Why Pakistan’s secret LUXURY DINING train surprised me!
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- This is the Pakistan Railways Premium Lounge, a luxury dining experience on one of the many trains in Pakistan.
Join me as I travel from Karachi to Multan in a Business Class sleeper train, as I see this fancy experience isn't quite as amazing as it first seems.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Karachi City
Destination: Multan Cantt
Company: Pakistan Railway (PR)
Train: PR AGE-30 + Sleeper Carriages
Accommodation: Business Class Room (C6)
Distance: 928 kilometres / 577 miles
Price: 6800 PKR (£19.10 / €22.40 / $24.30)
Time: 17 hours, arrived 94 minutes late
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Built in 2013, and yet inside as well as on the outside somehow it looks like it's had 40 years of relentless use already...
I’m older than that carriage, and there are carriages older than me in the States that look far better than this. What the hell happened here?
@@captainminecraft631WAR 😂
@@captainminecraft631 massive overpopulation and poverty can do that to a train
it has - paistan follows a leap year calendar backwards meaning everything and everyone there ages 4 times faster but things keep devolving 4-years a pop - they're in 1639AD right now
It looks as if has never been cleaned in thr 11 years of it's life. 🤮
What a filthy disgusting train. Imagine how many cockroaches there must have been in the Premium Lounge kitchen. You are a brave guy!
You've never been in a New York hotel obviously.
Well he already must have had cockroach flavored spinach cream cheese in the premium lounge kitchen. It’s digestible though. Not just desirable.
PAXSTAN RAILWAY GRAPEEEEEEEEEEEEE
But those roaches are halal!
I've got to say a cockroach infested cabin with toilets to match, makes a bad day on LNER look like a trip on the Orient Express.
Now imagine how many of them were rolling around in the kitchen 💀
I take LNER approx twice a month for 5h30 and I’m so bleeding grateful it’s not like this train 😂😂
My God, this is the most garbage-filled station I've ever seen.
It's the cleanest pakistani station.
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@@Hansalicious nope pakistan has better much better cleaned stations than that
@@shaheer4819like
@@shaheer4819 Maybe some abandoned stations are.
The amount of garbage is insane.
😂😂still better than India...in india we have more dirty stations than this....
@@somnathsinhababu7642 then you go Pakistan 😂😂😂
@@somnathsinhababu7642if station of your city is dirty then don't assume whole nation has same condition
You and people of your city are responsible for such state of stations
In my State Maharashtra... people as well as goverment do there work properly..
@@आर्यावर्तसर्वोच्च I have seen the condition of Mumbai local trains and stations...it's third class and absolute nuisance and dirty...be patriot but don't overlook the pathetic condition of our country...
@@somnathsinhababu7642 Nope, only yours may look Dirty. Station in my area is very clean.
Railway Station ❌❌
Garbage Dump Yard ✅✅
Some of Pakistan's Railway lines used to be electrified, before neglect, economic trouble and vandalism meant they had to largely be dismantled. Maybe the poles at 11:14 are remnants of that?
Edit: One of my replies says it's water filling infrastructure.
Those are meant for filling of water in coaches .
Pakistan had electrified line just in the small sectionbetween lahore and khanewal on lahore karachi line
@@sayan1475 Ah cool! Thanks for correcting!
A tiny portion of pakistan railways tracks were electrified, but they dismantled it due to theft of the wires. They did ghazwa on their own railways and took wires as maal e ghanimat.
@@swapnilp5774 🤣
@@swapnilp5774😂 itna bhi sach nhi bolte bhai
As a Pakistani 🇵🇰 I have to say this is a ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT, granted the infrastructure maybe old but they should make an effort to being clean.
If ur government don't take intrest in building and upgrading infrastructure then good luck 🤞🏼 ur going to face many many problems in future
Its Karachi man. Its destined to be ignored 😔. Other stations r better.
Yeah, it's absolutely disgusting, and poverty is not an excuse to not have some basic hygiene
@@Bitrey it’s a disgrace
@@adamuk8199 🙁 hopefully things will change
I cant help comparing with the massive strides Indian railways have made lately with electrification and station reconstruction
Indian railways is continously improving. In past few years our railway budget has increased exponentially
Also our government made brilliant move, they made dedicated freight corridor so current railway infrastructure won't be affected also they'll make another dedicated high-speed corridor so
In future you'll see
1. Normal tracks.
2. Freight tracks.
3. High-speed tracks side by side
Indian Railways have systems in place to offer good clean service. But rude and disgusting behaviour of general public fail them. But there is continuous effort from Govt and Railway to improve and cleanliness. Little support from Public can turn Indian Railways to super service. Ironically the same public behave incredibly disciplined and clean when they take a Flight to travel. This sudden behaviour change always puzzles me.
