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In 1879 a reconnaissance survey was conducted with an aim to find the feasibility of laying railways through Khyber Pass. Many years pass without any action on the ground. Finally Described in some records as the construction started in 1905 from a place called Kacha Garhi between [['''Peshawar]] and -Landi Kotal Railway''' [[Jamrud]]. The track made progress westwards and 32km of track was laid by 1907.<ref>[httpFile://www.irfca.org/articles/khyber-pass-railwayKhyber Pass Railway 2.html IRFCA "png|thumb|Khyber Pass Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://en-gb.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315059328554077&id=285704338156243 Facebook "Railways in Indo-Pak"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>

The alliance between Russia and Afghanistan made British consider Russia no longer a threatterminus was until 1932 at Landi Khana ''(as seen on 1931 map)''. This stops station, on the work Afghan border near Torkham, opened in April 1926 and closed in Nov 1932 on Khyber Pass Afghan Government request <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landi_Khana_railway_station Wikipedia ‘Landi Khana RailwayStation’]; Retrieved 29 Apr 2019</ref>.

In 1909[[Landi Kotal]] was a station, several kilometers 5 miles(8km) from the Afghan border, and after 1932 became the terminus of permanent way and bridges were uprooted from the Khyber Pass and sent to other areas of India to be used thereRailway <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landi_Kotal_railway_station Wikipedia ‘Landi Kotal Railway Station’]; Retrieved 29 Apr 2019</ref>.

==History==1879: a reconnaissance survey was conducted with an aim to find the feasibility of laying railways through Khyber Pass. Many years passed without any action on the ground <ref name=ref1>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/khyber-pass-railway.html IRFCA "Khyber Pass Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref><ref name=ref2>[https://en-gb.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315059328554077&id=285704338156243 Facebook "Railways in Indo-Pak"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>. 1897-98: a survey was carried out for a narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) fof 33 miles(53km) line from [[Peshawar]] to [[Landi Kotal]]. It was reported to meet “the heavy demands for transport during military operations on the frontier, the question of laying down light railways has been under consideration”.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208633/page/n7 “Summary of the principal measures of the viceroyalty of the Earl of Elgin in the Public Works Department Jan 1894 to Dec 1898” ]; Retrieved 29 Apr 2019</ref>. <br>The survey and report also examined an additional route from [[Nowshera]] to [[Durgai]]. <br>''See page'' ‘[[Nowshera-Durgai Railway]]’ ''for more information.'' 1901: opening of the railway between [[Peshawar]] and [[Jamrud]] as broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) . Described as the ‘Pershawar-Jamrud Branch’ of the NWR ‘Frontier – Military Section’, a length of 11 miles, opened 1 Jan 1901 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n117/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 108(pdf117)]; Retrieved 28 Apr 2019</ref>.  1905-07: finally the construction started from a place called Kacha Garhi between [[Peshawar]] and [[Jamrud]]. The [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] railway made progress westwards and 20 miles(32km) of track was laid by 1907 <ref name=ref1/><ref name=ref2/>.<br>''See page'' ‘[[Jamrud-Dakka-Jalabad Portable Railway]]’ ''for more information.'' 1907: The terms of the Anglo-Russian Convention was that Russia accepted that Afghanistan was outside its sphere of influence <ref>[https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/afghanistan International Encyclopaedia of the First World War – Afghanistan, prior to 1918 by Hugh Beattie"]; Retrieved 29 Apr 2019</ref>. This made British consider Russia no longer a threat and the work on Khyber Pass Railway was stopped. 1909: several kilometers of permanent way and bridges were uprooted from Khyber Pass and sent to other areas of India to be used there<ref name=ref1/><ref name=ref2/>. 1919-25: A ropeway for carrying of military supplies, with a length of 19 miles(31km), was constructed from [[Landi Kotal]] <br>''See page'' ‘[[Khyber Ropeway Company]]’ ''for more information.'' 1920-25: Colonel [[Gordon Risley Hearn|Gordon Hearn]] was assigned to the work of surveying and recommending the best route through Khyber Pass. Previously all surveys recommended a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) track. However the proposal to use broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) was adopted and construction restarted in 1920. [[Victor Bayley]] was the engineer who was assigned the construction of the line. The section from [[Jamrud]] to [[Landi Kotal]] was opened on November 3, 1925 by the wife of the engineer [[Victor Bayley]].