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The '''Zhob Valley Railway''' was part of [[North Western Railway]](NWR) Northern Frontier 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) network; finally extended to [[Zhob]] in 1929
During the First World War, a railway line was laid [[Khanai]] (30 km north of Quetta) to [[Hindubagh]] (renamed as Muslimbagh in 1960s). Hindubagh had Chrome mines, which was used in munitions of First World War. The railway line at that time was a private siding for the Balochistan Chrome Ore Company. The work started on [[Khanai-Hindubagh Railway]] in 1916 and was opened for rail traffic in 1921. [[Khanai-Hindubagh Railway|''See separate page for more information'']]
In 1920 the [[Hindubagh-Fort Sandeman Railway Project]] to construct a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway from [[Hindubagh]] to Fort Sandeman (the capital of [[Zhob]])
