Traveling Pakistan by train on Pakistan Railways Karachi – Peshawar mainline & Taxila – Khanjrab line (Karakoram or silk railroad) from Rawalpindi, Islamabad to Havelian Abbottabad through Haripur Hazara by Pakistan Railway’s Train Hazara Express. My Visit to Tourists attractive places Pakistan Railways Museum Golara sharif Railway Station & Taxila Gandharan Art Museum
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Golra Railway Station is the site of a venerated railway museum housing the relics and memorabilia associated with railways dating back to the days of the British Raj. The railways’ station with its museum is a major attraction for tourists and locals alike and is becoming a major attraction for railway enthusiasts.
The Railway Heritage Museum was established in October 2003. From relics dating back to the inception of railways in the subcontinent by the British to memorabilia depicting the creation of the museum are housed and preserved in this heritage site. The Rail Heritage Museum is housed in three different halls to contain artifacts reflecting a history of railway over a period of more than 150 years including almost 100 years of undivided India. As a part of the museum, this is a big yard for cranes, trolleys, saloons, locomotives, coaches, and tracks are marshaled impressively, portraying the railway’s march forward through time. The museum houses an impressive blend of artifacts covering the many facets of the railways’ systems. Mechanical models, signaling systems, communication tools and the evolution of operational protocols are preserved and chronologically displayed in the museum. The museum also displays the social impact and anthropological implications of the railways on the human geography of the multi-racial subcontinent. The steam and electric locomotives,
Sangjani Tunnel is in Margla hills.
The railway track is along the Grand Trunk Road also known as Sher Shah Suri Road. Kabul to Dhaka.
Taxila museum
is a site museum and its collection mainly focuses on Gandharan art. These sites at Taxila date back to 600 or 700 BC.
There are some 4000 objects displayed, including stone, stucco, terracotta, silver, gold, iron and semiprecious stones. Mainly the display consists of objects from the period 600 B.C to 500 AD. Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain religion are well represented by these objects discovered from three ancient cities and more than two dozen Buddhist stupas and monasteries and Greek temples in the region.
Taxila–Khunjerab Railway Line also known as Khunjerab Railway or Karakoram Railway, is one of several proposed railway lines in Pakistan, to be operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The current active line, Now we are traveling begins from Taxila Junction station and ends at Havelian station. A proposed extension will see new track laid from Havelian station to the Pakistan-China border town of Khunjerab where it will link up with China’s Kashgar–Hotan Railway.
In 2007, consultants were engaged to investigate the construction of a railway through the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan to connect China Railway with Pakistan Railways. A feasibility study started in November 2009 for a line connecting Havelian and Kashgar. 750 km of the line would extend through Pakistan, while the remaining 350 km in China. In June 2014, China commissioned a “preliminary research study” to build an international rail link to Pakistan.The 682 km proposed railway link would be part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and will commence construction during the second phase of CPEC between 2018-2022. China’s involvement in several rail projects in Pakistan is motivated primarily by commercial considerations, but it also sees distinct advantages for its improved transportation and access to Central Asia and the Persian Gulf states.
Route
The stations on this line are
Taxila Cantonment Junction
Usman Khattar
Mohra Shah Wali
Hattar
Kot Najib Ullah
Haripur Hazara
Serai Saleh
Balder
Havelian
Haripur is a district in Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan with an altitude of around 610 meters (2,000 ft) above sea level. As of 2013, Haripur District has one of the highest Human Development Index of the districts in Pakistan.
Proposed Main Railway Stations on Line from Havelian to Khanjarab
Abbottabad
Mansehra
Besham
Dasu
Chilas
Gilgit
Hunza
Sost
Khunjerab Junction.
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