Mehrabpur
| Mehrabpur محراب پور | |
|---|---|
| City | |
  Mehrabpur | |
| Coordinates: 27°05′58″N 68°25′15″E / 27.099444°N 68.420833°E | |
| Country |
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| Province | Sindh |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 300,000 |
| • Estimate (2010) | near 300,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0242 |
Mehrabpur (Urdu: محراب پور), (Sindhi:محرابپور), is a city in the Naushahro Firoz District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Council.
It has a busy railway station on the main railway line between Karachi and Lahore. It is a junction station with a disused branch line to Naushahro Feroze. City is also connected through many link roads at Just 6 km from N-5.
Train crash
On 19 December 2007, at 2:30 am an overcrowded 15 up karachi express train traveling from Karachi to Lahore derailed 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Mehrabpur killing over 49 people and injuring two hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.[1]
See also
Mehrabpur is situated on the bank of Rohri canal.
References
- ↑ Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved December 19, 2007
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