The room comes with free protein, how considerate.
😂
They keep cocoroaches in business class as pets so that the Western travelers don't feel lonely.
@@thomashunter5645 companionroach your new best friend.
watched the video twice and still searching for Luxury.
😂😂Indian guy spotted
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@aamirayaaz_05 yeah... So? Can you give me time stamp of "luxury" though??
4:50
lndians can't joke about that bro 💀💀 it's not like you're Swiss. your country is just a bit better than Pakistan but that's it
Why does it look like the station was built on a landfill 😭
My dad worked for British Rail in the 60s and 70s. That meant free rail travel for me right up to my early 20s! Went everywhere, from Aberdeen to Southampton in 80s and 90s. They were the days. Most of my classmates in my small town in the middle of nowhere could never fathom where I'd been over the weekend.
The metal detector gate seems a joke when you could enter the station via the car park and presumably alps by walking along the tracks.
Those passengers who missed where they kept their keys and coins , in pockets of jeans they wear, will use the metal detector gate. It is the luxury offered by the NEW COUNTRY, BORN ONLY IN 1947. THEIR FUTURE VISION IS FOR 2047 .
Excellently covered. The roaches problem is too much in PR as due to shortage of coaches, proper fumigation couldn't take place. Two trains on empress bridge at same time was unique.. Even though traveling many times through Empress bridge, I wasn't lucky to have that action yet.
1:32 hahaha though the security guards were busy having a chat so i left them to it hhahahahaah
You are very brave!
Given the population of Pakistan why does nobody clean anything or pick up the mountains of garbage? Yuck!
They hava a long way to go.
simple Karachi funds don't get spend on Karachi maintenance .
Way it is in these places,
Govt gets tax (57% of income tax i hear) from Karachi but its votes dont matter. Hence karachi is thoroughly ignored.
No investment in providing services by the government .only a minority of people actually pay tax
The steel frame around the train at the platform is for refilling the water in the train coaches. This sort of set-up is very common in Indian subcontinent. Hope that helps!
Hi. Last video from Pakistan and then no sign of life. I hope you are well, Superalbs.
I used to think Indian Railways was bad with its delays and chaos, but after seeing the state of Pakistani Railways, it feels like luxury! 🚂 At least our trains usually show up, and the stations don't look like ruins. Suddenly, our trains seem much better than I thought! 😅👏
India didnt spend all their money in their military, they actually built things for the general public, which is why they got better stability
You watched a video and it provided value to your existence. It made your life worth living.
@@someguygaming9248 In Pakistan, govt doesn't spend money on army, army itself extracts all the money possible by itself. Not just budgetary provisions, but they control a huge portion of economy, and that money, which would have gone to people, goes to army.
@@swapnilp5774 your depth of knowledge literally defies your raison d'etre
@@Gujratiah Wow! you used 'raison d'etre'! How cool..!
Now lets get serious and tell me, exactly what in my comment made you reply like that?
It's been a long time you made a video in a sleeper train!! And more importantly... In Pakistan?! Nice video btw, impatient for your next video, SuperAlbs!!
When you said that room was business class I nearly pissed myself laughing and wondered if that is what you get for a premium fare I would hate to see what the plebs were travelling in
I like the niche you fill. Most people take the exotic/luxury/normal trip. I admire that you opt for off the track routes/trains. It gives a more organic aspects of train travel across the world. By biggest surprise was the bribe for your room (not this episode). Hope you keep it up.
Pakistan railways proves that you can get even a train by begging. Bravo pakistan.
You are the pinnacle of human civilization. Humanity is extremely proud of this awesome achievement.
Though they might not meet international standards, Indian railways are still far superior to those in Pakistan. Considering that this is Pakistan's second-biggest and one of its most significant cities, those platforms and tracks are abhorrent. It is really disgusting, and there is really no need to sugarcoat things. I am hoping perhaps the Pakistani army can bring about changes for the betterment of their people.
Pakistan railway is like a time capsule. One of the reasons that I watch vlogs from Pakistan, especially about trains is that I get to see how trains in India would have been just after partition.
Also, we are far ahead of Pakistan in terms of infrastructure (or rather Pak is so far behind) that a comparison almost seems futile to make .
