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|route= [[NowsheraNaushahra]] (Nowshera) to [[DurgaiDargai]][Durgai)|gauge1= Narrow (2' 6") gauge

|stations= [[Naushahra]], Kabul River Right/South Bank, Kabul River Left/North Bank, Rashkai (Mile 9½), Mardan(Mile 14½), Kalapani Flag station(Mile 19½), Takht-i-Bhal(Mile 23½), Porko Dheri Flag station(Mile 27¼), Hathian(Mile 31¼), Sakhakot Flag station(Mile 36¼) and [[Dargai]](Mile 40).

The '''Nowshera-Durgai Railway''' connected the towns of [[Naushahra]] and [[Dargai]] - '' '''see ‘Spelling Note''' '' The railway was a military, 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that branched off interchanged with the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) main line from [[Rawalpindi]] to [[Peshawar]] and the [[Khyber Pass]]. The line from [[NowsheraNaushahra]] to [[DurgaiDargai]], a length of 40 miles (64km) , opened in 1901. <refname=Admin129>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n137/mode/2up " Administration 1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 129 (pdf137)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2017</ref>. The military line built from [[Naushahra]](Nowshera) ran 40 miles(64km) northwards to [[Dargai]][Durgai) at the foot of the Malakand Pass, the entrance to Chitral on the Afghan Border. After 2 miles(3.2km) the line met the Kabul River, it crossed this by means of a ‘Boat Bridge’. Only freight trains were permitted to cross, passengers had to detrain and cross by boat. The line crossed two other significant rivers, the Baghiara at ‘Mile 28’ and the Lokhora (Mile 38). The line followed the alignment of the old military road and there nine intermediate stations (''see Table'' ‘Stations’). Locomotive watering facilities were at [[Naushahra]](Nowshera), Kabul River Left/North Bank, Mardan and Dargai. There was a locomotive shed and small workshops at Kabul River Left/North Bank for light repairs, with major repairs being carried out at [[Rawalpindi]]. There were turntables at Kabul River Left/North Bank and Dargai <ref name =IA02>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry IA02 page ....</ref>. The line was taken over by the NWR in 1921, although in India 1918 classified under the NWR with the remark “Contract – Nil - The line is owned and worked by the State” <ref name=Admin129/> '' '''Spelling Note''' ''*Nowshera – corrected up Durgai Railway is used to identify the railway*Naushahra and Dargai is used to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent identify the towns  *Nowshera and Durgai are spellings used in the “Imperial Gazetteer of India”, Table IX ‘Railways Worked by each Railway Administration on June 30 1905’ and in the “Administration Report on Railways 1918” <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V03_451.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of Government PrintingIndia”, v. 3, p. 416 ‘Railways Worked by each Railway Administration on June 30, Calcutta1905]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2017</ref> <ref name=Admin129/>  *Naushahra and Dargai are spelling used in page 129the “Imperial Gazetteer of India”, v. 23, p. 185-6 <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_192.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India”, v. 23, p. 185-6]; Retrieved 10 Feb 20161 Dec 2017</ref>