Sialkot Junction railway station
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Sialkot Junction Railway Station سیالکوٹ
جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Railway Road, Sialkot | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°29′53″N 74°32′26″E / 32.4981°N 74.5406°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line Jammu–Sialkot line (defunct) | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Available | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Station code | SLK | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1971 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
0.5 million | ||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Sialkot Junction Railway Station (Urdu: سیالکوٹ جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن, Punjabi: سیالکوٹ جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is the main railway station in Sialkot on the Wazirabad–Narowal Branch Line.
History
[edit]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
[edit]The following trains stop/terminate/originate at Sialkot Junction station:
Preceding station | Pakistan Railways | Following station | ||
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Chawinda towards Karachi Cantonment
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Allama Iqbal Express | Terminus |
See also
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