Rawalpindi railway station

Rawalpindi Station راولپنڈی ریلوے اسٹیشن
Rawalpindi Railway Station - Front View
Coordinates	33°36′13″N 73°02′54″E / 33.6036°N 73.0483°E / 33.6036; 73.0483Coordinates: 33°36′13″N 73°02′54″E / 33.6036°N 73.0483°E / 33.6036; 73.0483
Owned by	Ministry of Railways
Line(s)	Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
Platforms	5
Connections	Bus stand, Bus stop, Taxicab stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (On Ground Station)
Platform levels	2
Other information
Station code	RWP
History
Opened	1881
Services
Preceding station   Rawalpindi railway station   Following station Chaklala   Line Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line   Nur
Location
Rawalpindi Station راولپنڈی ریلوے اسٹیشن Location within Pakistan

Rawalpindi railway station (Urdu: راولپنڈی ریلوے اسٹیشن‎, Punjabi: راولپنڈی ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in the city of Rawalpindi, Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is situated near Saddar area.

Britain occupied Rawalpindi in 1849, and made it its permanent cantonment in 1851. In the year 1881, Rawalpindi was connected by a railway line and the beautiful colonial type building of this station was built. This city then became the largest cantonment in South Asia after having rail link.

The routes the British built from Rawalpindi, which contained a major military base, linked to Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Jhelum, Sibi, Sukkur, Sargodha, Sialkot, Larkana, Jhang, Mardan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Kohat, Khanewal, Nawabshah, Nowshera and the Malakand Pass.