Okara Cantonment Station اوکاڑہ کینٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن | |||||||||||
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![]() Okara Cantonment railway station | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 30°45′00″N 73°19′53″E / 30.7500°N 73.3315°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Ministry of Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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Station code | OKC | ||||||||||
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Previous names | Gambar Station | ||||||||||
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Okara Cantonment Railway Station ( Urdu and Punjabi: اوکاڑہ کینٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Okara cantonment, 10 km away from Okara city, Okara district of Punjab province, Pakistan.
On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, on Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident. [1] [2] [3]