Walton railway station ( ur, ) is located in
Walton cantonment
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 ...
,
Lahore district of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
province of the
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 named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of
Frederick Walton
Frederick Edward Walton (13 March 183416 May 1928), was an English manufacturer and inventor whose invention of Linoleum in Chiswick was patented in 1863. He also invented Lincrusta in 1877.
Early life
Walton was born in 1834, near Halifax. ...
.
History
In March 1930, a training school of North West Railways, now known as
Pakistan Railways Academy
Pakistan Railways Academy ( ur, ) or PRA, is the central training academy for employees of Pakistan Railways.
History
PRA was originally established as a training school for the employees of the North Western State Railway in Lyallpur (now Fai ...
, was founded which was inaugurated by the then Governor of the Punjab, Sir
Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency
Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency (23 August 1876 – 25 February 1955) was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator. He was Governor of the Punjab.
Work
He was born in the townland of Castlemorris, near Knocktopher, in County Kilkenny, to ...
.
Incidents
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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998 * 28 February — 8 people were killed on Saturday by two bombs exploding 20 minutes apart in the eastern neighborhood of Karachi. A music store and a hardware shop were targeted in the attack. Earlier on Thursday and Friday, 3 bombs exploded in the ...
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:On the Tuesday morning, 10 March 1998, a bomb blast occurred here in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Although, no one claimed responsibility but Pakistan's government blamed the attack on its neighbor India.
See also
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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 ...
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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 servi ...
References
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Buildings and structures in Lahore
Railway stations in Lahore District
Transport in Lahore
Railway stations on Karachi–Peshawar Line (ML 1)
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