Walton (Pakistan) railway station

Walton Station
والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن
Public
Coordinates 31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E / 31.4874; 74.3542Coordinates: 31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E / 31.4874; 74.3542
Owned by Ministry of Railways
Line(s) Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
Other information
Station code WTNS[1]
Services
Preceding station   Walton railway station   Following station
Kot Lakhpat   Line
Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
  Lahore Cantonment

Walton railway station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Punjab province of the Pakistan.

Incidents

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998 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.[2]

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