Pakistan: Colonial-Era Railway Station to Be Preserved and Renovated
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The Lodhran Railway Station, a colonial-era junction, will be preserved and renovated to improve facilities for passengers, officials said.
Lodhran Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ashraf announced while inspecting the railway station on Thursday. During the visit, he reviewed the condition of the historic building and its infrastructure.
Located on the Lahore–Karachi main railway line, the Lodhran junction has held strategic importance since before the Partition of 1947. The station historically served rural populations traveling toward Lahore via Vehari and Mailsi and toward Karachi through Rohri and Hyderabad.
The junction remains significant as it is Pakistan Railways’ only station from where a double railway track extends up to Karachi. This section facilitates both express passenger trains and freight movement from Karachi’s port to upcountry destinations.
Despite its importance, the station has suffered from years of neglect. Officials said the building remains in poor condition, with basic passenger facilities lacking.
During the inspection, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Liaquat Gilani, Station Master Iqbal Malik, and officials from the district building department briefed the deputy commissioner on the station’s condition and history.
Officials informed the DC that the district administration had already carried out limited repair work using its own funds, but major renovation is required to preserve the station’s historical value.
The deputy commissioner directed the installation of LED lights in passenger lounges and CCTV cameras at key locations inside and outside the station to enhance security. He also announced that the district administration would allocate its own funds for the preservation of the historic building.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
