Railways Police perform following functions under section 3 of Pakistan Railways Police act:-

(a)     Preventing loss to Railways property and property consigned to the Railways and prevention of offences in respect thereof;

(b)     Ensuring proper conduct of persons on the Railways;

(c)     General maintenance of law and order on the Railways and taking cognizance of offences committed on them;

(d)     To render all possible assistance to passengers and railways servants;

(e)     To protect travelers from injury to person or property; (f) to keep railway platforms and others railway premises clear of idlers and beggars and to keep a look out for suspicious persons, smugglers and persons travelling with arms without a license or in contravention of rules, regulations or orders for the time being in force;

(g)     To search empty carriages for property left behind by passengers and to take possession of such

          Property for due disposal under the law;

(h)     To control and regulate movement and parking of hackney carriages and mechanically propelled vehicles at Railway stations and enforce the regulation of the Railway authorities with regard to them;

(1)     To bring to the notice of the appropriate Railway authorities any contravention, breach or violation of any law of which the Pakistan Railways police cannot itself take cognizance; and (i) such other function connected with the purposes of this Act as the federal government may by notification in the official gazette, require the Pakistan Railways Police to perform.