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Walton railway station (Pakistan)

Coordinates: 31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E / 31.4874; 74.3542
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Walton Station
والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن
Public
General information
Coordinates31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E / 31.4874; 74.3542
Owned byMinistry of Railways
Line(s)Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
Other information
Station codeWTNS[1]
Services
Preceding station   Walton railway station   Following station
Kot Lakhpat   Line
Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  Lahore Cantonment

Walton railway station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Punjab province of the Pakistan.

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. Although, no one claimed responsibility but Pakistan's government blamed the attack on its neighbor India.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Official Web Site of Pakistan Railways Archived February 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.