Wagah Railway Station (

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and ) is located in

Wagah Wagah (; ; ), also spelled Wagha or Wahga, is a village and union council (UC 181) located in the Wahga Zone near Lahore City District, Pakistan. The town is famous for the Wagah border ceremony and also serves as a goods transit terminal a ...

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. It is the last

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in Pakistan on the

Lahore–Wagah Branch Line Lahore–Wagah Branch Line () is one of several Railway lines in Pakistan, branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line starts at Lahore Junction railway station, Lahore Junction station and ends at Wagah railw ...

and serves as the border station before crossing into

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. Wagah serves as a sub-urban station of Lahore and is also used for

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and

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of passengers who travel between

and

via

Samjhauta Express The Samjhauta Express () was a twice-weekly train, Thursday and Monday, that ran between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. In Hindi and Urdu languages, the word ''Samjhauta'' means an "agreement" or an "accord", especially ...

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Railway stations in Lahore District Railway stations on Lahore–Wagah Branch Line Cross-border railway lines in Pakistan {{PunjabPK-railstation-stub

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