Pakistan Railways Academy ( ur, ) or PRA, is the central training academy for employees of
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 se ...
.
History
PRA was originally established as a training school for the employees of the
North Western State Railway
The North Western State Railway (NWR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, the Punjab Northern State Railway, the eastern section of the Sind–Sagar Railway and the ...
in
Lyallpur
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
(now
Faisalabad
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
) in January 1925. The school was shifted to
Walton, Lahore
Walton Cantonment is a cantonment area situated in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton.
History
Lahore Cantonment with its increasing population and extensions to the boundaries had become diffi ...
on 8 March 1929 and named ''Walton Training School'' after Col. C.E. Walton, who was the general manager of the North-Western State Railway at the time. In 1954, the ''United Nations Regional Railway Training Centre'' was established by ECAFE (now ESCAP) at PRA. An ''Advanced Railway Course'' was introduced for the participants from the Railways of ESCAP, the Middle East and African Region. In 1958, the ''Regional Railway Training Center'' was taken over by the
government and renamed the ''Pakistan Inter-Regional Railway Training College or ''PIRRTC''. In 1983, the school was renamed ''Directorate of Research & Training'' by merging several institutions. In 2000, it was renamed to Pakistan Railways Academy. 112 courses have been completed at the school as of the year 2015. More than 1700 students are at the school from more than 40 countries.
Departments
The academy arranges training courses for newly recruited officers and members of the staff of
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 se ...
belonging to various disciplines as well as promotion and refresher courses. The training is imparted through classrooms, model rooms, replicas of the actual systems in vogue on Pakistan Railways and also exposes the students to the actual working of the PR network. The academy spreads over of land, including, area which houses 35 classrooms, 12 model rooms and labs, auditorium, library and 9 hostels.
In addition to the above following institutions are also located in the Academy:
*Pakistan Railway Police Training School
*Railway Accounts Training Center
See also
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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 se ...
References
External links
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Pakistan federal departments and agencies
Pakistan Railways
Auditoriums in Pakistan
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