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The destructive action of floods, however, led to the abandonment of this alignment. The railway now follows the Mashkaf valley. The [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]] enabled this NWR route to be selected. | The destructive action of floods, however, led to the abandonment of this alignment. The railway now follows the Mashkaf valley. The [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]] enabled this NWR route to be selected. | ||
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| + | *[[Hugh Lewin Monk]],1880 February, deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]] to Kandahar State Railway until 1881 | ||
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Revision as of 05:42, 26 April 2016
The Kandahar State Railway opened c.1881, ran only to Sibi and then as far as Rindli + (see note)
The line never reached Kandahar. [1]
The Kandhar State Railway joined with the southern section of the Sind-Pishin State Railway and in 1886 amgamated, with other railways, to form North Western Railway(NWR),
+ Note Rindli From Sibi the line ran south-west, skirting the hills to Rindli, and originally followed the course of the Bolān stream to its head on the plateau.
The destructive action of floods, however, led to the abandonment of this alignment. The railway now follows the Mashkaf valley. The Bolan Pass Railway Construction enabled this NWR route to be selected.
Personnel
- Hugh Lewin Monk,1880 February, deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department to Kandahar State Railway until 1881
