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Kasur Junction railway station

Coordinates: 31°07′06″N 74°26′33″E / 31.1183°N 74.4424°E / 31.1183; 74.4424
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Kasur Junction Station

قصور جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن
General information
Coordinates31°07′06″N 74°26′33″E / 31.1183°N 74.4424°E / 31.1183; 74.4424
Owned byMinistry of Railways
LineLodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
Other information
Station codeKUS
Services
Preceding station Pakistan Railways Following station
Roshan Billa Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line Athilpur
Location
Map

Kasur Junction Railway Station (Urdu and Punjabi: قصور جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Pakistan.[1] Kasur Junction was a junction before the partition of India and Pakistan. But after partition it became only a railway station. Presently, there is only one train arrival and departure.

History

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From here, a branch line used to go to Amritsar junction via Hussainiwala and Firozpur in India where it connected to the Jalandhar–Firozpur line. Since India–Pakistan war of 1971, the cross-border Kasur-Hussainiwala-Firozpur link is now dead,[2] though India still holds the daily India-Pakistan border ceremony in the form of beating retreat ceremony. However, India is constructing the Firopur-Patti line, to compensate for the lost link, to geostrategically enhance the Indian Railway network along the India-Pakistan border.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Owais Mughal (2004). "Pakistan Railway Stations". IRFCA. IRFCA. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ Sharma, Dinesh K (5 December 2013). "40 years after war, bridge opens near Hussainiwla borer". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. ^ Ferozepur–Patti link on fast track as Centre takes over land cost: Bittu, Times of India, 13 Nov 2025.