The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) in collaboration with Pakistan Railways and Sehrai Travels organised a unique activity to mark the World Tourism Day 2015 by holding a Train Excursion to Attock Khurd.
According to the Additional Secretary Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Museums and Youth Affairs Department Muhammad Tariq Khan while talking to the media at Attock Khurd Railways Station.
A press release issued here on Sunday said that the WTD is celebrated around the World on 27th September, and Pakistan being a member country, the TCKP has always maintained its record of celebrating the day with full zeal and vigour.
150 youth organisations including the females scout, Women Chamber of Commerce, Peshawar Cricket Team and others participated in the activity.
The historic tourist resort complex of Attock Khurd is situated on the eastern bank of Indus River near the old iron girder bridge built in 1883, which connects the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Punjab. The old British era Railways station built around 1880, with its magnificent stone masonry and beautiful Victorian architecture is set in a hilly backdrop of an area steeped with history.
The train tour offers a rare glimpse of a section of the Historic Rawalpindi-Landikotal route. The journey begins from Peshawar Cantt Railway station and passes by the famous Balahisar fort. After leaving the city, the train chugs through lush green fields and orchards of peaches and plums, undulating hillocks and enters the rugged Manglot mountain range.
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