Railway Link Between Havelian (Pakistan) and the Khunjerab Pass (Pakistan / China Border)
Project | | Railway Link Between Havelian (Pakistan) and the Khunjerab Pass (Pakistan / China Border) | Client | | Pakistan Railways | Country | | Pakistan | Time frame | | 2007-2008 |
Construction of a single-track railway line along the Karakoram Highway between Havelian and the Sino-Pakistani border. Similar to the historic Silk Road, this railway is to establish a link between the Western and the Eastern countries of the Eurasian continent, thus providing China and the Central Asian countries with a direct access to the Persian Gulf.
The railway line crosses the highest mountain ranges in the world: the Himalayas, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush and the Pamir Mountains. The apex (3,650 m.a.s.l) of the 24.6-km long base tunnel is situated underneath the 4,790-m high Mintaka Pass. The highly difficult topographical, geological and geotechnical tasks required special approaches in order to find a technically and financially feasible alignment.
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