Koh-e-Taftan railway station ( ur, ,
Balochi: کوہی تفتان اسٹیشن) (or Kūh-i-Taftān)
Taftan - last railway station of Pakistan
Author: Arshad VLOG is in Taftan Taftan (in Persian: تفتان ''Taftân'') may refer to:
* Taftan (volcano), located in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran
* Taftan, Balochistan
Taftan ( ur, ) ( bal, ) is a trunk road and railway town in Chagai District, Balochistan, ...
a dry, elevated, mountainous town in 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 ...
. The country's most western station, it is the last station in Pakistan on the Quetta-Taftan Railway Line before crossing into Iran
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and serves the town notable for the east-west trunk road. It is in the western projection of the far western province, Balochistan
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.
It is northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called Taftan Taftan (in Persian: تفتان ''Taftân'') may refer to:
* Taftan (volcano), located in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran
* Taftan, Balochistan
Taftan ( ur, ) ( bal, ) is a trunk road and railway town in Chagai District, Balochistan, ...
, wholly in Iran.
The border, less than 700 metres west, on the line sits at approximately 61.54° east, whereas Pakistan's easternmost station, Chak Amru
Chak Amru ( ur, چک امرُو ) is a town of Shakargarh tehsil in Narowal district of Punjab province of the Pakistan. It is located near Pakistan-India border.
Chak Amru town has a railway Station
Rail transport (also known as train ...
, in Punjab, lies in an upper valley at about 75.2° east (of the Prime Meridian
A prime meridian is an arbitrary meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great c ...
).
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 on Quetta–Taftan Railway Line
Railway stations in Chaghi District
Railway stations in Balochistan, Pakistan
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