Railway Stations in Pakistan
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Sukkur Railway Station.
Railway Heritage Museum was established in 2005 at Sukkur Railway Station. An old steam engine and a few coaches were brought from Mirpur Khas section. Antiques were collected from almost 60 stations of Sukkur and displayed inside the coaches.
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Sukkur Railway Station.
Railway Heritage Museum was established in 2005 at Sukkur Railway Station. An old steam engine and a few coaches were brought from Mirpur Khas section. Antiques were collected from almost 60 stations of Sukkur and displayed inside the coaches.
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Qasam se after see these type of threads the first question comes in mind "KIS KI NAZAR LAG GAYE" ? 
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Very true..................Qasam se after see these type of threads the first question comes in mind "KIS KI NAZAR LAG GAYE" ?
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Remembering the days of Raj
Attock Khurd ................
To the east the Kherimar (Sandal Destroyer) Hills of Attock district rise in a series of jagged crags; to the west flows the Indus in a channel thirty metres below ground level. On the far bank rise the sparsely forested slopes of the Suleman Hills in Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa and to the north and south the face of the earth is divided by the wide channel of the mighty Indus.
In this scenic setting, the doll house railway station of Attock Khurd stands on a low rise a hundred metres east of river’s edge. Its pitched roof with the chimneys and gables, the square pillars from which bell arches spring topped with keystones, and even the gargoyles were clearly designed by someone who valued English country architecture. This comely building, now festooned with bougainvillea, was left here as a lasting monument and a signature of the designer’s Englishness.
Lying on the main line to the frontier, Attock Khurd was a station for every train to pass through. But lying far from any large urban centre it served a few small villages and forever remained a way station: as the mail and express trains thundered through, only slow passenger trains stopped here. Few people paused to appreciate its beauty. In Pakistan it became another one of those neglected stations, only good for a fresh coat of yellow wash every time an officer visited on inspection.
In 2007, one hundred and twenty-three years after it was built, Attock Khurd railway station came into the notice of a railway officer with good sense. The building was sand-blasted to reveal a handsome gray stone and brick structure hiding under several millimetres of yellow wash. The pitched roofs were painted a striking vermillion shade and the east wing of the three-wing building was turned into a sun room with plate glass windows. Relatively unknown Attock Khurd has suddenly become a tourist attraction..........
Remembering the days of Raj
Attock Khurd ................
To the east the Kherimar (Sandal Destroyer) Hills of Attock district rise in a series of jagged crags; to the west flows the Indus in a channel thirty metres below ground level. On the far bank rise the sparsely forested slopes of the Suleman Hills in Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa and to the north and south the face of the earth is divided by the wide channel of the mighty Indus.
In this scenic setting, the doll house railway station of Attock Khurd stands on a low rise a hundred metres east of river’s edge. Its pitched roof with the chimneys and gables, the square pillars from which bell arches spring topped with keystones, and even the gargoyles were clearly designed by someone who valued English country architecture. This comely building, now festooned with bougainvillea, was left here as a lasting monument and a signature of the designer’s Englishness.
Lying on the main line to the frontier, Attock Khurd was a station for every train to pass through. But lying far from any large urban centre it served a few small villages and forever remained a way station: as the mail and express trains thundered through, only slow passenger trains stopped here. Few people paused to appreciate its beauty. In Pakistan it became another one of those neglected stations, only good for a fresh coat of yellow wash every time an officer visited on inspection.
In 2007, one hundred and twenty-three years after it was built, Attock Khurd railway station came into the notice of a railway officer with good sense. The building was sand-blasted to reveal a handsome gray stone and brick structure hiding under several millimetres of yellow wash. The pitched roofs were painted a striking vermillion shade and the east wing of the three-wing building was turned into a sun room with plate glass windows. Relatively unknown Attock Khurd has suddenly become a tourist attraction..........
