Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
Railway line in Pakistan
160 km/h (99 mph) (Proposed)[1]
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Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line (Urdu: لودھراں-رائے ونڈ فرعی ریلوے خط) is one of several branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line begins from Lodhran Junction station and ends at Raiwind Junction station. The total length of this railway line is 353 kilometers (219 mi). There are 24 railway stations from Lodhran Junction to Raiwind Junction. Currently, the only operational train on this branch line is the Fareed Express. The Fareed Express travels from Karachi to Lahore via Vehari Railway Station along this route.[2]
History
The rail line was originally completed as the Kasur–Lodhran Railway in 1909 by the Southern Punjab Railway as part of the Sutlej Valley Railway irrigation project. The line linked Kasur to Lodhran, where it connected to the North Western State Railway mainline to Karachi. However owing to World War I, financial stringency stagnated developments of the railways. In order to meet the necessities of the military authorities, this rail line (along with the Hyderabad–Badin Railway) was dismantled in 1917 and subsequently rebuilt in 1922.[3]
Stations
- Lodhran Junction
- Jamraniwah
- Kahror Pakka
- Ashraf Shah (Abandoned)
- Sardar Jhandir (Abandoned)
- Mailsi
- Nur Shah
- Vehari
- Machhianwala
- Mandi Burewala
- Gaggoo
- Arifwala
- Murad Chishti
- Pakka Sidhar (Abandoned)
- Pak Pattan
- Chah Noor Mohammad (Abandoned)
- Maulviwala (Abandoned)
- Chak Kambo (Abandoned)
- Haveli Wasawewala
- Haveli Lakha
- Kila Dewa Singh (Abandoned)
- Basirpur
- Gul Sher (Abandoned)
- Rasulpur Halt (Abandoned)
- Mandi Ahmadabad
- Haji Chand (Abandoned)
- Kanganpur
- Basti Qutab Shah (Abandoned)
- Kul Mokal (Abandoned)
- Usmanwala
- Dholan (Abandoned)
- Khudian Khas
- Roshan Billa
- Kasur Junction
- Kasur Bypass (Abandoned)
- Athilpur (Abandoned)
- Raokhanwala
- Raja Jang
- Raiwind Junction
See also
References
- ^ Pakistan Railways: A Performance Analysis - Citizens' Periodic Reports on the Performance of State Institutions (PDF). Islamabad: PILDAT. December 2015. p. 21. ISBN 978-969-558-589-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ "Khanewal Raiwind Branch Line Train". moveinpak.
- ^ Google Books "Punjab, the Crucial Decade (1911-1920)" by Subash Chander Sharma; page 81; Retrieved 8 Apr 2016
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Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
- Lodhran Junction
- Dhanote
- Jamraniwah
- Kahror Pakka
- Ashraf Shah
- Mailsi
- Nur Shah
- Zafar Iqbal
- Vehari
- Machhianwala
- Mandi Burewala
- Gaggoo
- Arifwala
- Murad Chishti
- Pakka Sidhar
- Pak Pattan
- Chah Nur Muhammad
- Maulviwala
- Chak Kambo
- Haveli Wasawewala
- Haveli Lakha
- Kila Dewa Singh
- Basirpur
- Gul Sher
- Rasulpur Halt
- Mandi Ahmadabad
- Haji Chand
- Kanganpur
- Basti Qutab Shah
- Kul Mokal
- Usmanwala
- Dholan
- Khudian Khas
- Roshan Billa
- Kasur Junction
- Athilpur
- Raokhanwala
- Raja Jang
- Raiwind Junction
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