay | On-time | Over this leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8Tezgam 8DN | 00:25 +1d | 10:30 +1d | 10h 05m | 530 km | +58 min | 17% | adds 56 min · 20 |
| 48Rehman Baba Express 48DN | 06:29 +1d | 16:55 +1d | 10h 26m | 530 km | +2h 20m | 13% | adds 43 min · 32 |
| 14Awam Express 14DN | 07:32 +1d | 19:25 +1d | 11h 53m | 532 km | +2h 09m | 8% | adds 40 min · 34 |
| 12Hazara Express 12DN | 13:38 +1d | 00:30 +2d | 10h 52m | 533 km | +1h 17m | 10% | makes up 14 min · 32 |
| 28Shalimar Express 28DN | 18:02 | 02:55 +1d | 8h 53m | not measured yet | +22 min | 44% | adds 22 min · 22 |
| 2Khyber Mail 2DN | 19:47 +1d | 05:15 +2d | 9h 28m | 531 km | +2h 02m | 7% | adds 1h 01m · 10 |
| 38Fareed Express 38DN | 21:24 | 07:55 +1d | 10h 31m | not measured yet | +44 min | 14% | adds 26 min · 30 |
| 26Bahauddin Zikria Express 26DN | 22:23 | 08:30 +1d | 10h 07m | 533 km | +1h 10m | 10% | adds 59 min · 18 |
| 46Pakistan Express 46DN | 22:56 | 08:45 +1d | 9h 49m | 530 km | +1h 02m | 5% | adds 1h · 26 |
| 10Allama Iqbal Express 10DN | 23:17 | 09:15 +1d | 9h 58m | 533 km | +53 min | 24% | adds 1h 20m · 18 |
What the marks mean
- Departs · Arrives — scheduled local times, published Pakistan Railways timetable
- +1d — a stop on a later day of the train's own run, not a date
- Typical delay · On-time — the train's whole journey, not this segment alone; typical is the median of its recorded stop arrivals, and on-time is within 15 minutes of the scheduled time
- — — fewer than 7 days of recorded runs for that train
- Over this leg — the change in each train's delay between the two stations above, counted on runs recorded at both (a run whose two stations were logged a day apart is matched too, when that day-shifted leg length matches the train's usual one). “adds” means the train picked up extra delay over this stretch; “makes up” means it arrived less late than it left; “no change” means neither. The figure shown is the middle (median) run: no more than half of a train's counted runs did WORSE than it, and no more than half did better — never a claim that exactly half did either, which isn't always possible to state.
- A large “makes up” usually says more about the leg than the train: where several services on this page all recover time, the stretch is booked with room in it. It never means the train ran early — only that it was less late arriving than departing.
- — — in that column: fewer than 7 runs recorded at both stations on the leg's usual booked times, or — permanently, for a train whose journey starts at this page's origin station — no booked arrival there to measure from at all, which will not fill in with more archive age.
Every service in detail
Typical delay and on-time share are the train's whole journey, from 7+ days of recorded runs. Over this leg is the change in that train's delay between the two stations, from runs recorded at both.
- Tezgam 8DN8تیزگام 8 ڈاؤن00:25 +1d→10:30 +1d10h 05m17% on time · +58 minadds 56 min over this leg · 20 runs
- Rehman Baba Express 48DN48رحمان بابا ایکسپریس 48 ڈاؤن06:29 +1d→16:55 +1d10h 26m13% on time · +2h 20madds 43 min over this leg · 32 runs
- Awam Express 14DN14عوام ایکسپریس 14 ڈائون07:32 +1d→19:25 +1d11h 53m8% on time · +2h 09madds 40 min over this leg · 34 runs
- Hazara Express 12DN12ہزارا ایکسپریس 12ڈاؤن13:38 +1d→00:30 +2d10h 52m10% on time · +1h 17mmakes up 14 min over this leg · 32 runs
- Shalimar Express 28DN28شالیمار ایکسپریس 28 ڈائون18:02→02:55 +1d8h 53m44% on time · +22 minadds 22 min over this leg · 22 runs
- Khyber Mail 2DN2خیبر میل 2 ڈائون19:47 +1d→05:15 +2d9h 28m7% on time · +2h 02madds 1h 01m over this leg · 10 runs
- Fareed Express 38DN38فرید ایکسپریس 38 ڈائون21:24→07:55 +1d10h 31m14% on time · +44 minadds 26 min over this leg · 30 runs
- Bahauddin Zikria Express 26DN26بہائو الدین زکریا ایکسپریس26 ڈائون22:23→08:30 +1d10h 07m10% on time · +1h 10madds 59 min over this leg · 18 runs
- Pakistan Express 46DN46پاکستان ایکسپریس 46 ڈائون22:56→08:45 +1d9h 49m5% on time · +1h 02madds 1h over this leg · 26 runs
- Allama Iqbal Express 10DN10علامہ اقبال ایکسپریس 10 ڈائون23:17→09:15 +1d9h 58m24% on time · +53 minadds 1h 20m over this leg · 18 runs
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Common questions
How many trains run from Ghotki to Karachi Cantt?
10 scheduled services on the current published timetable. That is what is booked to run, not what ran today.
Which is the fastest train from Ghotki to Karachi Cantt?
Shalimar Express 28DN, booked at 8h 53m for the journey. That is the timetable's figure. Whether it holds on the day is what the delay columns describe.
Which train from Ghotki to Karachi Cantt is most likely to be on time?
Shalimar Express 28DN has the best recorded punctuality of the services we hold enough history for: 44% of its recorded stop arrivals were within 15 minutes of schedule, with a typical delay of 22 min. That is its record across every stop of its full journey, not this leg alone. Measured from recorded runs, not from the timetable. 10 of 10 services on this route currently have enough recorded history to rank at all.
Is there an overnight train from Ghotki to Karachi Cantt?
Yes. 7 of the 10 scheduled services are booked to arrive on a later day than they depart: Hazara Express 12DN, Shalimar Express 28DN, Khyber Mail 2DN, Fareed Express 38DN and others.
Do trains lose time between Ghotki and Karachi Cantt?
Typically yes. Allama Iqbal Express 10DN adds about 1h 20m to its delay over this leg, measured across 18 recorded runs. That is the CHANGE over the leg, not how late the train arrives: a train can run late its whole journey and add nothing here.
How far is it from Ghotki to Karachi Cantt by train?
It is between 530 and 533 km along the track, depending on the service. Measured by summing our own GPS traces of trains running the route, not the straight-line distance between the two stations, which is always shorter than the rails. That is measured on 8 of the 10 services; the rest of the track on this route has not been traced yet.
Are these Ghotki to Karachi Cantt timings the real arrival times?
No. The departure and arrival columns are what the published timetable books. The delay columns beside them are what we recorded actually happening, from the operator's own reports and from GPS traces of the trains. Where a delay figure is blank we do not yet hold enough recorded runs to publish one.