Landi Khana railway station explained
| Landi Khana Railway Station |
| Native Name Lang: | ps |
| Style: | Pakistan Railways |
| Map Type: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan |
| Opened: | 23 April 1926 |
| Closed: | 15 November 1932 |
| Embedded: | | Stroke-Colour: | - C60C30
| | Stroke-Width: | 3 | | Marker: | rail-above | | Marker-Colour: | - 009D58
| | Zoom: | 14 |
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Landi Khana Railway Station (Pushto; Pashto: {{Nastaliq|د لنډي خانې د اورګاډي اډه; Urdu: {{Nastaliq|لنڈی خانہ ریلوے اسٹیشن) is a disused railway station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located near the Pakistani town of Torkham, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. It was established on 23 April 1926 during British rule.[1] The railway connecting the station to nearby Landi Kotal was closed on 15 December 1932, at the request of the Afghan government.[2]
See also
Further reading
- Book: Lawrence Saunders. S. R. Blundstone. The Railway engineer. 3 February 2012. 1926.
- Book: Railway age. 3 February 2012. 1926. Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co..
- Book: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 3 February 2012. 1926. The Institution.
- Book: M. B. K. Malik. Hundred years of Pakistan railways: Pakistan Western Railway, 1861-1961; Pakistan Eastern Railway, 1862-1962. 3 February 2012. 1962. Ministry of Railways and Communications, Railway Board, Govt. of Pakistan.
- Book: Dale Hoiberg. Students' Britannica India. 3 February 2012. 2000. Popular Prakashan. 978-0-85229-760-5. 237–.
- Book: The railway gazette. 3 February 2012. January 1962.
- Book: Guy Arnold. Guy Arnold. World strategic highways. 3 February 2012. 1 May 2000. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-57958-098-8. 215–.
- Book: E. W. C. Sandes. The military engineer in India: by E. W. C. Sandes. 3 February 2012. 1935. Institution of royal engineers.
- Book: Clarence Winchester. Cecil John Allen. Railway wonders of the world. 3 February 2012. 1935. The Amalgamated press limited.
- Book: Victor Bayley. Permanent way through the Khyber. 3 February 2012. 1939. Jarrolds.
- Christensen, J. (1926), The New Afghanistan, The Muslim World, 16: 349–356. .
- H. E. Crocker, The khyber pass, Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. Vol. 18, Iss. 3, 1931. .
Notes and References
- Web site: Grantham. Andrew. Khyber Pass Railway. andrewgrantham.co.uk. 2 December 2012 . 4 September 2014.
- http://pakistaniat.com/2006/09/26/pakistan-train-khyber-pass-railway/ Khyber Pass Railway
