Walton railway station (Pakistan)
Railway station in Punjab, Pakistan
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Walton Railway Station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Pakistan's Punjab province.[1] It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton, a British railway engineer in pre-partition India.[2]
Walton Railway Station والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31.4874°N 74.3542°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways | ||||||||||
| Line | Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line | ||||||||||
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| Station code | WTNS | ||||||||||
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In May 2025, Walton station was reported to be among 14 of Pakistan Railways' Lahore Division stations being converted to solar energy.[3]
History
In 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.[2]
Incidents
Terrorist 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.[4]
