Mr Ofori-Atta stated that work on the construction of the 22 kilometres
standard gauge Kojokrom-Manso section of the Western railway was being undertaken in two phases.
There are examples of Brush narrow gauge steam locomotives still in existence, but this is the only
standard gauge example known to have survived.
The laying of new tracks were including from Gwadar to Mastung (900 kms
Standard Gauge) and from Besima to Jacobabad (360 kms Standard Guage) and laying of additional railway track from Shahdara to Faisalabad and upgradation of existing lien (135 kms), he said.
"It is now uncertain whether Uganda's joint plan with Kenya and Rwanda, conceived six years ago, to build a
standard gauge railway (SGR) that connects East Africa's landlocked nations to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, will come to fruition.
Omirin wondered why rail remained on the exclusive liar and only struggled to fix a
standard gauge rail system when several other countries had embraced light rail and approached magnetic rail.
There is a long platform canopy over the FR platforms where there are toilets and operational buildings but the
standard gauge platform only has a basic shelter.
The laying of new tracks are including from Gwadar to Mastung (900 kms
Standard Gauge) and from Besima to Jacobabad (360 kms Standard Guage) and laying of additional railway track from Shahdara to Faisalabad and upgradation of existing lien (135 kms), he said.
Sheikh Rashid said Quetta-Tuftan and Quetta-Gawadar railway tracks would be converted into
standard gauge.
The train was steaming along the popular Tanfield Railway which still operates today as a
standard gauge heritage line.
The most prominent is
standard gauge which has the internal width of four feet and eight and a half inches.
A new
standard gauge line would benefit Iran by allowing deliveries from Iran to Central Asia to be made faster and more cheaply.