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Atari Shyam Singh railway station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Attari and the Wagah border with Pakistan.In May 2015, Government of Punjab changed the name of station to Atari Shyam Singh railway station after Sham Singh Atariwala who was general in the Sikh Empire.The railway stationAttari railway station is at an elevation of 220m and was assigned the code – ATT. Attari is the last station in India on the Amritsar-Lahore line.HistoryThe Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line in 1865. Amritsar-Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore n 1862.Trans-Asian RailwayCurrently, all freight traffic originating from Asia destined for Europe goes by sea. The Trans-Asian Railway will enable containers from Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Korea to travel over land by train to Europe. The Southern Corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway is of prime interest to India. It connects Yunnan in China and Thailand with Europe via Turkey and passes through India.