Nowshera–Dargai Railway ( ur, ) is one of several abandoned

railway lines in Pakistan This is a list of Railway lines in Pakistan. The lines and the stations are owned and operated by Pakistan Railways. Rail lines in Pakistan are divided into main lines and branch lines. Main lines Branch lines * Hyderabad–Badin Branch Line * ...

. The line begins at Nowshera Junction and ends at

Dargai Dargai ( ps, درگئی; ur, ) is one of the tehsils of Malakand District (the other being Batkhela) in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It located on the main highway from Peshawar to Swat, Dir and Chitral. The town of ...

. The total length of this railway line is . There are 10 railway stations from Nowshera Junction to Dargai.

History

Opened in 1901, the line served the

Malakand Division Malakand Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. It contains the following districts: Districts * Bajaur District * Buner District * Upper Chitral District * Lower Chitral District * Lower Dir Distric ...

until 2002 when train service was suspended. In April 2017, Pakistan Railways proposed to rebuild the line and extend it north towards

Batkhela Batkhela ( ps, بټ خيله, ur, بٹ خیلہ) is the main tehsil, city and capital of Malakand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. According to the 6th Population & Housing Census - the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of Batkhela ...

Stations

* Nowshera Junction * Risalpur Cantonment * Rashkai * Mardan Junction > to

Charsadda Chārsadda ( ps, چارسده; ; ur, ; ) is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

* Gujar Garhi * Kalpani * Takht-I-Bhai * Hathiyan * Sakhakot * Dargai

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Railway lines opened in 1901 5 ft 6 in gauge railways in Pakistan Railway stations on Nowshera–Dargai Railway Line {{Pakistan-rail-transport-stub

History

Stations

See also

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