Walton railway station (Pakistan)

Walton Railway Station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Pakistan's Punjab province.^[1] It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton, a British railway engineer in pre-partition India.^[2]

Walton Railway Station والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن
General information
Coordinates	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
Services
Preceding station Pakistan Railways Following station Kot Lakhpat towards Kiamari Karachi–Peshawar Line Lahore Cantonment towards Peshawar Cantonment
Location

In May 2025, Walton station was reported to be among 14 of Pakistan Railways' Lahore Division stations being converted to solar energy.^[3]

History

In March 1930, a training school of North West Railways, now known as Pakistan Railways Academy, was founded which was inaugurated by the then Governor of the Punjab, Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency.^[2]

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. Pakistan blamed India for orchestrating the attack. There was no claim of responsibility.^[4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Pakistan
• Pakistan Railways