Quetta–Chaman railway line

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railway line

The Quetta–Chaman railway line is a historic rail route in Balochistan, Pakistan, running from the provincial capital Quetta to the border town of Chaman near Afghanistan and serving as a key strategic and regional transport link.

Aliases (1)

Quetta–Chaman Section ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway line →
alsoKnownAs	Quetta–Chaman Section →
approximateLength	about 130 km →
connectsCity	Quetta →
connectsRegion	northern Balochistan →
connectsToBorderWith	Afghanistan →
connectsTown	Chaman →
connectsWith	Chaman → Quetta →
country	Pakistan →
electrification	not electrified →
endPoint	Chaman →
function	regional transport link → strategic transport link →
gauge	1,676 mm → 5 ft 6 in broad gauge →
hasBorderTerminus	Chaman →
hasIntermediateStation	Bostan → Kuchlak → Shela Bagh →
hasStructure	Shela Bagh Tunnel →
hasTrackConfiguration	single track →
historicalSignificance	colonial-era frontier railway →
locatedIn	Balochistan → Chaman → Quetta →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Balochistan →
locatedInMountainRange	Toba Kakar area →
locatedOnTransportCorridor	Quetta–Kandahar route →
operator	Pakistan Railways →
owner	Pakistan Railways →
partOf	Pakistan Railways network → rail infrastructure of Balochistan →
purpose	movement of goods to and from Afghanistan border → movement of passengers between Quetta and Chaman →
railwaySystem	Pakistan Railways broad-gauge system →
regionServed	Qilla Abdullah District → Quetta District →
serviceType	freight rail → passenger rail →
startPoint	Quetta →
status	operational →
strategicRole	supports cross-border trade with Afghanistan → supports military logistics in border region →
terminus	Chaman → Quetta →
uses	diesel traction →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Quetta–Chaman railway line ("Quetta–Chaman Section") →	alsoKnownAs
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) →	railwayConnection