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• Afghan railway history

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  • Introduction
    1. The Great Game
    2. Kabul River, Khyber Pass
    3. Kabul-Darulaman railway
    4. King Amanullah’s travels
    5. Ambitious proposals
    6. International plans
    7. Soviet rail extensions
    8. War and reconstruction
    9. Iran to Herat
    10. Hairatan to Mazar-i-Sharif
    11. Herat and beyond
    12. Future plans
  • Industrial railways
    • Coal
    • Cotton
    • Cement
  • Map of railway proposals
  • Fleet list

• Recent Updates

  • First commercial freight train on Mazar-i-Sharif railway
  • Andkhoy railway studies complete, work to start ‘soon’
  • Turkmenistan railways
  • Steam locomotive on top of an Uzbek mountain
  • Herat railway construction and Afghan coal mining on video
  • Hairatan railway photos
  • Museum photos and an angle iron plan

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• News from Railway Gazette International

  • SJ 3000 inter-city train enters service February 6, 2012
    SWEDEN: National inter-city operator SJ AB put its next generation of train into commercial service on February 6, after the first of the 20 four-car EMUs was formally handed over on January 26. Designated X55 by SJ, the Bombardier Regina Alfa EMUs are marketed as SJ 3000 to follow the ageing X2000 tilting trains which continue to work front-line services. A […]
  • Classroom in a tank wagon February 6, 2012
    ROMANIA: A tank wagon is being used as a training vehicle by open access freight operator Grup Feroviar Roman and oil company Petrom. Converted at a cost of €40 000, the wagon is stabled at GFR’s Brazi depot, where it is used to train drivers, shunters, terminal staff and the emergency services in the handling of hazardous chemicals including petroleum produ […]
  • Industry News in Brief February 5, 2012
    With the backing of German rail industry association VBG, a ‘milestone’ agreement to standardise signalling and safety equipment interfaces was signed in December by infrastructure manager DB Netz and Alstom Transport, Ansaldo STS, Bombardier Transportation, Funkwerk, PintschBamag, Scheidt & Bachmann, Siemens and Thales. Guangzhou CSR Times Electric open […]

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