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Railway Housing Scheme 8 Chaklala | |
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Railway Housing Scheme 8 Chaklala | |
Coordinates(Community centre*): 33°32′23″N73°09′07″E / 33.539851°N 73.152021°E Coordinates: 33°32′23″N73°09′07″E / 33.539851°N 73.152021°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
District | Rawalpindi |
Union Council | Chaklala |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Area code(s) | 051 |
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Railway Housing Scheme 8 Chaklala Rawalpindi is a neighbourhood of Chaklala Rawalpindi, Pakistan.It is situated astride the Airport road, to the east of Grand Trunk Road on the main railway line and also has a Chaklala Railway Station [1] very near to its own.
Main Railway track of Pakistan Railways passes through the banks of Railway Housing Scheme 8 Chaklala's area. The Housing Scheme 8 Chaklala's area [2] has a Railway station, The Chaklala Dry Port [3] Chaklala Rawalpindi, an associated strategic dry port [4] that handles cargo trains.
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