Bhurgari railway station

Bhurgari Railway Station
Coordinates 27°57′21″N 67°56′59″E / 27.9558°N 67.9496°E / 27.9558; 67.9496Coordinates: 27°57′21″N 67°56′59″E / 27.9558°N 67.9496°E / 27.9558; 67.9496
Owned by Ministry of Railways
Line(s) Larkana Jacobabad
Other information
Station code BHGR[1]
History
Previous names Great Indian Peninsula Railway

Bhurgari railway station (Urdu: بھرگڑی‎) (Sindhi: ڀرڳڙئ‎) is located in Village Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri, Taluka Shahdadkot, District Qamber Shahdadkot District, Sind, Pakistan.[2]

History

The North-Western Railway ran through the district from north to south. Alight railway was constructed from Larkana to Kamber and thence to Shahdadkot and Jacobabad in Upper Sindh in 1918 during First World War. The names of the Railway Stations are as follows; 1) Larkana 2)Biro Chandio3) Pir Muhammad Metlo 4)Kamber 5)Bahram (Hethyon) 6)Ghulam Muhammad Kariro near Golo Wah 7)Silra Shahdadkot 8)Bhurgri Station 9)Umed Ali Junejo. After this came the Railway Station of Garhi Khero in District Jacobabad.[3]

Station was formed after great struggle by villagers, before the creation Pakistan. People went to the capital of the country for formation of the railway station.

After 2010 Floods

Most of the Railway Stations have been deserted and are occupied by the flood affected poor people who have made them as their shelter due to severe poverty.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official Web Site of Pakistan Railways Archived February 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bhurgri+Station/@27.9580726,67.9532876,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x393492a99c57df47:0xb5f8fa8bcc68c3d7
  3. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/99575060/The-Profile-of-District-Kamber-Shahdadkot-Sindh-Pakistan-2012#scribd
  4. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/99575060/The-Profile-of-District-Kamber-Shahdadkot-Sindh-Pakistan-2012#scribd

External links

Preceding station   Bhurgari railway station   Following station
Shahdadkot   Line
Sindh–Balochistan Small Line		   Garhi Khero



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