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Jhandi Station جھنڈی ریلوے اسٹیشن | |
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Jhandi railway station (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is an abandoned city station on a narrow gauge track in Kohat. It was operational till late 1980s.
History[edit | edit source]
The station was built by North Western Railways in 1890s.
Services[edit | edit source]
The station once provided a train stoppage between Kohat Cantonment railway station and Tall town. It was an important public place of Kohat city in yesteryear.
Station building and platform[edit | edit source]
After being abandoned by Pakistan Railways due to security reasons in 1991, the only remnants of the old Jhandi (flag) railway station are the collapsing structure of the ticket office, a passenger shed now turned into a cattle shed, and the railway lines made by Barrow Hematite Steel Company of England in 1896 for North Western Railways. The railway carriages and engines have disappeared from the record books. The ruined ticket office still has instructions for passengers in English and Urdu.[1]
Kidnapping of a stationmaster[edit | edit source]
In 1951–52, a stationmaster posted at Jhandi railway station, was reportedly kidnapped by some tribesmen from Tirah valley. Though the poor railway official was lucky enough to get escaped from a distant tribal territory after a month later.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The story of the stationmaster's kidnapping". The News on Sunday. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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