Lahore Junction Railway Station: A Symbol of Pakistan’s Heritage
Qirat Mirza is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree in international relations from International Islamic University Islamabad. She is also a writer for Modern Diplomacy, International Affairs Forum, Pakistan Today, KIIR, CISS AJK, and Pak Observer. Recently, she completed a six-week internship at the Kashmir Institute of International Relations and the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) to foster her academic insights and gain practical experience.
Pakistan is enriched in cultural diversity with the maintenance and preservation of forts, monuments, palaces, and sundry historical buildings that it inherited from the colonial subcontinent. The Lahore Junction Railway Station is one of them, reflecting cultural heritage with its unique architecture and colonial history. Before the partition of the subcontinent, during the British Raj, it served as one of the headquarters of the railway along with being the northern terminal of the Scinde, Punjab, & Delhi railways.
In addition, its location is significant in understanding its role in colonial history. For instance, the railway station is positioned in the heart of the walled city of Lahore. Along with serving as a thoroughfare station on Main Line 1 (ML1), the Lahore station was built as the largest railway station in the country.
While the Industrial Revolution was dawning along with many technological breakthroughs, the invention of steam engines brought to light the idea of introducing roads and railway networks. In the Indian subcontinent, the idea to lay railway tracks in Lahore was first introduced in a letter written from the civil engineer’s office on February 3, 1853, in the Lahore Chronicle newspaper. He proposed to lay a single line........
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