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The Ministry of Railways (Pakistan) is
working on a proposal to lay railway track from Havelian to Khunjerab. Official
sources say approximately six hundred eighty two kilometers long railway track
would be completed under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The
proposed railway line will touch Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Basham, Dasu,
Chilas, Gilgit and Hunza areas of Pakistan.
Railway Havelian to Khunjerab
The Ministry of Railways (Pakistan) is
working on a proposal to lay railway track from Havelian to Khunjerab. Official
sources say approximately six hundred eighty two kilometers long railway track
would be completed under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The
proposed railway line will touch Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Basham, Dasu,
Chilas, Gilgit and Hunza areas of Pakistan.
Khunjerab Pass is the most
peaceful border on the earth. It is a Pakistan China border.
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The
Khunjerab Pass is the highest paved international border crossing in the world
and the highest point on the Karakoram Highway. The roadway across the pass was
completed in 1982, and has superseded the unpaved Mintaka and Kilik Passes as
the primary passage across the Karakoram Range.
On
the Pakistani side, the pass is 42 km (26 mi) from the National Park station
and checkpoint in Dih, 75 km (47 mi) from the customs and immigration post in
Sost, 270 km (170 mi) from Gilgit, and 870 km (540 mi) from Islamabad.
On
the Chinese side, the pass is the southwest terminus of China National Highway
314 (G314) and is 130 km (81 mi) from Tashkurgan, 420 km (260 mi) from Kashgar
and some 1,890 km (1,170 mi) from Urumqi. The Chinese port of entry is located
3.5 km (2.2 mi) along the road from the pass in Tashkurgan County.
The
long, relatively flat pass is often snow-covered during the winter season and
as a consequence is generally closed from November 30 to May 1.
Since
June 1, 2006, there has been a daily bus service across the boundary from
Gilgit, to Kashgar, Xinjiang.
