Inside the old AC Parlour Class coach built in Pakistan.

Inside a new AC Parlour Class coach built with Chinese collaboration for Pakistan Railways. Notice the bright interiors, arrangement of tubelights on the roof as well as on top of the windows. The chairs are well arranged with copious leg room. The pictur

The AC Parlour coach built with Chinese collaboration was manufactured in 2007 in the Railway Carriage Factory, Islamabad.

Builder plate of Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (CRC) on the bogie of the AC Parlour Class coach.

The bogie of a coach built with Chinese collaboration for Pakistan Railways. On the right hand side are the two toilet ducts. I am not sure if they are activated to open to outside atmosphere after the train reaches certain speed.

The air-conditioning inside the Pakistan Railway coaches built with Chinese collaboration are done by a roof-mounted AC manufactured by Guangzhou Refrigeration Machine Co., Ltd.

The AC Parlour Class coach built for the Pakistan Railways with the Chinese collaboration for fit for 140 kmph runs.

Water is filled from top in the Pakistan Railway coaches built with Chinese collaboration.

The vestibule between an AC coach (right) and a non-AC coach (left). The thick cable is the current carrying conductor from the end-on-generator car.

Entrance of an AC Parlour Class coach. Notice the wide door but the climb to it is not on the platform level. The right hand side window is for the toilet. There are two toilets in one coach.

The reserved ticket of the Pakistan Railways. It was booked against "Mr. Saifullah Family". Five such tickets were issued for AC Parlour Car without entering the names of the passengers. Station code: RWP = Rawalpindi, LHR = Lahore.

Back of the reserved ticket.

Platform ticket issued at Rawalpindi. The material in Urdu says: (Top) "Platform Ticket", (Middle) "Rawalpindi", (Bottom) "Sirf us gadi ke liye kaar... hai jis ke liye jaari huwa"

Back of the platform ticket issued at Rawalpindi. The Urdu caption says "Pakistan Railways". A notch is made around 1500 hrs at the entrance of the station, the time at which we entered the platform.

Packing case of the snack served in AC Parlour Coach of Lahore-bound Rawalpindi Express. The food is a joint effort of the Pakistan Railways and PRACS (Pakistan Railways Advisory and Consultancy Services). The latter could be something like our IRCTC.