Khyber Pass Railway

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The Khyber Pass Railway is a historic narrow-gauge railway line in Pakistan that dramatically winds through the mountainous Khyber Pass near the Afghan border, famed for its engineering feats of tunnels, bridges, and steep gradients.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
builtBy British India ⓘ
closedBeyondLandiKotalYear 1932 ⓘ
connectedFrom Peshawar ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1905 ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
endStation Landi Kotal ⓘ
engineeringChallenges steep escarpments ⓘ
unstable mountain terrain ⓘ
extendedTo Landi Khana ⓘ
featuredIn railway heritage literature ⓘ
gauge 1,067 mm ⓘ
3 ft 6 in ⓘ
heritageStatus historic engineering landmark ⓘ
heritageTourism steam-hauled tourist trains (intermittent) ⓘ
historicalEra British colonial period ⓘ
knownFor dramatic mountain scenery ⓘ
engineering feats ⓘ
numerous tunnels ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
lengthInKilometres 52 ⓘ
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Khyber Pass ⓘ
maximumGradient 1 in 25 ⓘ
minimumCurveRadius 183 m ⓘ
nearBorderWith Afghanistan ⓘ
notableStation Ali Masjid ⓘ
Jamrud ⓘ
Landi Kotal ⓘ
numberOfBridgesAndCulverts 92 ⓘ
numberOfTunnels 34 ⓘ
openedToLandiKhanaYear 1926 ⓘ
openedToLandiKotalYear 1925 ⓘ
openedToTrafficYear 1925 ⓘ
originalOperator North Western State Railway ⓘ
partOf Pakistan Railways ⓘ
passengerServicesSuspendedYear 1982 ⓘ
passesThrough Khyber Pass mountains ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass
purpose link Peshawar with Afghan frontier ⓘ
strategic military route ⓘ
region Peshawar District ⓘ
startStation Jamrud ⓘ
status largely out of regular service ⓘ
touristServicesResumedYear 1996 ⓘ
touristServicesSuspendedYear 2006 ⓘ
trackGaugeType Cape gauge ⓘ
trackType single track ⓘ

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Khyber Pass → crossedBy → Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
Pakistan Railways network → hasBranchLine → Khyber Pass Railway (historic) ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass Railway
Landi Kotal → historicallyServedBy → Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
Jamrud → hasTransportConnection → historic Khyber Railway (partly defunct) ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass Railway
North Western State Railway → route → Landi Kotal section of the Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass Railway
Landi Khana → partOfLine → Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
Landi Khana → terminusOf → Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ
Landi Khana → category → Khyber Pass Railway ⓘ