Karachi City Station ( ur, ), formerly McLeod Station, is one of two main

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railway terminals along with the Karachi Cantonment station. Karachi City Station is located on

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, adjacent to

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, in

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. This station is headquarters of the

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History

Karachi City Station was first established along the southern edge of McLeod Road (now

) as the southern terminus point of the

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, which was established in March 1855. A railway line was to be constructed between

and

Kotri Kotri ( sd, ڪوٽڙي, ur, ) is a city and the headquarters of the Kotri Taluka of Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan. Located on the right bank of the Indus River, it is the 29th largest city in Pakistan by population. Name The ...

and work on the Karachi terminus commenced in April 1858. On 13 May 1861, the line was opened to the public, and was the first railway line for public traffic between Karachi and Kotri, a distance of 108 miles (174 km). H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83
Retrieved on 2 January 2016 The station was completed in May 1864, and was upgraded in the 1880s with construction of a building farther to the west. By 1905, the station was referred to by British authorities as "Karachi City station," in plans to provide a roof at the passenger platform. Station yards were re-arranged and expanded around 1908. The station was upgraded again in 1935, when the current building made of local yellow Gizri sandstone was built.

Facilities

Karachi City Station is equipped with all basic facilities. The station has current and advance reservation offices for

as well as cargo and parcel facilities. Retail shops are found on platform 1. Due to the lack of space, most passenger trains have since been moved to Karachi Cantonment Station.

Services

Trains that originate from Karachi City Station are as follows:

Gallery

File:Karachi Railway Bulding - panoramio.jpg, Front of the station with the MCB Tower File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img18 City Railway Station.jpg File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img20 City Railway Station.jpg, Station yards with the MCB Tower File:Karachi Railway - panoramio.jpg, Platform with the

visible File:Karachi Circular Railway.jpg, A train of Karachi Circular Railway

References

Railway stations in Karachi Railway stations opened in 1864 Railway stations on Karachi Circular Railway Railway stations on Karachi–Peshawar Line (ML 1) {{Sindh-railstation-stub