Quetta was always considered a strategic city during the British Raj. The station was built during construction of the strategic line constructed by the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway. Construction began in 1881 and opened to the public in 1887, which by then was part of the North Western State Railway. Quetta was always considered as an important strategic destination as Britain feared that the Russian Empire might advance from Afghanistan into Quetta, thereby threatening its rule in South Asia.In 1857, when the idea was suggested by William Andrew (Chairman of Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway) that a railway line be constructed through the Bolan Pass. On 18 September 1879 work begun on laying the railway tracks and after four months, the first 215 kilometres of line from Ruk to Sibi was completed and become operational in January 1881. Beyond Sibi, the terrain was very difficult. After immense difficulties and harsh weather conditions, the line reached Quetta in March 1887.
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The following trains stop/terminate/originate from Quetta station:
quetta, railway, station, quetta, railway, station, urdu, کوئٹہ, اسٹیشن, balochi, کوئٹہ, اسٹیشن, main, railway, station, quetta, balochistan, pakistan, serves, major, station, rohri, chaman, railway, line, eastern, terminus, quetta, taftan, railway, line, quet. Quetta Railway Station Urdu کوئٹہ اسٹیشن Balochi کوئٹہ اسٹیشن is the main railway station of Quetta Balochistan Pakistan and serves as a major station on the Rohri Chaman Railway Line and the eastern terminus of the Quetta Taftan Railway Line 1 2 Quetta Railway Stationکوئٹہ ریلوے اسٹیشنQuetta Railway Station Front viewGeneral informationLocation526 Zarghun RoadQuetta Balochistan 87300PakistanCoordinates30 11 29 N 67 00 03 E 30 1915 N 67 0009 E 30 1915 67 0009Owned byMinistry of RailwaysLine s Rohri Chaman Railway Line Quetta Taftan Railway LineConstructionStructure typeStandard on ground station ParkingAvailableBicycle facilitiesAvailableAccessibleAvailableOther informationStatusFunctionalStation codeQTAHistoryOpened1887 137 years ago 1887 ElectrifiedNoServicesPreceding station Pakistan Railways Following station Sar I Abtowards Rohri Junction Rohri Chaman Line Sheikh Mandahtowards Chaman Terminus Quetta Taftan Line Sar I Abtowards ZahedanLocationQuetta Railway StationLocation within Balochistan PakistanShow map of Balochistan PakistanQuetta Railway StationQuetta Railway Station Pakistan Show map of Pakistan Contents 1 History 2 Train routes 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editQuetta was always considered a strategic city during the British Raj The station was built during construction of the strategic line constructed by the Scinde Punjab amp Delhi Railway Construction began in 1881 and opened to the public in 1887 which by then was part of the North Western State Railway Quetta was always considered as an important strategic destination as Britain feared that the Russian Empire might advance from Afghanistan into Quetta thereby threatening its rule in South Asia In 1857 when the idea was suggested by William Andrew Chairman of Scinde Punjab amp Delhi Railway that a railway line be constructed through the Bolan Pass On 18 September 1879 work begun on laying the railway tracks and after four months the first 215 kilometres of line from Ruk to Sibi was completed and become operational in January 1881 Beyond Sibi the terrain was very difficult After immense difficulties and harsh weather conditions the line reached Quetta in March 1887 Train routes editThe following trains stop terminate originate from Quetta station Preceding station Pakistan Railways Following station Terminus Akbar Express Kolpurtowards Lahore Junction Kolpurtowards Karachi City Bolan Mail Terminus Terminus Chaman Mixed Sheikh Mandahtowards Chaman Jaffar Express Kolpurtowards Peshawar CantonmentGallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp Quetta Railway station 1894 See also editPakistan Railways List of railway stations in PakistanReferences edit Documentary on Quetta Railway Station www radio gov pk کوئٹہ کا ریلوے اسٹیشن ویران مسافر قلی اور ٹیکسی ڈرائیور سب پریشان via VOA Urdu nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quetta railway station nbsp This article about a railroad station in Balochistan Pakistan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Quetta railway station amp oldid 1199575635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
