| Style: | Pakistan Railways | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 31.4874°N 74.3542°W | ||||||||||
| Line: | Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line | ||||||||||
| Code: | WTNS | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Ministry of Railways | ||||||||||
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Walton Railway Station (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Pakistan's Punjab province. It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton.[1]
In March 1930, a training school of North West Railways, now known as Pakistan Railways Academy, was founded which was inaugurated by the then Governor of the Punjab, Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency.[1]
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998
On the Tuesday morning, 10 March 1998, a bomb blast occurred here in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Pakistan blamed India for orchestrating the attack. There was no claim of responsibility.[2]