Owned by Ministry of Railways Previous names Gambar Station | Station code OKC | |
Line(s) Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line | ||
Okara Cantonment railway station (Urdu: اوکاڑہ کینٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن, Punjabi: اوکاڑہ کینٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Okara cantonment, 10 km away from Okara city, Okara district of Punjab province, Pakistan.
1957 Gambar train crash
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.
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