Mehr Express 127UP — within 15 minutes of the scheduled time 19% of the time, typically 29 minutes late, over 8 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 Sanawan to Rawalpindi it typically adds 48 min, from 14 recorded runs. At Rawalpindi it has typically arrived 66 minutes late, from 18 recorded runs.
Every train, compared
2 of 2 with 7+ daysOver this leg is the CHANGE in a train's delay between Sanawan and Rawalpindi 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 Sanawan — no booked arrival at Sanawan to measure from at all. Figures cover runs recorded between 31 July 2026 and 7 September 2026. why a delay figure changes along the route.
| Train | Departs | Arrives | Duration | Distance | Typical delay | On-time | Over this leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129Thall Express 129UP | 08:02 | 21:45 | 13h 43m | 528 km | +1h | 6% | adds 57 min · 19 |
| 127Mehr Express 127UP | 17:53 | 07:15 +1d | 13h 22m | 503 km | +29 min | 19% | adds 48 min · 14 |
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.
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Common questions
How many trains run from Sanawan to Rawalpindi?
2 scheduled services on the current published timetable. That is what is booked to run, not what ran today.
Which is the fastest train from Sanawan to Rawalpindi?
Mehr Express 127UP, booked at 13h 22m for the journey. That is the timetable's figure. Whether it holds on the day is what the delay columns describe.
Which train from Sanawan to Rawalpindi is most likely to be on time?
Mehr Express 127UP has the best recorded punctuality of the services we hold enough history for: 19% of its recorded stop arrivals were within 15 minutes of schedule, with a typical delay of 29 min. That is its record across every stop of its full journey, not this leg alone. Measured from recorded runs, not from the timetable. 2 of 2 services on this route currently have enough recorded history to rank at all.
Is there an overnight train from Sanawan to Rawalpindi?
Yes. 1 of the 2 scheduled services is booked to arrive on a later day than it departs: Mehr Express 127UP.
Do trains lose time between Sanawan and Rawalpindi?
Typically yes. Thall Express 129UP adds about 57 min to its delay over this leg, measured across 19 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 Sanawan to Rawalpindi by train?
It is between 503 and 528 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.
Are these Sanawan to Rawalpindi 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.