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The '''Dandot Branch Line''' first opened in 1883 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from Chalisa Junction on the mainline to the [[Khewra Salt Mines Tramway|Khewra Salt Mines]] and extended to Dandot, a total of 8.5 miles(13.6km), as part of the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]](PNSR) network. The line was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in Aug 1887 to connect the [[Khewra Salt Mines Tramway|Khewra Salt Mines]] to Chalisa Junction on the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) network, which by that time was a fully BG. The extension to Dandot from Khewra, 2.1 miles(3.4km), was converted to BG in Aug 1889 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 108 (pdf116) ]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref>.
''See also'' '''[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Frontier_.28Military.29_Section| North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked ]]'''
At Dandot there was an interchange with the 4'[[Dandot Light Railway]] and its associated coal mines.
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