Aab-e-Gum railway station ( ur, , bal, آب گم ریلوے اسٹیشن, also spelled Ab-i-Gum) is located in the town of
Aab-e-gum,
Kachhi District
Kachhi District or Kacchi ( bal, کچی, Sindhi: ڪڇي, ur, ), known until 2008 as Bolan District ( bal, ),( Sindhi: بولاڻ), is a district in central Balochistan, Pakistan. The Bolan area remained under one district Kacchi until 31 Dec ...
of
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
province,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It is located southeast of
Quetta
Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...
near Chilton mountain on the
Rohri-Chaman Railway Line.
Aab-e-gum ( ur, ) is a
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
word meaning 'vanished water', a name given to a nearby underground
spring
Spring(s) may refer to:
Common uses
* Spring (season), a season of the year
* Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy
* Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water
* Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a ...
.
Services
The following trains stop at Aab-e-Gum station:
Stops
Only the
Jaffar Express
''Gaffar Express'' ( ur, ) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Quetta and Peshawar. The trip takes approximately 34 hours, 10 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along a stretch of the Rohri–Ch ...
has a stop at the Aab-e-Gum Railway Station.
Incidents
* 17 November 2015, the
Jaffar Express
''Gaffar Express'' ( ur, ) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Quetta and Peshawar. The trip takes approximately 34 hours, 10 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along a stretch of the Rohri–Ch ...
derailed at Aab-e-Gum, killing 20 and injuring 96 people.
See also
*
List of railway stations in Pakistan
The following are railway stations in Pakistan.
Azad Kashmir
Balochistan
* Aab-e-Gum railway station
* Bukhtiarabad Domki railway station
* Chaman railway station
* Dalbandin railway station
* Damboli railway station
* Dera Allah Yar ...
*
Pakistan Railways
Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ...
References
Railway stations in Kachhi District
Railway stations opened in 1886
Railway stations on Rohri–Chaman Railway Line
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