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The '''Khyber Pass Railway''' was a line from India to [[Afghanistan]] via [[Khyber Pass]]; built as a strategic line to thwart any Afghan or Russian invasion of India and opened in 1925.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass] Wikipedia - " Khyber Pass Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1879 a reconnaissance survey was conducted with an aim to find the feasibility of laying railways through Khyber Pass. Many years pass without any action on the ground. Finally the construction started in 1905 from a place called Kacha Garhi between [[Peshawar]] and [[Jamrud]]. The track made progress westwards and 32km of track was laid by 1907.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/khyber-pass-railway.html] IRFCA "Khyber Pass Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://en-gb.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315059328554077&id=285704338156243] Facebook - "Railways in Indo-Pak"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
The alliance between Russia and Afghanistan made British consider Russia no longer a threat. This stops the work on Khyber Pass Railway.
Colonel Gordon Hearn was assigned to the work of surveying and recommending the best route through Khyber Pass. Previously all surveys recommended a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) track. However the proposal to use broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) was adopted and construction restarted in 1920. Victor Bailey was the engineer who was assigned the construction of the line. The section from [[Jamrud]] to [[Landi Kotal]] was opened on November 3, 1925 by the wife of the engineer Victor Bailey.
<ref>Bayley, Victor (1939). Permanent Way Through the Khyber. London: Jarrold.</ref>
The railway was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) until partition in 1947. Then by Pakistan Railways until closure.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_train_safari] Wikipedia - "Khyber Train Safari"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref> ==References==
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
