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In 1909, several kilometers of permanent way and bridges were uprooted from Khyber Pass and sent to other areas of India to be used there.
Colonel [[Gordon Risley Hearn|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>
