The more than 100-year-old Harbanspora railway station of Lahore, which was very famous due to its historical importance, has today turned into ruins due to the traditional incompetence of the railways.
The railway station building is dilapidated and the few remnants that remain may collapse at any time, it seems as if there was never a railway station here. has made
At the time of the partition of India, the first convoy of refugees from India reached this railway station, after which thousands of refugees from India continued to settle in the nearby villages and towns.
The history of Harbanspora railway station is more than 100 years old, the transport of the occupying British army was also done from this railway station, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Dina, Gujrat and Gujranwala trains ran from here, from Lahore railway station to India. The outgoing train also used to pass through the same railway track.
Now this station is not in a happy condition, the railway has parked its burnt and accident-prone coaches on the tracks in front of it, people have occupied many places and started different businesses and residences, this historical railway. The station also had an Al-Falah cinema where there were two shows a day.
According to Naseer, a resident here, he was born here and he saw a lot in front of his eyes, there were around 14 villages around the railway station in 1947, people coming and going from here used the same railway station.
He said that the last train arrived here on March 13, 1991, and since then, the movement of trains has stopped. Looking at the condition of the railway station, it can be assumed that the train service may start from here. Couldn’t, about 48 trains used to depart from here daily, at the time of partition of India, a small town was settled here, it had 40 to 50 shops, the train would stop here and a crowd would gather.
Another citizen, Imran, said that the railway administration has turned this historic railway station into a pile of ruins, even its windows have been destroyed due to damage, the roof and the remaining building may collapse anytime. May be, this building which was once a magnificent railway station, but the historic railway station of Lahore could not be saved, that is the reason why even the people living near it today may not know how historic this railway station is, when Pakistan How many caravans stayed here? Then left for different cities from here.
When the railway administration was contacted in this regard, they kept silent and did not say anything.
