Corridor In September 2010, China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) signed an agreement with the Afghan Minister of Mines to investigate construction of a north–south railway across Afghanistan, running from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul and then to the eastern border town of Torkham. MCC was recently awarded a copper mining concession at Mes Aynak which would be linked to this railway. MCC is constructing a gauge railway line that will link Kabul with Uzbekistan in the north and Pakistan in the east. Breaks of gauge The initial phase of railway construction from 2010 sees the creation of five break-of-gauge stations. Kandahar / Khyber Pass / Torghundi / Mazar-i-Sharif / Sher Khan Bandar / In late 2016 updates, there are multiple breaks-of-gauge. These include: / in the northern area, and // at Herat. See also Transport in Afghanistan Khyber train safari Khyber Pass Railway Eurasian Land Bridge North-South Transport Corridor Ashgabat agreement, a Multimodal transport agreement signed by India, Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, for creating an international transport and transit corridor facilitating transportation of goods between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. Broad gauge Dual gauge References Further reading Grantham, A. Railways in Afghanistan Afghanistan demain le rail pp. 6–14 + 27 pictures – vie du rail – n°1542 – 09/05/1976 External links UN Map UNHCR Atlas Map