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The featured image at the head of the linked article is an early view of Thal Railway Station, possibly as early as 1903.
By 1881, Khushalgarh had been connected by a short 7 mile (11 kilometre) broad gauge spur to Jand the North Western Railway main line.
The length from Khushalgarh to Kohat was initially built to the 2ft 6in narrow gauge in 1902 but converted to broad gauge (5ft 6in) at the same time as the River Indus was bridged, reopening in 1908. The line from Kohat to Thal was built to the narrow gauge (2ft 6in) and opened in stages from 1901 to 1903.
Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway was worked by the North Western Railway. It was a military railway which ran close to the border with Afghanistan, linking the border town of Thal with the wider network at Khushalgarh.
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