Koh-e-Taftan railway station

Koh-e-Taftan railway station (Urdu: کوہی تفتان اسٹیشن, Balochi: کوہی تفتان اسٹیشن) (or Kūh-i-Taftān)[1] is in Taftan a dry, elevated, mountainous town in Pakistan. The country's most western station, it is the last station in Pakistan on the Quetta-Taftan Railway Line before crossing into Iran and serves the town notable for the east-west trunk road. It is in the western projection of the far western province, Balochistan.

Koh-e-Taftan Station

کوہی تفتان اسٹیشن
General information
Coordinates28.9726°N 61.5570°E / 28.9726; 61.5570
Owned byMinistry of Railways
Line(s)Quetta-Taftan Railway Line
Other information
Station codeTFT
Services
Preceding station   Koh-e-Taftan railway station   Following station
Tozghi   Line
Quetta-Taftan
  Boundary Pillar
Location
Koh-e-Taftan Station
Location within Balochistan, Pakistan
Koh-e-Taftan Station
Koh-e-Taftan Station (Pakistan)

It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called Taftan, wholly in Iran.

The border, less than 700 metres west, on the line sits at approximately 61.54° east, whereas Pakistan's easternmost station, Chak Amru, in Punjab, lies in an upper valley at about 75.2° east (of the Prime Meridian).

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