Quetta railway station

Quetta Railway Station
Quetta Railway Station - Front View
Station statistics
Connections	Bus stand, Taxicab stand
Structure type	Standard (On Ground Station)
Other information
Owned by	Ministry of Railways

Quetta Railway Station is located in middle of the Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Quetta is connected to Lahore by a 727 miles long railway line. Similarly, it is also connected by rail with Peshawar (986 miles) and Karachi (536 miles). It is also connected by railway with Zahedan, which is a city in neighboring Iran.

History

Quetta was considered as an important strategic destination during British Raj. Britain always considered Russians as a threat to its rule in the Indian sub-continent that they might advance from Afghanistan into Quetta and thereby threatening its rule in India.^[1] It was the year 1857 when the idea was suggested by William Andrew (Chairman of Scinde, Punjab and Delhi Railway) that the railways to the Bolan Pass would have strategic role in responding to any threat by Russia. During the second Afghan War (1878-80) between Britain and Afghanistan, a new urgency was needed to construct a Railway line up to Quetta in order to get easier access to the frontier. On 18 September 1879, under the orders of Viceroy council, work begun on laying the railway tracks and after four months the first 215 km of line from Ruk to Sibi was completed and become operational in January 1880. Beyond Sibi the terrain was very difficult. After immense difficulties and harsh weather conditions, it was March 1887 when the railway line of over 320 km long reached Quetta. ^[1]

Train routes

The routes are Quetta from linked with Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Multan, Kotri, Sukkur, Sibi, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Wazirabad, Jhelum, Khanewal, Dalbadin, Taftan, Bostan, Chaman, and Nowshera.

Train services from Quetta

See also

• Pakistan Railways

References

Coordinates: 30°11′29″N 67°00′03″E / 30.1915°N 67.0009°E / 30.1915; 67.0009