{"id":11086,"date":"2023-02-08T16:48:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=11086"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:48:36","slug":"pakistan-railways-inks-deal-with-chinese-firms-for-it-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/pakistan-railways-inks-deal-with-chinese-firms-for-it-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Railways Inks Deal with Chinese Firms for IT Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has signed an agreement with Chinese companies, M\/s Easyway and M\/s Norinco International Cooperation, for the launch of the Railway Automated Booking and Travel Assistance (RABTA) system.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique, announced the initiative during a media briefing at the Railways Headquarters and stated it was a win-win situation for the department.<\/p>\n<p>The system will allow passengers to plan their journeys from the comfort of their own homes by managing tickets, seat reservations, food, hotel, and taxi arrangements, among others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/supreme-court-lambasts-railways-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756\"><style> .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756:active, .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u031241944dba03cb4d5f9f60117e6756:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Supreme Court Lambasts Railways Department<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>According to Rafique, the RABTA initiative will help modernize railway operations and increase revenue through ticketing while the system will also include a parcel booking and tracking facility and access to the trains&#8217; operation management system.<\/p>\n<p>The Sibi-Harnai section of the railway is set to go live soon, which Rafique believes will have a positive impact on the economy of 4 districts, while a sub-office of the railways has also been opened in Gwadar to support port operations, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also mentioned that a policy is being developed for the railway shops to provide employment opportunities and the<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> upgrade of trains is being evaluated, and the cost-cutting of the Main Line-1 project is aimed at making it more viable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has signed an agreement with Chinese companies, M\/s Easyway and M\/s Norinco International Cooperation, for the launch of the Railway Automated Booking and Travel Assistance (RABTA) system. The Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique, announced the initiative during a media briefing at the Railways Headquarters and stated it was a win-win situation for the department. The system will allow passengers to plan their journeys from the comfort\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Pakistan Railways Inks Deal with Chinese Firms for IT Solution","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=11086","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}