Walton (Pakistan) Railway Station
Walton Railway Station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Pakistan's Punjab province. It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton.
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.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Walton Cantonment". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ^ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
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