Khokhrapar

Khokhrapar or Khokhropar is a border town situated in Tharparkar DistrictSindhPakistan.

Location:

It is located at Latitude of 25°41 North and Longitude of 70°12 East and has an altitude of 71 metres.

Access:

This city is accessible through roads as well as railway station.

Khokhrapar

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Railway Lines:

Khokhrapar railway station was established in 1870. Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Sind Mail was ran between Hyderabad, Pakistan and Ahmedabad, India via Mirpur Khas, Khokhrapar, Munabao, Barmer, Luni, Jodhpur, Pali, Marwar and Palanpur. After the independence Khokhrapar was the last railway station in Pakistan on Hyderabad, Pakistan – Jodhpur, India railway line and used for customs and immigration. The train service between Hyderabad, Pakistan and Jodhpur, India closed down after the 1965 war.

In February 2006 Mirpur Khas – Munabao railway line reopened after the conversion of metre gauge railway track to broad gauge. Now Zero Point railway station is the last station in Pakistan on this railway line to customs and immigration.

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