Why not look at your own backyard? Many Indian railway stations are filled with rubbish, though not at the similar levels of Pakistan, but still significant. 2021 built locomotives look like they're running for decades, you can check it yourselves with a video on India's supposedly 'High-speed' train called gatiman
@@engineeredarmy1152
Most of your statements (although not entirely baseless) seem heavily extrapolated. There has been a significant improvement in cleanliness/ maintenance & general upkeep. The third largest railway network on the world cannot be improved in mere years.
Where I agree with you is: India definitely has a long road ahead in railways to be comparable with EU/ other SE Asian regions.
That's the whole point behind my comment about why it's futile to Compare Indian railways with Pakistan Railways. (As a railway enthusiast, I wish to see Pakistan Railways improve as well, why wouldn't I?)
Exactly how does the mention of Indian Railways come in this 🤷🏽♀️
Indian railways are disgusting too. I was at Madgaon last year and the whole platform was crawling with cockroaches. They were crawling everywhere, we had to carry our luggage on our backs. The outskirts of most cities are lined with garbage and putrid sewers. Train toilets, don't get me started. You are not winning any cleanliness prize, that's for sure.
@1:01 FYI, there was no Pakistan in 1861, it was Bharat/India. Thanks :)
Exactly.. UA-camrs should study some history before commenting on history.
Nope, it was British India
@@muzammilali7114 India forcefully looted by Britishers.
@@muzammilali7114 Yes, It was India ruled by the British.
@@muzammilali7114lol India is the oldest country on the planet.
Study history but not from Pakistan.
Ill never complain about Amtrak again
Tracks between platform look like garbage dumps. At China and Russia railway stations workers swept the tracks between train and everything was clean as a whistle. This eyesore is deplorable.
That's what i-Slam does. Damages people's mental health.
@@physiocrat7143 More like poverty and hopelessness, Dubai seems pretty clean.
One more thing is the regional stability. When a war can break out tomorrow and you could lose everything you own in a heartbeat, people are less likely to invest in their surroundings. Poverty synergizes well with it, as it tends to make you think in short term.
@@raics101
Land ownership in Pakistan is especially concentrated. This destroys incentive.
Sadly I even have seen it in Sweden and we don't even have Windows or doors(on the track Side) that can be opened on almost all trains
@@meki___6881
Swedish railway tracks seem to be maintained as nature reserves.
10:10 ride quality that rivals any Talgo
😂😂😂 At least, Talgo has speed and is much cleaner than this so called luxury train.
@@peeyush7766He doesn't call it a luxury train. He said it's a train with a luxury dining car
@@peeyush7766 I doubt Talgo is responsible for cleaning their wobbling wagons 10 years after delivery. But then again, I don't know of other Spanish products, aside from tomatos. They certainly didn't come with a maid from Madrid, or maybe I should have asked the cashier. I can kind of understand Pakistan having lousy trains, but someone like France having a Talgo on old village routes, oooof. Wasn't there anything left over from the Wehrmacht?
If I ever wanted to go back in time, I would definitely visit pakistan.
The birds during the intro sounded excited!
I'm genuinely surprised by the stark difference compared to Indian trains and stations, even though ours aren't that modern. I suppose this is what happens when a country's economy is collapsing and the military is in control.
At 1:45 Why station railway tracks been used as a dump site for all the trash.
Because nobody cares.
The yare all over the world really, richer countries just have them cleaned up more often
Take Vande Metro next time, Vande Bharat Sleeper is on its way.
I'm from India here we also have waste management problem. But I'm shocked to see this railway station looks like they never clean this place. 😮🤯
7:14 the sun 🌞 was awesome 👌
The only progress pakistan railways made since independence is getting diesel locos.
The metal frames house a water supply pipe. They are used to fill up the water tanks in coaches. The train stations with such facilities are also known as watering stations and are usually major stations. They can be fould all across India and Pakistan. Although indian trains have filling pointsvlocated under the carriage and the water filling happens from the side and not the top.
Yes with electrification, they had to change the filling point in India
@@SHNKRDS I think it was always from the side. Might just be a design choice by icf
@@river. No, earlier it was on top. The coaches would have a string of caps on the roof.
@@SHNKRDS ooh. Maybe I was too young to notice
15 minutes about a dining car... Yep, sounds about right! 👍
Ran straight to the comments 😅 Seriously, the litter, the filthy cabin, the bathroom (!!!), the bugs. Just wow. This is horrifying. Kudos to you and your positive nature.
These are China left out train's for Pakistan - China friendship. Left out means out dated trains.
WTH THIS IS LIKE THE LUXURIOUS TIME OF THE 1800s
Pakistan railway is an absolute disaster and embarrassment.
