Sialkot Junction railway station
Sialkot Junction railway station (Urdu: سیالکوٹ جوڑ اسٹیشن, Punjabi: سیالکوٹ جوڑ اسٹیشن) is the main railway station in Sialkot on the Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line.
Sialkot Junction Station سیالکوٹ جوڑ اسٹیشن | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Road, Sialkot | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32.4981°N 74.5406°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line Sialkot–Jammu Branch Line (Defunct) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | SLK[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1966 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers 0.5 million | ||||||||||||||||
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History
Sialkot Junction station was opened in 1880, following the inauguration of the Sialkot–Jammu Branch Line. In 1905, Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line was completed and connected Sialkot to Karachi and Peshawar.
Services
The following trains stop/terminate/originate at Sialkot Junction station:
| Preceding station | Pakistan Railways | Following station | ||
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toward Karachi Cantonment | Allama Iqbal Express | Terminus |
See also
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References
- Official Web Site of Pakistan Railways Archived February 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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