108 Islamabad Express 108DN اسلام آباد ایکسپریس 108ڈاؤن
Running 13 min late — heading for Lahore Jn., due 22:48 (operator's estimate), 48 km/h. Last crossed Chaklala.
How late is it, usually?
median per recorded stop arrivalEvery figure here is a median, not an average: why we publish a median, not an average. What counts as on time, and why some figures here are blank, is set out in what on time means here, and every threshold behind it.
10 days of recorded arrivals.
Over 33 recorded arrivals (31 Jul – 7 Oct 2026), Islamabad Express 108DN has typically reached Lahore Jn. around 23:19 the day it leaves — on the worst one run in ten, past 00:05 the day after it leaves, at Lahore Jn. itself. Today's run: track it live →
The “At Lahore Jn.” tile above is the arrival at the end of the run; “Typical delay, any stop” averages every stop including the earlier ones, so it usually reads smaller. Where the time goes, below, shows every stop we have recorded.
How long does it take?
scheduled vs recordedScheduled 5h 20m — Margala to Lahore Jn.. Typically 6h 04m, 44 min longer.
What these figures cover
- Scheduled — the current timetable, Margala 17:15 to Lahore Jn. 22:35
- Typical journey — from the scheduled departure to the recorded arrival at Lahore Jn.; the median of 33 runs
- Bad day — 6h 50m at the 90th percentile: nine runs in ten come in under it
- Keyline — the scheduled time. The solid bar is the typical journey, the faint bar behind it the bad day.
- Recorded arrivals: 31 July to 7 October 2026.
- End to end. For a shorter leg, the stop times are in the timetable below.
Which day is worst?
mean minutes late per recorded arrival, 8-week windowThis is a mean over an 8-week window, not the median (typical) figure above — the two are not directly comparable.
Where the time goes
most of it lost after MargalaLeaves Margala 23 min early · reaches Lahore Jn. +44 min — +1h 07m lost along the way.
- Margala17:15مارگلہ23 min early
- Rawalpindi18:00راولپِنڈى+4 min
- Chaklala18:10چکلالہ+10 min
- Lahore Jn.22:35لاہور جنکشن+44 min
What the marks mean
- Solid bar — the typical delay at that stop (median of recorded arrivals)
- Faint bar behind — the bad day (90th percentile): worse than nine tenths of recorded arrivals here
- No faint bar — fewer than 7 recorded arrivals at that stop, too thin for a 90th percentile. The solid bar can still show: it needs only 3.
- — (no solid bar either) — fewer than 3 recorded runs at that stop
- A negative figure means the train typically ran early at that stop, not late
- Most time is lost between Chaklala and Lahore Jn. (+34 min)
- Every stop on the current timetable is listed, in order, measured or not.
Timetable
scheduled → actual, 9 October 2026 runThe second time in a cell is what actually happened on the 9 October 2026 run.
| # | Station | Arrival | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margala | — | 17:15 |
| 2 | Rawalpindi | 17:40 → 17:44·PR | 18:00 |
| 3 | Chaklala | 18:08 → 18:12·PR | 18:10 → 18:16 |
| 4 | Lahore Jn. | 22:35 | — |
What the marks mean
- → 21:28 — actual time on the 9 October 2026 run
- ·PR — Pakistan Railways' own record; unmarked is from the train's GPS
- +1d — the stop falls on a later day of the train's own run, counting from the day it starts. It is not a date.
- Blank — not recorded
Station by station, last 5 days
13 arrivals recordedOne mark per day, newest first.
A run’s GPS trail is decoded after the journey completes — recent days may link later.
2Rawalpindischeduled 17:4015m early5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 17:44 15m early Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 17:50 7m early Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 17:44 16m early Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 17:43 16m early Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 17:45 15m early Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging 16m early to 7m early. Every train at Rawalpindi →
3Chaklalascheduled 18:08+3m5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 18:12 +3m Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 19:02 +57m Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 18:11 +2m Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 18:17 +10m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 18:12 +2m Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging +2m to +57m. Every train at Chaklala →
4Lahore Jn.scheduled 22:35+58m3 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct not recorded — Thu 8 Oct not recorded — Wed 7 Oct 23:46 +1h11 Train GPS Tue 6 Oct 23:33 +58m Train GPS Mon 5 Oct 23:28 +53m Train GPS Seen on 3 of 5 days, ranging +53m to +1h11. Every train at Lahore Jn. →
What the marks mean
- Tap a station — each day’s arrival, delay and recorder
- Green — within 15 minutes of the scheduled time
- Amber — 16 to 45 minutes late
- Red — over 45 minutes late
- Hollow — not recorded that day
- Grey — arrived, no delay figure
- Dash (—) — no delay figure for this stop yet
- Pakistan Railways — its own arrival record; Train GPS — measured from the train’s position
- The starting station is not listed — a train does not arrive where it begins.
Common questions
Is Islamabad Express 108DN usually late?
Typically 44 minutes late arriving at Lahore Jn., measured across 33 recorded arrivals (31 Jul – 7 Oct 2026). That is the median, so half its runs were better than that and half were worse. It is what we recorded happening, not what the timetable books.
How late is Islamabad Express 108DN on a bad day?
On the worst one run in ten, 90 minutes late into Lahore Jn., against a typical 44 minutes late. Both come from the same 33 recorded arrivals. A bad day is not the worst day we have ever seen; it is the level one run in ten reaches or passes.
What time does Islamabad Express 108DN leave Margala?
17:15, on the current published timetable. It is booked into Lahore Jn. at 22:35, the day it leaves. Those are booked times. The delay figures on this page are what we recorded against them.
How long does Islamabad Express 108DN take from Margala to Lahore Jn.?
5h 20m on the timetable. In practice a typical run has taken 6h 04m, measured from recorded arrivals at Lahore Jn..
How many stops does Islamabad Express 108DN make?
4 on the current published timetable, from Margala to Lahore Jn.. The full stop list, with the times booked at each one, is in the timetable on this page. Not every stop is recorded on every run: we publish arrivals we actually observed rather than filling the gaps.
Where is Islamabad Express 108DN right now?
The live tracker for this train shows its last reported position and how late it was running at its most recent recorded stop. Position comes from the operator's own feed. When a train is not reporting we say so rather than estimating where it might be.
Other trains on this route
All Margala–Lahore trains →Service history (first year, operating eras) is drawn from Wikipedia's List of Pakistan Railways trains, retrieved 15 August 2026, matched on train number. Further reading: the train's own Wikipedia article.