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The '''Trans Baluchistan, Quetta-Zahidan Railway''' was constructed as part of a strategic military route between India and Persia (now Iran).
The [[North Western Railway]] (NWR) Military Section [[Quetta -Nushki Branch Line]] from [[Quetta]] to [[Nushki branch line ]] was opened on November 15, 1905<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/1up Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 98 (pdf107)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>.
==History==The railway construction west of [[Nushki ]] towards Iran was named the '''[[Nushki Extension Railway]]'''. Work started on it in September 1916 under the charge of Mr. P.C. Young as Engineer-in-Chief . The extension of the [[Quetta-Nushki Branch Line|Quetta-Nushki Railway]] was described in July 1916 as the '''Quetta-Seistan Railway''' by the Commander-in-Chief in India , Sir Beauchamp Duff - “to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to Seistan, on the grounds that it is a 'cogent military necessity'” <ref>IOR/L/PS/18/C152; “Quetta-Seistan Railway” a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to Seistan, on the grounds that it is a 'cogent military necessity' “;26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916</ref>. In 1917 this extension railway is also described by the Mesopotamia Administration Committee as the “proposed extension of '''Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway''' <ref>IOR/L/PS/18/C179; “Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Proposed extension of Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway”; 29 Jun 1917-18 Aug 1917</ref>. The 1918-19 Nushki Extension Reconnaisance Report by Maj Lewis Egerton Hopkins gives a report and approximate estimates <ref>IOR/L/MIL/17/13/29; “Nushki Extension reconnaisance, 1918-19. Report and the approximate estimates. Maj Lewis Egerton Hopkins. Lahore: North-Western Railway Press, 1919</ref>. The railway line reached the Iranian town of Duzdap (now Zahidan () <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan ZahedanZahidan Wikipedia “Zahidan”)])) ; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref> on October 1, 1922and described as the '''Quetta-Zahidan Railway'''. The railway is also described as the “Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway” <ref>IOR/5L/PS/18/C208; “Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway”; 8 May 1922 Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway”</ref>.
By the time the railway line reached Duzdap, the British had already demobilized their forces in East Persia. This demobilization happened in March 1921 and it took away the importance of the newly built railway. So much so that in 1931, the 221 km section between Nok-Kundi and Duzdap (Zahidan) was closed down and track removed to be used elsewhere.
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