28 Shalimar Express 28DN شالیمار ایکسپریس 28 ڈائون
Running 45 min late — heading for Rohri Jn., due 19:45 (operator's estimate), 91 km/h. Last crossed Ghotki.
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.
11 days of recorded arrivals.
Over 27 recorded arrivals (14 Aug – 8 Oct 2026), Shalimar Express 28DN has typically reached Karachi Cantt around 03:57 the day after it leaves — on the worst one run in ten, past 06:00 the day after it leaves, at Karachi Cantt itself. Today's run: track it live →
The “At Karachi Cantt” 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 19h 45m — Lahore Jn. to Karachi Cantt. Typically 20h 47m, 1h 02m longer.
Timetable: out 07:10, in at 02:55 the next day — one night on board.
What these figures cover
- Scheduled — the current timetable, Lahore Jn. 07:10 to Karachi Cantt 02:55 the next day
- Typical journey — from the scheduled departure to the recorded arrival at Karachi Cantt; the median of 27 runs
- Bad day — 22h 31m 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: 14 August to 8 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 Lahore Jn.Leaves Lahore Jn. 32 min early · reaches Karachi Cantt +1h 02m — +1h 34m lost along the way.
- Lahore Jn.07:10لاہور جنکشن32 min early
- Sangla Hill08:29شانگلہ ہل—
- Faisalabad09:45فیصل آباد—
- Toba Tek Singh10:55ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ—
- Khanewal Jnخانیوال—
- Multan Cantt13:10ملتان کینٹ24 min early
- Bahawalpur14:27بہاولپور2 min early
- Samasata Jn15:00سمہ سٹہ جنکشن+5 min
- Khanpur Jn.16:07خانپور جنکشنon time
- Rahim Yar Khan16:42رحیم یار خان+17 min
- Ghotki18:02گھوٹکی+38 min
- Rohri Jn.19:35روہڑی جنکشن+16 min
- Nawabshah Jn.22:10نوابشاہ جنکشن+42 min
- Hyderabad Jn00:10حیدرآباد جنکشن+40 min
- Landhi Jn.02:02لانڈھی جنکشن+1h 18m
- Drigh Roadڈرگ روڈ—
- Karachi Cantt02:55کراچی کينٹ+1h 02m
Where it stands longest past the timetableshortest to longest recorded
- Multan Canttscheduled 20 min24 min–1h 09m
- Rohri Jn.scheduled 25 min20 min–1h 04m
- Hyderabad Jnscheduled 5 min7 min–1h 01m
- Rahim Yar Khanscheduled 2 min3 min–1h
- Bahawalpurscheduled 2 min3–14 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
- Band — the shortest and the longest stand recorded at that stop. The train has left as early as the first figure.
- Keyline — the scheduled stop, arrival to departure on the timetable below.
- Why a train stands is not recorded — a crossing, a loco change and a red signal all look the same on the clock.
- The five stops that stand longest past the timetable, not every stop — most routes have more. A stop qualifies with 7 or more runs timed in and out, and is skipped where the timetable books no stop, books one over an hour, or where any recorded stand ran past three hours.
- Most time is lost between Hyderabad Jn and Landhi Jn. (+38 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 | Lahore Jn. | — | 07:10 |
| 2 | Sangla Hill | 08:27 | 08:29 |
| 3 | Faisalabad | 09:40 | 09:45 |
| ⋯ 2 stops | |||
| 4 | Toba Tek Singh | 10:53 | 10:55 |
| 5 | Khanewal Jn | — | — |
| 6 | Multan Cantt | 12:50 → 12:07·PR | 13:10 → 12:19 |
| 7 | Bahawalpur | 14:25 → 14:18·PR | 14:27 → 14:28 |
| 8 | Samasata Jn | 14:40 → 14:43 | 15:00 → 14:43 |
| 9 | Khanpur Jn. | 16:05 → 16:00·PR | 16:07 → 16:08 |
| 10 | Rahim Yar Khan | 16:40 → 16:47·PR | 16:42 → 16:57 |
| 11 | Ghotki | 18:00 → 18:33·PR | 18:02 |
| ⋯ 4 stops | |||
| 12 | Rohri Jn. | 19:10 | 19:35 |
| 13 | Nawabshah Jn. | 22:08 | 22:10 |
| 14 | Hyderabad Jn | 00:05 +1d | 00:10 +1d |
| 15 | Landhi Jn. | 02:00 +1d | 02:02 +1d |
| 16 | Drigh Road | — +1d | — +1d |
| 17 | Karachi Cantt | 02:55 +1d | — |
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
A full recorded run: 15 August 2026 →
Station by station, last 5 days
50 arrivals recordedOne mark per day, newest first.
