Editing Peshawar (section)

=== Rail ===
[[Peshawar Cantonment railway station]] serves as the terminus for Pakistan's {{cvt|1687|km|mi}}-long [[Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line|Main Line-1]] railway that connects the city to the port city of [[Karachi]] and passes through the [[Peshawar City railway station]]. The Peshawar to Karachi route is served by the ''[[Awam Express]]'', ''[[Khushhal Khan Khattak Express]]'', and the ''[[Khyber Mail (passenger train)|Khyber Mail]]'' services.

The entire Main Line-1 railway track between Karachi and Peshawar is to be overhauled at a cost of $3.65&nbsp;billion for the first phase of the project,<ref>{{cite web |title=Purchase of power: payments to Chinese companies to be facilitated through revolving fund |website=Business Recorder |access-date=6 December 2015 |date= December 5, 2015 |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/4356623 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240314195201/https://www.brecorder.com/news/4356623 |archive-date= Mar 14, 2024 }}</ref> with completion by 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan to get Chinese funds for upgrading rail links, building pipeline |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world/pakistan-to-get-chinese-funds-for-upgrading-rail-links-building-pipeline/story-pI5fBFrrL6tEuJRe0m3v2O.html |first1=Imtiaz |last1=Ahmad  |access-date=9 August 2016 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 June 2016 |quote=The project is planned to be completed in two phases in five years by 2021. The first phase will be completed by December 2017 and the second by 2021. |archive-date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811074118/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/pakistan-to-get-chinese-funds-for-upgrading-rail-links-building-pipeline/story-pI5fBFrrL6tEuJRe0m3v2O.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Upgrading the railway line will permit train travel at speeds of 160 kilometres per hour, versus the average {{cvt|60 to 105|km/h}} speed currently possible on existing tracks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Karachi-Peshawar railway line being upgraded under CPEC |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/22-Jan-2016/karachi-peshawar-railway-line-being-upgraded-under-cpec |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=Daily Times |date=22 January 2016 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810012047/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/22-Jan-2016/karachi-peshawar-railway-line-being-upgraded-under-cpec |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Peshawar was also once the terminus of the ''[[Khyber train safari]]'', a tourist-oriented train that provided rail access to [[Landi Kotal]]. The service was discontinued as the security situation west of Peshawar deteriorated with the beginning of the region's Taliban insurgency.