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The '''Zhob Valley Railway''' was part of [[North Western Railway]](NWR) Northern Frontier 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) network; finally extended from Boston to [[Zhob]] in 1929
During the First World War, a railway line was laid [[Khanai ]] (30 km north of Quetta) to [[Hindubagh ]] (renamed as Muslimbagh in 1960s). Hindubagh had Chrome mines, which was used in munitions of First World War. The railway line at that time was a private siding for the Balochistan Chrome Ore Company. The work started on [[Khanai-Hindubagh line Railway]] in 1916 and was opened for rail traffic in 1921. In 1927, the Hindubagh to Qila Saifullah section was opened and finally the section up to Zhob was opened in 1929. It had been intended to extent the railway from Zhob to Bannu, but this never eventuated.
<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130122144541/http://pakistaniat.com/2008/06/05/zhob-valley-railway-zvr-of-pakistan/ "All Things Pakistan" /Zhob Valley Railway (ZVR) of Pakistan by Owais Mughal, June 5, 2008]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
===Historical books online===
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b747693?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 Zhob Valley Railway Survey] c early 1890s, page 98 ''Some Rambles of a Sapper'' by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust Digital Library
==Further Information==
See '''[[North Western Railway]]'''
== References ==
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
