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Mehrabpur

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Mehrabpur
City
Mehrabpur Sindh Pakistan
Mehrabpur is located in Sindh
Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur is located in Pakistan
Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur
Coordinates: 27°05′58″N 68°25′15″E / 27.099444°N 68.420833°E / 27.099444; 68.420833
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 • Total
273,764
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code0242

Mehrabpur (Urdu: محراب پور), (Sindhi:محرابپور), is a city in the Naushahro Feroze District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Councils.

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.

Train crash

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On 19 December 2007, at 2:30 am an overcrowded 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

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References

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  1. ^ Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved December 19, 2007.