Shorkot Cantonment Junction railway station

Shorokt Cantt Railway Station is located on Khanewal-Warzirabad Branch Line orignally known as Wazirabad-Multan Railway under the North Western State Railway. A survey for a railway line began in 1892. The Wazirabad–Lyallpur began construction in 1894 and opened in 1896. The Lyallpur–Multan section began construction the following year and opened in 1899. The survery was conducted by Paget Patrick Dease Exucutive Engineer from the Public Works Department (PWD). Wazirabad-Lyallpur State Railway section was under construction in 1894 with Henry Herbert Gahan, PWD, as Superintendent of Works.

The Railway Station was built 1899. Shorkot Railway station was build for the purpose of splitting the three branch lines being Shorkot-Lalamusa Branch Line, Shorkot-Sheikhpura Branch Line & Khanewal-Wazirabad Branch Line itself, It is still to this day considered as one of biggest junction of Pakistan Railways.

In it's glory days Shorkot Cantt Railway station was one of the busiest railway station of Pakistan Railways, It was terminal station for many services, It was also used for frieght working and shunting of coaches, Initially shorkot Cantt had a massive freight yard beyond platform no 5 but due to dwindling Pakistan Railways Freight operation the yard is now shrinked to platform no 5 and frieght yard is abandoned & burried.

Currently only one service orignates from this Railway Station being Ravi Express which runs towards lahore being the only train on Shorkot–Sheikhupura Branch Line.

The Shorkot Cantonment is regarded a part of the Jhang district. By the book, only its main bazaar and some residential colonies fall in Jhang district, while the Shorkot Rafiqui Airbase and several residential colonies are part of Toba Tek Singh district.

The railway line at the Shorkot Cantonment railway station serves as a demarcation line between the two districts where platform No 1 is in Jhang district while platforms No 2 to 4 are part of the Toba Tek Singh district{{Cite web |last=Saeed |first=Tariq |date=2016-06-09 |title=Shorkot: one step in Toba, the other in Jhang |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1263686 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

Waris Shah passenger was one of oldest train that ran on Shorkot-Sheikhupura Branch Line till Lahore Junction, The service was introduced in 1990 and was named after the famous poet Waris Shah, Warris Shah was a passenger train having many stops on this route unlike the Ravi Express, The service ran until 2019 and was terminated by Pakistan Railways due to Covid-19 Pandemic, but it had not resumed as of 2025, It was also one of the last remaining service that operated on this route.

Sultan Bahu was a morning service that used to connect passenger of Shorkot-Sheikhupura branch line to Lahore Junction.Sultan Bahu Passenger was also named after the famous poet Sultan Bahu, Sultan bahu Passenger was terminated in 2008 due to lack of locomotives.[https://www.dawn.com/news/283064/11-trains-suspend-operation]

Badar Express was started in 1988 by Pakistan Railways, And it was a premium service between Lahore & Shorkot, Unlike Warris Shah Fast & Ravi Express, Badar Express used Wazirabad-Khanewal Branch line and then Sangla Hill-Shahdra Branch Line, Badar Express used to serve Faislabad and take passenger to Lahore, Badar Express also used to take a second trip only till Faisalabad with service name being "Ghouri Express", The train was successful and used to ran till Shorkot untill 2014, Currently Badar Express still runs between Faisalabad & Lahore but does not use Shorkot Cantt as orignating point.

It was the only train that ran between Shorkot and Sargodha, This service was terminated in 2008 due to lack of locomotives and coaches that was burned in the aftermath of Assassination of Benair Bhutto.

Shorkot has 5 available platforms for operation of different services, Platform no 1 & 2 are mostly used for Up and Down trains, While 3 & 4 are used for orignating and terminating servcies, Platform no 3 & 4 has the facility of watering trains, Platform no 5 is not used anymore because of many services terminated on this sections.

Being a freight hub and terminal for many services in the past, Shorkot Cantt has the facility of loco shed and a turn table, At present only 2 lines of locoshed are in working condition and now only locomotive of Ravi Epress rest here continues it's journey towards Lahore.

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