Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway
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| 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
