Kandahar State Railway

The Kandahar State Railway opened c.1881, originally ran from Sibi and then on wards to Rindli, with the intention to reaching Quetta and onwards to Kandahar.^[1] However, the line never reached Quetta.^[2] 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 State Railway (NWR).

History[]

From Sibi, the line ran south-west, skirting the hills to Rindli, and originally followed the course of the Bolan stream to its head on the plateau. The destructive action of floods, however, led to the abandonment of this alignment. The railway now follows the Mashkaf Valley. The Bolan Pass Railway construction enabled this NWR route to be selected. Today, this line lies abandoned.

Stations[]

• Sibi Junction
• Nari
• Babar Kachh
• Speentangi
• Harnai
• Nakus
• Sharigh
• Khost
• Zardalu

Personnel[]

• Henry Francis Storey: 1880, Engineer-in-Chief of the Jacobabad section. 1881, appointed Engineer-in-Chief. 1883, promoted to the Superintendent of Way and Works.
• Hugh Lewin Monk: deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department to Kandahar State Railway until 1881.

See also[]

• History of rail transport in Pakistan
• North Western State Railway
• Sind–Pishin State Railway
• Pakistan Railways

References[]

• The spelling of Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway is variable. Scinde and Punjaub are the spellings adopted in the legislation - see "Government Statute Law Repeals 2012" pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83.^[3]

External links[]

• Fairlawn School was established as Scind, Punjaub and Delhi Railway School, Mussoorie in 1877
• Thacker's "1872 Scinde, Punjab and Delhi Railway Personnel"