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See: Talk:Transport in Afghanistan. Biscuittin (talk) 14:35, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is very important and highly desirable that the

lines meet without any other gauge intervening. 121.102.47.39 (talk) 05:03, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the pretty diagram. However, you haven't explained why it is important that railways of these gauges meet - and somebody would need a very good reason for building multi-gauge railways across thousands of km of mountainous warzone which currently has minimal infrastructure and virtually no railways. Please avoid speculation; wikipedia is an encyclopedia. bobrayner (talk) 10:15, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed gauges in Afghanistan:

1. North part (flat area): 5 ft (1,524 mm)
   Indian gauge
2. Central and South part (mountainous area): 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
   Indian gauge
   only
3. Iran border: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
   Indian gauge

121.102.47.39 (talk) 07:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is this something that you think would be nice, or did you get it from a reliable source?

bobrayner (talk) 09:58, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

electrification

Proposed voltages in Afghanistan:

1. North part (1520
   Indian gauge
   lines): 25kV 50Hz alternating current
2. Central part (1676
   Indian gauge
   lines): 25kV 50Hz alternating current
3. South part (1676
   Indian gauge
   lines): 25kV 60Hz alternating current
4. Iran-Herat line (1435
   overhead lines

220.210.143.190 (talk) 03:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Breaks-of-gauge

A list of breaks-of-gauge was added to the article:

• Kandahar 1676 / 1435
• Khyber Pass 1676 / 1435
• Towraghondi
  1520 / 1435
• Mazar-i-Sharif 1520 / 1435
• Sherkhan Bandar
  1520 / 1435

However, I fear it may be very misleading. Some standard-gauge rail routes have definitely been proposed; notably one that would go to Mazar-i-Sharif with "the possibility of a link to the Turkmemistan Railways line at Towraghondi".^[1] and there was a proposal to build a standard-gauge line serving mines at Aynak which is 200km from Kandahar (and Aynak is nowhere near the implied route across Afghanistan from northern Pakistan to southern Uzbekistan).^[2] However, I have seen no evidence that there's actually a break of gauge at any of these places; has the infrastructure been built? Where is the standard-gauge rail in Kandahar and where does it join the Pakistan network? Where did the standard-gauge rail over the Khyber pass come from? What is the Mazar-i-Sharif break-of-gauge about? There's a plan to build broad-gauge to Mazar-i-Sharif, of course,^[3] - perhaps the existence of two overlapping proposals to build railways of different gauges along the same route south into Mazar-i-Sharif somehow created the idea of a break-of-gauge?
I've tried looking through sources but haven't yet seen anything that supports this list, so I will remove it. If anybody has sources, they would be very welcome. bobrayner (talk) 23:52, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Aynak copper mining project is "about 20 miles from Kabul"[1], so not too far from where any Pakistan - Khyber Pass - Uzbekistan railway would presumably be built (especially as the point of the railway is to serve the mine!) The

Aynak in Wikipedia is either a different one, or listed as being in the wrong place.Wheeltapper (talk) 15:53, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

]

Afghan internal networks should be 1676 not 1435. 121.102.122.122 (talk) 09:17, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Break-of-gauge installations:

• Sherkhan Bandar
  : 1520/1676
• Mazar-i-Sharif: 1520/1676
• Aquina border: 1520/1676
• Herat: 1520(to Turkmenistan)/1676/1435(to Iran)

101.128.177.35 (talk) 02:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto for the circle railway that has just been added to the article. It's not been mentioned in any of the sources that I've seen so far. Does anyone have a source?
Is it a current proposal? If so, then it might be better off in the "Current railways and future plans" section rather than the "History" section.
I'm surprised at the mentions of altitudes. Are these actually from some reliable source that mentions the altitude of railway stations, or were they

taken from finding the altitude of a nearby town on a separate map? bobrayner (talk) 23:59, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Track gauges and platform height for future Afghan rail systems

• 1676 gauge and 200mm platforms: for mainline network
• 1520 gauge and 200mm platforms: for northern lines only
• 1435 gauge and 200mm platforms: for Iranian border
• 1676 gauge and 960mm platforms: for Kabul metro (with use San Francisco BART technology)
• 1435 gauge and 1150mm platforms: for metro systems other than Kabul

180.198.79.56 (talk) 06:37, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget Lartigue Monorail for the Wakhan Corridor high speed line, and Schwebebahn (with attachments for the secure transport of elephants) for the Khyber Pass to Kabul. Wheeltapper (talk) 06:56, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot in the article from the early 2000s about plans for railways but little news of actual construction. Does anyone have up-to-date information? Roberttherambler (talk) 10:04, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]