Jhalar railway station

Jhalar railway station (Urdu: جھلار ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in District Attock, Punjab, Pakistan on railway track from Attock to Basal.This track was opened in 1891.A beautiful hilly passage with seven long tunnels between Attock and Jhalar station. These tunnels were built under British Railways in 1895–97. There are bungalows for railway officials that were once populated with families but now are just ruins showing negligence of railway authorities. There is no electricity, the railway officials use solar panels at nights for lightning. Currently the track is passage of two trains; Attock Passenger and Khushal Khan Khattak Express.

Jhalar Station
جھلار اسٹیشن
Owned byMinistry of Railways
Line(s)Kotri–Attock Railway Line
Other information
Station codeJRN[1]
Services
Preceding station   Jhalar railway station   Following station
Sulaimanabad   Line
Kotri–Attock
  Kanjur
The Jhalar Tunnel

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