Hayat Sherpao Shaheed Railway Station

Hayat Sherpao Shaheed Railway Station is located in Hayat Sherpao, a village in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This railway station was built around 1990 during the British rule. Hayat Sherpao Shaheed Railway Station is located on the Karachi-Peshawar railway line. The height of Hayat Sherpao railway station is about 300 meters above sea level. Hayat Sherpao Railway Station is located between Akora Khattak Railway Station and Nowshera Junction Railway Station.
Hayat Sherpao village is named after Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao. Hayat Sherpao, born 1 February 1937, simply known as Hayat Sherpao, was a left-wing intellectual and socialist, who served as the 15th Governor of North West Frontier Province. He has also been the Vice Chairman of People’s Party as well as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. In addition, Hayat Sherpao was assassinated on February 8, 1975 in the North-West Frontier Province and his death was blamed on the Awami National Party of Khan Abdul Wali Khan, a rival political party.

There is also a military cantonment at Nowshera, situated on a sandy plain along the right bank of the Kabul river, two miles in diameter, and surrounded by low hills on all sides except the north, which opens towards the river. . Gerritharn now consisted of one British infantry regiment, two native cavalry and four infantry regiments, one battalion, and one bearer corps belonging to the Peshawar Division of the Northern Command. The railway and railway bridge across the river was opened on 1st December 1903. The town, 3 miles from the cantonment, with the headquarters of Nowshera Tehsil, has a government dispensary and a local middle school managed by the District Board. Borders of Nowshera =- Nowshera district is bordered by Peshawar district in the west, Mardan district in the north, Charsadda district in the northwest, Peshawar district in the northeast, Mardan district in the north, Orakzai agency in the west and Attock district in the east. The weather in Nowshera is generally colder from November to February and hot from June to August.

Hayat Railway Station is a small and beautiful railway station. The building of this railway station is constructed of stone bricks and is painted white inside and out. There are few rooms in this railway station building which include station master office, ticket house, light warehouse and waiting rooms etc. Large round dots are made in the building of this railway station. Hayat Sherpao is written in black ink in Urdu and English on the front wall of the building of Hayat Sherpao Railway Station and a board has been made on the roof nearby with Kalma Tayyaba written on it. A red stand is placed inside the railway station building on which are hung red buckets filled with sand and water, which are used to extinguish the fire. This railway station also houses a weighing scale which is very old i.e. it was built during the British era. A bell was also installed at this railway station which is rung when a train arrives. Outside the building of this railway station, there is an arrow on one side which indicates the direction of Qiblah. Along with the building of Hayat Sherpao Railway Station, many flowers and fruit plants are also planted which looks very beautiful. Along with the pillar of the building of this railway station, flowering plants are also planted and in addition to these, there are also flowering vines which are mounted on the pillar and they present a very attractive sight. Water is also well managed at this railway station, a plastic water tank has also been installed. There are many trees at this railway station including white and banyan trees. This railway station has a single platform and paved cement floor. There is currently no station master at this railway station. There is also some population around this railway station. A lot of trains pass through Hayat Sherpao railway station but no trains stop here at the moment.

No Train stop at that station. Trains that don’t stop here

Train Name	Previous Station Name	Prev Station Arrival	Prev Station Departure
14DN – Awam Express	Nowshera Jn.	9:00	9:04
13UP – Awam Express	Jahangira Road	15:17	15:21
40DN – Jaffar Express	Nowshera Jn.	7:39	7:41
39UP – Jaffar Express	Jahangira Road	16:52	16:54
2DN – Khyber Mail	Nowshera Jn.	22:41	22:46
1UP – Khyber Mail	Jahangira Road	3:59	4:01
47UP – Rehman Baba Express	Attock City	11:24	11:26
48DN – Rehman Baba Express	Nowshera Jn.	11:39	11:41