A run’s GPS trail is decoded after the journey completes — recent days may link later.
6Multan Canttscheduled 12:5031m early5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 12:07 42m early Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 12:19 31m early Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 12:18 31m early Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 12:11 53m early Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 13:14 +5m Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging 53m early to +5m. Every train at Multan Cantt →
7Bahawalpurscheduled 14:255m early5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 14:18 6m early Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 14:16 11m early Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 14:20 5m early Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 14:32 +5m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 14:26 1m early Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging 11m early to +5m. Every train at Bahawalpur →
8Samasata Jnscheduled 14:40+6m5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 14:43 +3m Train GPS Thu 8 Oct 14:44 +4m Train GPS Wed 7 Oct 14:45 +6m Train GPS Tue 6 Oct 14:51 +11m Train GPS Mon 5 Oct 14:46 +7m Train GPS Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging +3m to +11m. Every train at Samasata Jn →
9Khanpur Jn.scheduled 16:05+3m5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 16:00 7m early Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 16:11 +4m Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 16:20 +15m Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 16:08 +2m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 16:09 +3m Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging 7m early to +15m. Every train at Khanpur Jn. →
10Rahim Yar Khanscheduled 16:40+23m5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 16:47 +16m Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 16:59 +27m Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 17:04 +32m Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 16:50 +19m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 16:54 +23m Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging +16m to +32m. Every train at Rahim Yar Khan →
11Ghotkischeduled 18:00+45m5 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct 18:33 +41m Pakistan Railways Thu 8 Oct 18:43 +52m Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 18:37 +45m Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 18:29 +37m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 18:41 +49m Pakistan Railways Seen on 5 of 5 days, ranging +37m to +52m. Every train at Ghotki →
12Rohri Jn.scheduled 19:10+12m4 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct not recorded — Thu 8 Oct 19:41 +16m Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 19:37 +13m Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 19:29 +5m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 19:36 +11m Pakistan Railways Seen on 4 of 5 days, ranging +5m to +16m. Every train at Rohri Jn. →
13Nawabshah Jn.scheduled 22:08+1h014 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct not recorded — Thu 8 Oct 23:02 +1h03 Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 22:57 +58m Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 22:41 +41m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 23:05 +1h06 Pakistan Railways Seen on 4 of 5 days, ranging +41m to +1h06. Every train at Nawabshah Jn. →
14Hyderabad Jnscheduled 00:05+1h014 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct not recorded — Thu 8 Oct 00:58 +1h08 Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 00:51 +1h03 Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 00:30 +40m Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 00:48 +59m Pakistan Railways Seen on 4 of 5 days, ranging +40m to +1h08. Every train at Hyderabad Jn →
15Landhi Jn.scheduled 02:00+1h254 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct not recorded — Thu 8 Oct 03:16 +1h35 Pakistan Railways Wed 7 Oct 03:26 +1h45 Pakistan Railways Tue 6 Oct 02:50 +1h08 Pakistan Railways Mon 5 Oct 02:56 +1h14 Pakistan Railways Seen on 4 of 5 days, ranging +1h08 to +1h45. Every train at Landhi Jn. →
17Karachi Canttscheduled 02:55+1h134 days
Day Arrived Delay Recorded by Fri 9 Oct not recorded — Thu 8 Oct 04:19 +1h24 Train GPS Wed 7 Oct 04:23 +1h28 Train GPS Tue 6 Oct 03:45 +50m Train GPS Mon 5 Oct 03:55 +1h01 Train GPS Seen on 4 of 5 days, ranging +50m to +1h28. Every train at Karachi Cantt →
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.
- 3 further stops on this route with nothing recorded yet — not listed.
Common questions
Is Shalimar Express 28DN usually late?
Typically 62 minutes late arriving at Karachi Cantt, measured across 27 recorded arrivals (14 Aug – 8 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 Shalimar Express 28DN on a bad day?
On the worst one run in ten, 185 minutes late into Karachi Cantt, against a typical 62 minutes late. Both come from the same 27 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 Shalimar Express 28DN leave Lahore Jn.?
07:10, on the current published timetable. It is booked into Karachi Cantt at 02:55, the day after it leaves. Those are booked times. The delay figures on this page are what we recorded against them.
How long does Shalimar Express 28DN take from Lahore Jn. to Karachi Cantt?
19h 45m on the timetable. In practice a typical run has taken 20h 47m, measured from recorded arrivals at Karachi Cantt.
How many stops does Shalimar Express 28DN make?
17 on the current published timetable, from Lahore Jn. to Karachi Cantt. 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 Shalimar Express 28DN 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 Lahore–Karachi 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.