Okara Cantonment railway station

Coordinates: 30°45′00″N 73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E

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Okara Cantonment Station

اوکاڑہ کینٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن

Okara Cantonment railway station

General information

Coordinates

30°45′00″N 73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E

Owned by

Ministry of Railways

Line(s)

Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

Platforms

Other information

Station code

OKC

History

Previous names

Gambar Station

Services

Preceding station	Pakistan Railways			Following station
Yusafwala towards Kiamari		Karachi–Peshawar Line		Okara towards Peshawar Cantonment

Okara Cantonment Railway Station (Urdu and Punjabi: اوکاڑہ کینٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Okara cantonment, 10 km away from Okara city, Okara district of Punjab province, Pakistan.

Incidents

On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, on Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Trains collide in Pakistan - Sep 29, 1957". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ Edgar A. Haine (1993). Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348444. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ "More Than 100 Killed In Rail Collision". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 289. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

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