Whatever you show around the world !
But there nothing like Indian food 😋, people , cultures, 🎉, 💕
The frames of pipes on Samasatta Junction were actually for Filling water in tanks ( installed on roof of Coaches )
Brave! That would have freaked me out!!
Bet the Premium Restaurant has 'Bugs' on the menu too. But I must admit, the Premium Restaurant looked lovely, and I am sure the on-board staff were great.
I am surprised trains are running there because their economy is running by the help of IMF and other countries aid.
Cleanliness is not a priority there, maybe they don’t even see it as a problem.
11:11 those are water lines to clean the roof of the train
Abe it's for filling water. Not to clean the roof
Thank you for your honesty.
Good to see they are keeping the station spotless. Never seen anything so clean and tidy.
Only question I have is, how many toilet rolls did you use per minute?
Good sarcasm here 😅
@ Your welcome, your a braver person than me.
What the f is that station..theres so much garbage on the tracks right besides the platform.
You are a trooper for doing this ride!!!! 🇨🇦
On another note, there are 701s in service. They provide some coverage to Windsor, Shepperton, Hounslow and Hampton Court. You might like to make the journey to Shepperton.
11:15 The Metal bars and Frames seem to supply the overhanging sprayers of some kind. SO I guess either it's for some weird train cleaning (which would make little sense directly at the station) or maybe to keep the tracks free of something? Hard to guess really!
Very cool journey, great vid 👍
6:49 just imagine 👀 that you are sleeping in train and suddenly this insect enter in your ear 👂😢
coming from Multan I respect you for visitng it especially after all the heavy rains affecting the city, also this is waht you can expect from the trains there sadly
Superalbs Travels, do you have any plans about the Eurostar Trains?
There were no Eurostar Services stopping at Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International until 2025.
Enjoy 😉!
Metal frames are part of a carriage watering system.
2:41 What's the difference between the locomotive doors and the ones in Malaysia and Pakistan Malaysia is KTMB Class 26 sesame like CC206 sesame like CC206 but doors diffrent similar BB 301 302 303 304 305 Jenbacher austrian and CFD France or french and 306 but AGE 30 Like Sloping nose CC203 & CC204 In Regional Division 3 Palembang, South Sumatra
KTM class 26 it's not same with CC 206. KTM class 26's model is Adtranz DE-AC33C. While CC 206's model is GE CM20EMP.
Sorry for my bad English 🙏🙏
All the rubbish everywhere!
I like British station architecture though
For them This is LUXUERY and they Dream of Capturing Kashmir🤡, Irony at its best 😂
TMKB
@@arifnoor100 WORLD'S BEST TOILET PAPER is 🇵🇰
Many years travelling in some parts of the world where those (and other) bugs are common taught me to always carry Bio Kill in my backpack. It works! As soon as you enter the train (or hotel room in many places, as well...) spray a generous amount all over with special insistence where those creatures tend to be more prevalent. It's a bliss. No more bugs of any type sharing your space.
Cheers!
But then you stay in the room with all the poison in the air?!
Perhaps they could have lizards on the train to eat the bugs.
@@tanismarshall8501You do understand what’s all around you in any case?
You live with the poison rather than harmless bugs.
It's not toxic to humans and mammals in general. That's why it's safe to use.@tanismarshall8501
Dining car looks charming.
1:45 when strong wind blow just think what happen 😂😂 whole track is filled with garbage 😂
Interesting trip, thanks for sharing. After seeing the state of the room, I think I’d have just spent the entire trip in that dining car!
Shahi Palak features paneer, which is cheese curds. There is no "cream cheese" involved.
Thanks for the correction!
Thanks for coming
Wait? Am i the only one who find out that old bangladeshi trains used to look like this?
You should really consider taking the Viceroy Special one day in Sri Lanka, it's the last active train service that's still hauled by a steam engine.
Change it's name man. It gives a sense of colonialism.
@@swapnilp5774 Who cares?
@@fabians.5037 Sane people do.
Looks like these platform are never been upgraded
Nice video. Missing your videos from India. Please come here again!
I'm sorry but this is why I could never visit a 3rd world country. What a gross mess from start to finish. I'm sorry I just prefer no bugs in my bed and no trash filled train stations with stray dogs and pavements with 60 cm cracks in it.
100% agree. Although it seems young people think this sort of travel makes them morally superior for some reason. I find it kind of condescending.
Well this is fun. German travel is boring.
@@billumand I disagree I think Germany is fun even though a lot of German places are not clean either. Weird to mention Germany though because I'm not German. 🙄
There is no such thing as 'first', 'second' or 'third' world.
