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Munabao
Munabao
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Munabao, Barmer district, Rajasthan; India
Coordinates	25°44′34″N 70°16′36″E / 25.7429°N 70.2768°E
Elevation	80 metres (260 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Western Railway
Line(s)	Marwar Junction–Munabao line
Platforms	1
Tracks	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MBF
Division(s)	Jodhpur
History
Opened	1902
Electrified	Yes
Location
Location
	Munabao railway station Location in Rajasthan Munabao railway station Munabao railway station (Rajasthan)

Munabao

Legend

km

to Karachi via Hyderabad

Border

to Marwar Junction–Munabao line

Source:Google Maps

Munabao railway station is located in Barmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a railway transit point on the India–Pakistan border.

The railway station

Munabao railway station is at an elevation of 80 metres (260 ft) and was assigned the code – MBF.^[1]

History

A 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line from Luni to Shadipalli, in Sind, was built across the Thar Desert in 1902 and the line from Shadipalli to Hyderabad (now in Pakistan) was regauged.^[2] The Luni–Barmer–Munabao section was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2004.^[3]

During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, the railway station came under the control of Pakistan.

According to a 1929 issue of the Railway Gazette, the Sind Mail used to run on this route between Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, Sindh. The route was in use with through services between Jodhpur and Karachi till around 1965. On the Pakistan side, Khokhrapar was the terminus of a metre-gauge branch line from Hyderabad, Sindh via Mirpur Khas, 135 km from the border.^[3]

The rail link across Munabao–Khokhrapar border was restored in 2006. As per the agreement between Indian and Pakistan railways, the Thar Express travels once a week from Karachi during a six-month block, crosses the international border, and the passengers change over to an Indian train at Munabao for their onward journey to Bhagat Ki Kothi in Jodhpur.^[4]^[5]

On the Indian side the Thar Link Express runs non-stop once a week from Bhagat Ki Kothi (near Jodhpur) to Munabao and back.^[1] Pakistan Railways have set up a new railway station at Zero Point^[6] There is a passenger train linking Munabao to Barmer, which runs on all days except Monday.^[1]^[7]