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Orders for a feasibility survey for the '''Bolan Pass Railway''' were first issued by the British Government in 1876. Work on the construction of railways through the Pass started in 1880 but was soon stopped after laying of 31km track due to the occurrence of famous [[Battle of Maiwand]] in the area. | Orders for a feasibility survey for the '''Bolan Pass Railway''' were first issued by the British Government in 1876. Work on the construction of railways through the Pass started in 1880 but was soon stopped after laying of 31km track due to the occurrence of famous [[Battle of Maiwand]] in the area. | ||
<ref>[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/elephants-carrying-locomotives-through-the-bolan-pass/ "Elephants carrying locomotives through the Bolan Pass" Scientific American, 15 August 1885, quoted at Practical Machinist‘s Antique Machinery and History Forum]; Posted 28 March 2010;Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref> | <ref>[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/elephants-carrying-locomotives-through-the-bolan-pass/ "Elephants carrying locomotives through the Bolan Pass" Scientific American, 15 August 1885, quoted at Practical Machinist‘s Antique Machinery and History Forum]; Posted 28 March 2010;Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
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The present day railway track through the Bolan Pass is the third attempt of laying railways through the pass and is still operational. At some places along the track one can see the abandoned tunnels and the rail bed of two earlier attempts of laying railways here. | The present day railway track through the Bolan Pass is the third attempt of laying railways through the pass and is still operational. At some places along the track one can see the abandoned tunnels and the rail bed of two earlier attempts of laying railways here. | ||
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*[http://www.irfca.org/articles/bolan-pass-railway.html "Railway line through the Bolan Pass By Owais Mughal"] IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club'' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||