Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line (, ) is one of several
branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by
Pakistan Railways
Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering bot ...
. The line begins from
Hyderabad Junction station and ends at
Zero Point station. Currently, the line is active till
Khokhropar The total length of this railway line is . There are 26 railway stations from Kotri Junction to Zero Point.
History
The Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line was originally built as part of the ''Hyderabad–Jodhpur Railway'' in 1892. The first section from Hyderabad to
Shadipalli opened in 1892 and was originally constructed as a
broad gauge
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...
railway line (this first section was also known as the ''Hyderabad–Umarkot Railway''). In 1901, the first section was converted to
metre gauge
Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
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where it joined the second section between Shadipalli and
Luni and on wards to
Jodhpur
Jodhpur () is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2023, the city has a population of 1.83 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and ...
.
[ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 188]
Retrieved 6 Feb 2016 In February 2006, the entire Hyderabad–Khokhrapar line was re-converted again back to the original to 1676 mm broad gauge line.
Stations
The stations on this line are as follows:
See also
*
Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line
*
Railway lines in Pakistan
References
Railway stations on Hyderabad–Khokhrapar Branch Line
5 ft 6 in gauge railways in Pakistan
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