Railways of Afghanistan

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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

  • Another photo of the Friendship Bridge
  • Gateway to Central Asia
  • China and Afghanistan
  • MCC to build Kunduz - Jalalabad railway
  • Problems with transport in Uzbekistan

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• News from Railway Gazette International

  • World rail market September 2010 September 7, 2010
    Japan: JR Central is to spend ¥87bn rebuilding its Hamamatsu high speed train maintenance depot to increase the degree of automation and vehicle throughput. Taiwan: Femco has ordered six bogie rotators, a wheel drop and two bogie presses from Mechan for the Taipei airport rail link. UAE: Hong Kong's MTR Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding […]
  • Paris orders additional trams for T3 September 6, 2010
    FRANCE: Alstom Transport has received an order to supply Paris transport operator RATP with an additional 25 Citadis trams. To be delivered in 2012 for use on Line T3, they will be 44 m long with space for more than 300 passengers, including 78 seated. The firm contract announced on September 6 was placed within a framework agreement signed in December 2003 […]
  • Ambitious strategy ready to start September 6, 2010
    JORDAN: Following the completion of a feasibility study by BNP Paribas, Minister of Transport Alaa Batayneh hopes to call tenders this year for development of three routes totalling 1080 km under a PPP concession. The government began land acquisition last year, and construction is expected to begin in 2011 with the first lines opening in 2014-15. The minist […]

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