Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed on Saturday announced to run three new trains on immediate basis for the improvement of the department.

Addressing a press conference, Sheikh Rasheed said that in order to facilitate the passengers, the booking offices will remain open till 12am.

He said that a summary regarding 10,000 job vacancies has also been forwarded to Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Earlier, Sheikh Rasheed had reaffirmed his commitment to bring down deficit of Railways to nil within one year. He said it has been decided to remove ghost contractual employees in the department to lessen financial burden.

Railways will soon be developed as a modern technical organization, he added.