Other name(s) Main Line 2
ML-2 Opened 1891 Line length 1,519 km (944 mi) Owner Pakistan Railways | Stations 73 Operator(s) Pakistan Railways Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | |
Terminis Attock City Junction railway station, Kotri Junction railway station | ||
Kotri–Attock Railway Line (Urdu: کوٹری–اٹک مرکزی ریلوے خط) (also referred to Main Line 2 or ML-2) is one of four main railway lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line begins from Kotri Junction and ends at Attock City Junction. The total length of this railway line is 1,519 kilometers (944 mi). There are 73 railway stations from Kotri Junction to Attock City Junction on this line.
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History
The present-day Kotri–Attock Railway Line was not built as a single railway line, but rather a patchwork of different railways over a course of 100 years. The present day line consists the historic Mari-Attock Railway and Larkana–Jacobabad Light Railway. The Mari–Attock Railway opened in 1891 as part of the North Western State Railway Northern Frontier 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) network. The line linked Mari to Attock and was later extended to Mianwali in 1895. The Larkana–Jacobabad Light Railway opened in 1924 as part of the North Western State Railway 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) network. The line linked Larkana to Jacobabad. In 1956, Pakistan Western Railway converted the narrow gauge Larkana–Jacobabad line to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) and extended the link to Kashmore. Between 1969 to 1973, Pakistan Western Railways completed the Kashmore–Mianwali section, thus linking Kotri with Attock. In 2010, this line was designated Main Line 2 by Pakistan Railways to provide an alternative North–South route to the heavily used Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line.
Stations
The stations on this line are as follows: