Rawalpindi Railway Station

Rawalpindi Railway Station

The Rawalpindi Railway Station is located in the city of Rawalpindi in Punjab Province, Pakistan

History

The Railway Station was built in the 1880s by the government of British India. The British built many railways across South Asia to help facilitate trade and more importantly to help consolidate their rule.

Train Routs

The routes the British built from Rawalpindi, which contained a major military base, linked to Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Hyderabad,Sibi, Sukkur, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Kohat, Khanewal, Nawabshah, Nowshera and the Malakand Pass.

References

See also

* Pakistan Railways
* Railway station layout

External links

* [http://pakrail.com Pakistan Railways official site]


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