Lahore Junction railway station

Lahore Junction Railway Station

لاہور جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن
Lahore Junction Station Entrance
General information
LocationEmpress Road
(Shahrah-e-Abdul Hameed bin Badees) Lahore-54000
Pakistan
Coordinates31°34′38″N 74°20′11″E / 31.5772°N 74.3363°E / 31.5772; 74.3363
Owned byMinistry of Railways
Line(s)
Platforms11
ConnectionsLocal Transit LTC (B-5)
Local Transit PMTA (FR-1, FR-3, FR-9)
Subway interchange Lahore Metro (Lahore Station)
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Platform levels2
ParkingCar parking Available
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access Available

Computerized Ticketing Counters Luggage Checking System Parking Disabled Access Food Plaza Kiosks WC Taxi Stand Public Transportation Metro interchange

Mosque
Other information
StatusFunctional
Station codeLHR
Fare zonePakistan Railways Lahore Zone
History
Opened1860; 164 years ago (1860)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesGuru Amar Das Railway Station
Services
Preceding station Pakistan Railways Following station
Lahore Cantonment
towards Kiamari
Karachi–Peshawar Line Badami Bagh
Terminus Lahore–Wagah Branch Line Moghalpura Junction
towards Wagah
Location
Lahore Junction Station is located in Lahore
Lahore Junction Station
Lahore Junction Station
Location within Lahore
Lahore Junction Station is located in Pakistan
Lahore Junction Station
Lahore Junction Station
Lahore Junction Station (Pakistan)
Map

Lahore Junction Railway Station (Urdu, Punjabi: لاہور جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن), is the main railway station in Lahore, Pakistan. It is among the oldest railway stations of the Indian subcontinent. Construction commenced shortly after the 1857 War of Independence.[1] It was built in the style of a medieval fort with thick walls, turrets, and holes to direct gun and cannon fire for the defence of the structure.[2]

It is located at the junction between Circular Road and Allama Iqbal Road and bounded on the north side by the old Grand Trunk Road. The station is now owned by Pakistan Railways, and also serves as its headquarters.

  1. ^ "Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ Glover, William (January 2007). Making Lahore Modern, Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City. Univ of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5022-4. The Lahore station, built during a time when securing British civilians and troops against a future "native" uprising was foremost in the government's mind, fortified medieval castle, complete with turrets and crenellated towers, battered flanking walls, and loopholes for directing rifle and cannon fire along the main avenues of approach from the city