Quetta–Chaman railway line

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line
alsoKnownAs Quetta–Chaman railway line
surface form: 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, Pakistan
surface form: Balochistan

Chaman
Quetta
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Balochistan, Pakistan
surface form: Balochistan
locatedInMountainRange Toba Kakar area
locatedOnTransportCorridor Quetta–Kandahar route
operator Pakistan Railways network
surface form: Pakistan Railways
owner Pakistan Railways network
surface form: 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 network
surface form: Pakistan Railways broad-gauge system
regionServed Qilla Abdullah District
Quetta
surface form: 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

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Quetta–Chaman railway line alsoKnownAs Quetta–Chaman railway line
this entity surface form: Quetta–Chaman Section
Pakistan Railways network hasBranchLine Quetta–Chaman railway line
this entity surface form: Rohri–Chaman Railway Line
Bostan railwayLineConnection Quetta–Chaman railway line
this entity surface form: Quetta–Chaman railway corridor
Shela Bagh locatedOnRoute Quetta–Chaman railway line
Shela Bagh locatedOn Quetta–Chaman railway line
this entity surface form: Rohri–Chaman Railway
Shela Bagh Tunnel locatedOn Quetta–Chaman railway line