@@swapnilp5774 there is and my guess is you are from the latter one and triggered
14:33 "Though of course, I bought all six berths in the room..." WOW, that's some real cultural immersion you got going on there. I mean, why try to understand the country and its people when you can just sit all alone and make judgments about their trains? That is exactly why people hate self-serving UA-cam vloggers.
I make videos about trains. Why would I cover the country and culture? Plenty of others do that better than I ever could.
Great trip, the premium lounge remind me about some special train in Japan but with addition of rough ride.
The amount of filth and garbage in station is disgusting. I would have thrown up. Brave guy to endure this journey in bug infested train coaches.
The coaches look like they were just rebuilt from 1920s rolling stock and the signals are from 19th century. Hasn't much changed since Pakistan gained independence 😂
good Video！！
ありがとう！
Hi. On the train from Bulgaria to Bucharest you inadvertently caught a UFO on camera. The shot is excellent as it shows the orb moving over the train track then suddenly disappearing at phenomenal speed. It's at 16.26 of that video.
Can you give the link plz 🥺🙏😊
We need the link or the exact name of the video.
@@Market_Imagina
It's at 16.24 for then about 2-3 seconds
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@@thetechnocrat4979
16.24 for 2-3 seconds.
ua-cam.com/video/booE7XItP4k/v-deo.htmlsi=HnhnoPY5Io7HQ4js
@@thetechnocrat4979
It's at 16.24+
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Please make video on Kiwi Rail Coastal Pacific or TranzAlpine.
Okay, I will film the Coastal Pacific in 5 days. 😁
Suffering for your Art, love it
Try Green Line next time because thats the only good train we got unfortunately.
Omfg, that station and train is shocking. How can somewhere be so badly run that is acceptable while at the same time spending billions on high speed and nuclear weapons. I suppose it’s still a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the country & culture for the guy making the video but for the millions of people living there, it’s just not ok and totally inexcusable.
The effects of eye slam.
You SOB@physiocrat7143
The cables on the metal frame look to be possibly telephone wires. When we lived up in the hills of Perth (Western Australia) in the 80's & 90's, the ground was basically all rock and the telephone lines were strung up under the power lines and had similar conductors/resistors or whatever those things are called. Predictably, being close to the power lines, the call quality was not the best and always has a "hiss" during conversations. Our gas for cooking was delivered in giant 45kg bottles and we had a twin bottle set up and sewerage was 2 giant soak wells which had be be emptied by a truck. The only thing they really blasted through the rock up there was the water pipes
That much Garbage on tracks feels like garbage area not a railway station, India mein smjhta tha mai gandgi karte hai log lekin Pakistan toh yaha bohot aage nikla
2 words "Incredible journey" & "Pakistan" does not match 😂😂😂😂
230V 1A over USB? DAMN SON
If you are lucky enough you can also spot some bedbug there 😂😂😂.
When I travel to countries like this, the first thing I do is buying a bug spray //
India also has bugs in trains
@@engineeredarmy1152 no
Bed bugs are non existent in south east asia
@@engineeredarmy1152 Cry more, if your country got bad things, it doesn't mean your Neighbours have it too. And no, India does not usually have bugs in their trains, through sometimes, you may find some, but that is understandable, as it travels through long distances and cleaning the trains would be a nightmare.
11:12
In South Asia
Every junction will have place to fill water. The wire is for electric and signaling cable.
The station of departure looks like a landfill with tracks.
May be those are water pipes, to fill water tanks for WC
7:06 Legendary Sentences Said Moments Before Disaster
11:15 these pressurized water outlets for filling up water in toilets and washbasins as passing trains stop by.
14:54 - In Germany we would say, the train was nearly on time 😂
94min late on a 17h journey isn't too bad, considering that I once got started a scheduled 15min ride in Germany on time, but it then took 45 min and the air-conditioning wasn't working either on a very hot day 😅🤷🏼♂
As a Pakistani you should try sir syed express Air Conditioning sleeper
Wow! Air conditioning? That's the epitome of luxury.
@@swapnilp5774 green line is actually modern
@swapnilp5774 Each sleeper coach compartment have their separate washroom , compartment of 2, and 4
Bro please make a video on new Kashmir route in India in this winters....huge love from India ❤️🇮🇳
nice video! That dining car doesnt even fit there 😀 we were taking trains in inda but must go to pakistan too, looks interesting
Pakistan railways are the best in the world. You get to see animals like cockroach mosquito rats and dirty people all around when traveling. Nightmare