Khanpur Katora railway station
railway station in Punjab, Pakistan
Khanpur Katora Railway Station (Urdu: خانپور کٹورا ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Khanpur Katora city, Rahim Yar Khan district of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is a major railway station of Pakistan Railways on the Karachi-Peshawar main line.
The station is staffed and has advance and current reservation offices. Food stalls are located on its platforms.
History
Khanpur Katora railway station was once a major railway station used for changing crews, watering coaches, and switching locomotives after long hauls, It was once the Karachi Express' only stop between Lahore and Karachi.
Within the Gora Qabristan located near the Khanpur railway station, there still remain some graves of the British engineers—and their families—who laid the railway lines in the area. The railway track from Khanpur to Chachran was laid in 1905, after which the city was granted the status of a junction. This railway station was established in 1908.
Chachran Railway
The branch line was initially referred to as the Bahawalpur Royal Railway and was a Darbar line financed by the Princely Bahawalpur State. The line opened in 1911 as part of the North Western State Railway network.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17285327. Authority coordinates are 28.641, 70.654. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1905, 1908 and 1911.
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