Walton Railway Station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Pakistan's Punjab province. It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton.[1]
Walton Railway Station والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line | ||||||||||
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Station code | WTNS | ||||||||||
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History
editIn March 1930, a training school of North West Railways, now known as Pakistan Railways Academy, was founded which was inaugurated by the then Governor of the Punjab, Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency.[1]
Incidents
editTerrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998
- On the Tuesday morning, 10 March 1998, a bomb blast occurred here in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Pakistan blamed India for orchestrating the attack. There was no claim of responsibility.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Walton Cantonment". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ^ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
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