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→NWR Military/Strategic Section: revised with internal links added
Broad Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]), 1151(1852km) in 1918 described as the ‘NWR Frontier(Military) Section’; by 1937 this had become 1555 miles(2503km) and described as the ‘NWR Strategic Section’.
<br>'''[[Baluchistan Railways| ‘Baluchistan Railways’]]''' is the sub-heading used in the 1937 Report comprising:-
* [[Sind-Pishin State Railway|‘Ruk-Chaman Mainline’]]. Recorded in the 1916 Report as the ‘[[Sind-Pishin State Railway]]’(SPSR), 337 miles(542km) and in the 1937 Report as the ‘Ruk-Chaman Mainline’, 310 miles(499km). The ‘[[Quetta Link Railway]]’ was order ordered by the British Government in 1876 as a strategic railway. The section from Ruk Junction to [[Sibi]] opened 1880, constructed by the SP&DR and named the [[Kandahar State Railway]], SPSR which merged into NWR 1886; extended from [[Sibi]] via Quetta , Mushkaf and Bostan 1887; to Killa Abdulla, 1888; reaching [[Chaman]] 1892 . The section from [[Mushkaf-Bolan Railway| Muskaf 'Mushkaf-Bolan Section' through the Bolan Pass]] was a major challenge as described in the page ‘[[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]]’, the track was twice washed away and finally opened after reconstruction in 1887. Recorded in The line reached Killa Abdulla, 1888;. The further section reached Chaman 1892, this required the temporary use of the ‘[[Khojak Rope Inclines]]’ from 1888 until the 1937 Report as opening of the ‘Ruk-Chaman Mainline’‘[[Khojak Tunnel]]’ in 1892, 310 miles(499km)these again were major challenges described on separate pages.
* ‘Sebi-Bostan (Harnai Route) Branch Line’, 134 miles(216km), originally named the ‘Sibi-Bostan Loop Line’, 109 mile(175km), from [[Sibi]] to [[Quetta]], opened 1882 and 1887, dismantled and realigned 1897; extended to Bostan, 1887; Bostan Chord opened 1898.
* ‘Spezand-Zahidan Branch Line’, 440 miles(708km, original section named the ‘[[Quetta-Nushki Branch Line]]’, 88 miles(141km),opened on November 15, 1905. An extension NWR Military Section from Spezand Junction near Quetta to [[Nushki]]. The line was extended to respond to Military demands and was completed to Duzdap (Zahidan) by 1927. ''See'' ‘[[Trans-Baluchistan Railway]]’ and ‘[[Nushki Extension Railway]]’ ''for details. ''
