Hyderabad Junction railway station ( sd, حيدرآباد جنڪشن ريلوي اسٽيشن) is located in the city of
Hyderabad
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,
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
,
Pakistan
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and serves as a major railway junction.
History
Hyderabad Junction railway station was established in 1861 as part of Karachi-Kotri railway line.
The construction on the work started when a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the
Scinde Railway
The Scinde Railway was one of the pioneering railway companies that operated in Sind Province (1936–55), Sind during the British Raj between 1855 and 1885.
History
The Scinde Railway was first established by deed of settlement in March 1855 ...
and
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
in 1855.
In April 1858, Sir
Henry Bartle Frere
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a Welsh British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in India, rising to become Governor of Bombay (1862–1867). However, as High Commissioner for ...
inaugrated the civil work in an official ceremony.
Railway chief engineers
* Mr. Wells
* Mr. Brunton
Services
The following trains stop at Hyderabad Junction station:
Gallery
PK Hyderabad asv2020-02 img31 Railway station.jpg, A view of the Hyderabad Junction from the top
Hyderabad railway station outside.JPG, Outside view of the Hyderabad Junction
Hyderabad Rail Station.jpg, A platform of Hyderabad Junction
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 Pakistan
Railway stations in Hyderabad District, Pakistan
Railway stations on Hyderabad–Badin Branch Line
Railway stations on Karachi–Peshawar Line (ML 1)
1861 establishments in British India