LAHORE: Under the next phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), railway tracks from Karachi to Peshawar will be made gate-free and signal-free according to a Geo News report.

Sources said that a fence would be built around the tracks and various underpasses and overheard bridges would be built at all gates on the tracks.

The first phase of the project would focus on railway tracks between Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

The signaling system in Pakistan Railways will also be upgraded under the project.

The work on the project would began next month.