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Former railway station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Landi Khana Railway Station (
Pashto: د لنډي خانې د اورګاډي اډه;
Urdu: لنڈی خانہ ریلوے اسٹیشن) is a disused
railway station in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan. It is located near the
Pakistani town of
Torkham, on the
Pakistan-Afghanistan border. It was established on 23 April 1926 during
British rule.
[1] The railway connecting the station to nearby
Landi Kotal was closed on 15 December 1932, at the request of the
Afghan government.
[2]
c. 1930-40s: Landi Khana Railway Station.
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The railway gazette. January 1962. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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Guy Arnold (1 May 2000).
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ISBN
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doi:
10.1111/j.1478-1913.1926.tb00635.x.
- H. E. Crocker, The khyber pass, Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. Vol. 18, Iss. 3, 1931.
doi:
10.1080/03068373108725167.
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