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The Kohat-Thal section of 61 miles was converted from NG to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in 1902 and merged into the NWR mainline in 1908.  
The Kohat-Thal section of 61 miles was converted from NG to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in 1902 and merged into the NWR mainline in 1908.  
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n136/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 128]; Retrieved 8 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n136/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 128]; Retrieved 8 Feb 2016</ref>
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  3 Apr 2016</ref>
gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -
gives the following:-
*L/MIL/7/14848; "Collection 335/15 Railway construction: Loi Shilman, Kohat-Thal, Thal-Parachinar lines."; 1908


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 08:37, 8 April 2016

Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway
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Line of route
Khushalgarh to Thal
Gauge / mileage
Narrow (2' 6") gauge 92 miles (1905)
Timeline
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Kohat
System agency
Worked by North Western Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway was a military, 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway which ran close to the border with Afghanistan linking Khushalgarh to Kohat to Thal.

The Kohat-Thal section of 61 miles was converted from NG to broad gauge(BG) in 1902 and merged into the NWR mainline in 1908. [1]

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: - gives the following:-

  • L/MIL/7/14848; "Collection 335/15 Railway construction: Loi Shilman, Kohat-Thal, Thal-Parachinar lines."; 1908

References