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The '''Kandahar State Railway''' , broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]), opened c.1881, ran only to from [[Sibi]] and then as far as '''Rindli§ ''' + ''(see note)''

The line never ‘[[Sind-Pishin State Railway]]’ had reached [[KandaharSibi]].in 1880 <ref>[https://booksarchive.google.frorg/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/books?id=JRfybCGRfbEC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=kandahar+state+railway&source=bl&ots=hErV8KzGaa&sig=eNbHm-zrnxjwzH-_zFFFx3IyKCc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EwvwVOv2BZDlaKqTgcgI&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBwBombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#v=onepage&q=kandahar%20state%20railway&f=false Google Books "Kipling and Afghanistan: A Study of the Young Author as Journalist Writing ..." by Neil K. Moran 2005 page 18/n117/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 108, pdf 117]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015Nov 2020</ref> ‘[[Sind-Pishin State Railway|''- see separate page'']]

The Kandhar State Railway joined with the southern section of the line was not constructed beyond Rindli and never reached [[Sind-Pishin State RailwayKandahar]] and in 1886 amgamated, with other railways, to form Afghanistan<ref>[[North Western Railway]https://books.google.fr/books?id=JRfybCGRfbEC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=kandahar+state+railway&source=bl&ots=hErV8KzGaa&sig=eNbHm-zrnxjwzH-_zFFFx3IyKCc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EwvwVOv2BZDlaKqTgcgI&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=kandahar%20state%20railway&f=false Google Books "Kipling and Afghanistan: A Study of the Young Author as Journalist Writing ..." by Neil K. Moran 2005 page 18](NWR), ; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>.

+ [[File:Kandahar State Railway Sibi-Rindli 1909 Map.png|thumb| Kandahar State Railway Sibi-Rindli 1909]]§ ''Note'' '''Rindli'''From - from [[Sibi]] the line ran south-west, skirting the hills to Rindli, and originally followed the course of the Bolān stream to its head on the plateau.The exact location of Rindli has not been determined, it is showing on the 1909 Map in the “Imperial Gazetteer” <ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=29 From "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 26, Atlas 1909 edition, Railway Map--Sectional (1), p. 23.” ]; Retrieved 12 Nov 2020</ref> as a short branch, estimated at 20 miles(32km) south west of Sibi and Bolan Junction

The ‘Kandahar State Railway’ joined with the southern section of the ‘[[Sind-Pishin State Railway]]’ and in 1886 amalgamated, with other railways, to form ‘[[North Western Railway]]’(NWR).  The destructive action of floods, however, led to the abandonment of this alignment. The railway now follows There is no mention of this line in the 1918 “Administration Report on Indian Railways” <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n117/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 108 (pdf107) ]; Retrieved 11 Nov 2020</ref> [[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Military.2FStrategic_Section|where it would have been listed under the ‘North Western Railway - Frontier Military Section’]] as a branch of the Mashkaf valley[[Sind-Pishin State Railway| ‘Sind-Pishin Section’]].  ==Alternative Routes==*The [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction| ‘ Bolan Pass Pörtable Railway’]] enabled this NWR route to be selectedreached [[Quetta]] in 1886 [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction|''- see separate page'']]. This was replaced in 1897 by the season broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) '[[Mushkaf-Bolan Railway]]'.*The ‘[[Sind-Pishin State Railway]]’ extended their line northwards from [[Sibi]] through the Harni Pass ‘[[Sind-Pishin State Railway|''- see separate page'']]

*[[Henry Francis Storey]], 1880. Engineer-in-Chief of the Jacobabad section. In 1881 his services were acknowledged by the Government of India (GoI) for 'arduous exertions rendered in the transport of troops and war material during the Afghan War, 1878-80.' Appointed Engineer-in-Chief 1881, Kandahar State Railway. In 1882 he received the thanks of the GoI “for prompt and efficient arrangements made in passing, without delay, troops proceeding to Egypt during the heavy breaches in the line caused by floods and for prompt execution of repairs for early resumption of traffic.” Promoted 1883 the to Superintendent of Way and Works.*[[Hugh Lewin Monk]],1880 February, deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]] to Kandahar State Railway until 1881. ==Further information==* See [[Sind-Pishin State Railway| '''Sind-Pishin State Railway''']]* and [[North Western Railway| '''North Western Railway''']] from 1886 onward