Karachi City railway station

Karachi City Station (Urdu: کراچی شہر اسٹیشن ‎), formerly McLeod Station, is one of two main Karachi railway terminals along with the Karachi Cantonment station. Karachi City Station is located on I. I. Chundrigar Road, adjacent to Habib Bank Plaza, in Karachi, Pakistan.[2] This station is headquarters of the Pakistan Railways - Karachi Division.

Karachi City Station
کراچی شہر اسٹیشن
Location1622 I. I. Chundrigar Road
Karachi, Sindh 74000
Pakistan
Coordinates24°50′54″N 67°00′23″E
Owned byPakistan Railways
Line(s)Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
Karachi Circular Railway
Platforms4
Tracks4
Connections UTS-12
Construction
Structure typeStandard
Platform levels1
Other information
Station codeKYC[1]
History
OpenedMay 3rd, 1864
Previous namesMcLeod Station
Services
Preceding station   Karachi City railway station   Following station
Kiamari   Line
Karachi–Peshawar Line		   Karachi Cantonment
Terminus   Line
Karachi Circular Railway		   Karachi Cantonment
Karachi Port Trust Halt   Line
Karachi Circular Railway		   Terminus
Location
Karachi City railway station
Location of Karachi City Station
Karachi City railway station
Karachi City railway station (Pakistan)

History

Karachi City Station was first established along the southern edge of McLeod Road (now I. I. Chundrigar Road) as the southern terminus point of the Scinde Railway, which was established in March 1855.[3] A railway line was to be constructed between Karachi and Kotri and work on the Karachi terminus commenced in April 1858. On 13 May 1861, the line was opened to the public, and was the first railway line for public traffic between Karachi and Kotri, a distance of 108 miles (174 km).[4][5] The station was completed in May 1864,[6] and was upgraded in the 1880s with construction of a building farther to the west.[7][2] By 1905, the station was referred to by British authorities as "Karachi City station,"[8] in plans to provide a roof at the passenger platform.[8] Station yards were re-arranged and expanded around 1908.[9] The station was upgraded again in 1935,[10] when the current building made of local yellow Gizri sandstone was built.[2]

Facilities

Karachi City Station is equipped with all basic facilities. The station has current and advance reservation offices for Pakistan Railways as well as cargo and parcel facilities. Retail shops are found on platform 1. Due to the lack of space, most passenger trains have since been moved to Karachi Cantonment Station.

Services

Trains that originate from Karachi City Station are as follows:

Train Number Train Name Destination Time
11 UP HAZARA EXPRESS HAVELIAN 05:50
151 UP SHAH LATIF EXPRESS MIRPUR KHAS 07:00
149 UP MEHRAN EXPRESS MIRPUR KHAS 15:55
25 UP BAHAUDIN ZAKRIYA EXPRESS MULTAN CANTT 17:30
03 UP BOLAN MAIL EXPRESS QUETTA 18:00
37 UP FAREED EXPRESS LAHORE 19:30
19 UP KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK EXPRESS PESHAWAR CANTT 20:00
145 UP SUKKER EXPRESS JACOBABAD 22:15

References
  1. Official Web Site of Pakistan Railways Archived May 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Salman, Peerzada (2010-05-09). "Keeping track of history". Dawn.com. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  3. Grace’s Guide “Scinde Railway” Retrieved on 2 January 2016
  4. H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83 Retrieved on 2 January 2016
  5. "Money Market and City Intelligence", "The Times", Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
  6. DR. SALEEM A KHANANI (2015-06-01). DMC CLASS OF 1985 DIGITAL MAGAZINE.
  7. Lari, Yasmeen; Lari, Mihail S. (1996). The Dual City: Karachi During the Raj. Heritage Foundation. ISBN 978-0-19-577735-2.
  8. Doyle, Patrick (1905). Indian Engineering.
  9. Doyle, Patrick (1908). Indian Engineering.
  10. "Pakistan's Wall Street remains an ugly, chaotic mess". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-10.


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