Following the Partition of India in 1947, Pakistan gained independence and inherited various railway lines with a route length of 9,012 kilometres (5,600 miles). Some of those lines were subsequently abandoned or dismantled, such as:
Broad gauge Amruka-Fazlika Branch Line 38 kilometers line closed in 1947. Bahawalnagar–Fort Abbas Branch Line, 102 kilometers closed in 2002. Fort Abbas-Samasata Branch Line, 128 kilometers line removed, due to 2nd world war demands. Gharibwal Cement Works Railway (Gharibwal railway station to Haranpur Junction railway station) 10 kilometers line closed. Hyderabad-Badin Branch Line, 109 kilometers line, closed in 2020. Jammu–Sialkot Railway, 43 kilometers line, closed in 1947. Jaranwala-Lyallpur Branch Line, 35 kilometers line, removed in 1940 due to 2nd world war demands. Karachi Circular Railway, closed in 1999. Kasur-Firozpur Branch Line 39 Kilometers Line closed in 1947. Kasur-KhemKaran Branch Line 30 Kilometers Line closed In 1947. Khanpur–Chachran Branch Line, 34 kilometers line closed in 1991. Khyber Pass Railway, 50 kilometers line, closed in 2006. Lahore-Wagah Branch Line, 24 kilometers line, closed in 2019. Larkana-Jacobabad Branch Line, 136 kilometers loop line, closed nearly 2000. Malakwal–Bhera Branch Line, 28 kilometers line closed in 2005. Malakwal–Khushab Branch Line, 70 kilometers section between Pind Dadan Khan and Khushab is closed. Mandi Sadiq Ganj-Hindu Malkot Branch Line 36 kilometers line closed in 1947. Mandra–Bhaun Branch Line, 74 kilometers line, closed in 1993.Plea to revive Mandra-Chakwal railway line Publisher: Dawn News. Retrieved 16 November 2012 Mardan-Charsadda Branch Line, 29 Kilometers line closed in 1985. Nawabshah-Sakrand Branch Line, 24 kilometers line, closed in 1988. Nowshera–Dargai Branch Line, 64 kilometers line, closed in 2007. Pad Idan-Tharushah Branch Line, 29 kilometers line, closed in 1988. Samasata–Amruka Branch Line, 257 kilometers line, closed in 2011.Bahawalnagar rail junction a relic from 1901, Publisher: The Nation. Retrieved 17 November 2012 Shahdara Bagh–Chak Amru Branch Line, 52 kilometers section between Narowal and Chak Amru closed in 2005. Sibi-Zardalu Branch Line, 143 kilometers line, re-opened in 2023 and again closed in 2024. Tando Adam-Mehrabpur Branch Line, 202 kilometers line, closed in 1988.
Narrow gauge Bannu–Tank Branch Line, 122 kilometer narrow gauge railway, constructed in 1913, dismantled in 1995. Daud Khel–Lakki Marwat Branch Line, 82 km narrow gauge section between Mari Indus and Lakki Marwat, constructed in 1913, dismantled in 1995. Jand–Thal Branch Line, 100 kilometer narrow gauge section from Kohat to Thal, constructed in 1903, abandoned in 1991.The International Steam. Retrieved 16 November 2012 Zhob Valley Railway (Boston–Zhob), 298 kilometer narrow gauge railway, closed in 1985 and dismantled in 2008.
Meter gauge Jamrao-Pithoro Loop Line (184 km closed in 2005) Mirpur Khas–Nawabshah Branch Line (129 km closed in 2005) The Meter-Gauge of Sindh . Retrieved 16 November 2012
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