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Rawalpindi Railway Station
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Boarding a train in the pouring rain..Today.

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Karachi cantonment railway station.


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Chaklala Railway Station, Rawalpindi.

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Ariel view of Quetta Railway Station

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any pictures of Kan mehterzai railway station ? oldest station in pakistan

The Unique Architecture Along ZVR


Kan Mehtarzai station building


The most remarkable and picturesque feature on this line is the architecture: the mud-plastered station buildings with their tower like structures and sun rooms. The Photo above shows the building of Kan Mehtarzi. Once again an excerpt from 'Breakfast at Kan Mehtarzai' goes like this:

On the ZVR, the cutest things on the entire pre-partition North Western Railway are the darling station buildings. I have not seen them duplicated anywhere else in Pakistan. They are, with only a couple of exceptions, all mud-plastered; they come with a pitched roof and, to one side, a neat octagonal tower-like structure with a conical roof. This was the ticket window. But only for those who cared to pay fare, for most travellers on this line considered it their birthright to go free. Indeed, that was one of the reasons for the line's untimely demise.

The following scan is of the actual running time table of Zhob-Bostan section as published by the North Western (later Pakistan) Railway in Winter. Please note the column called 'Actual miles Fort Sandeman' as well as the 'Height Above Sea Level' column which is given in feet. You can see Kan Mehtarzai listed at 7221 feet altitude.

Note: Fort Sandeman is the old name for Zhob.


Zhob Valley Railway timetable, 1944. Scan by Ajai Banerji.

The timetable of Zhob-Bostan route of 1944 in following words:

Bostan-Khanai was mixed gauge until BG was removed after 1942. At this time a mixed train ran twice a week in both directions. 499 left Bostan at 15.55 on Mon/Fri reaching Fort Sandeman at 11.55 the next day. The reverse train 500 left FS at 18.05 on Tue/Sat reaching Bostan at 13.15 the next day. These trains had stops of about an hour at Hindubagh and Qila Saifullah.


Where are the Locomotives of the ZVR?

Six locomotives were used on Zhob Valley Railway during its 60 years of operation.

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Snow clad landscape of Kan Mehtarzai - a desolate and abandoned place now
 
The Unique Architecture Along ZVR


Kan Mehtarzai station building


The most remarkable and picturesque feature on this line is the architecture: the mud-plastered station buildings with their tower like structures and sun rooms. The Photo above shows the building of Kan Mehtarzi. Once again an excerpt from 'Breakfast at Kan Mehtarzai' goes like this:

On the ZVR, the cutest things on the entire pre-partition North Western Railway are the darling station buildings. I have not seen them duplicated anywhere else in Pakistan. They are, with only a couple of exceptions, all mud-plastered; they come with a pitched roof and, to one side, a neat octagonal tower-like structure with a conical roof. This was the ticket window. But only for those who cared to pay fare, for most travellers on this line considered it their birthright to go free. Indeed, that was one of the reasons for the line's untimely demise.

The following scan is of the actual running time table of Zhob-Bostan section as published by the North Western (later Pakistan) Railway in Winter. Please note the column called 'Actual miles Fort Sandeman' as well as the 'Height Above Sea Level' column which is given in feet. You can see Kan Mehtarzai listed at 7221 feet altitude.

Note: Fort Sandeman is the old name for Zhob.


Zhob Valley Railway timetable, 1944. Scan by Ajai Banerji.

The timetable of Zhob-Bostan route of 1944 in following words:

Bostan-Khanai was mixed gauge until BG was removed after 1942. At this time a mixed train ran twice a week in both directions. 499 left Bostan at 15.55 on Mon/Fri reaching Fort Sandeman at 11.55 the next day. The reverse train 500 left FS at 18.05 on Tue/Sat reaching Bostan at 13.15 the next day. These trains had stops of about an hour at Hindubagh and Qila Saifullah.


Where are the Locomotives of the ZVR?

Six locomotives were used on Zhob Valley Railway during its 60 years of operation.

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Snow clad landscape of Kan Mehtarzai - a desolate and abandoned place now

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