Mountain Railways Of India-Indian Heritage

A railway journey is the best & comfortable option of the journey and we talk to explore the nature & hills beauty via trains or railways then it seems impossible but it is possible through Mountain railways of India. Mountain railways of India is enlisted as UNESCO world heritage sites and under the title of “Mountain railways of India” comes three railways as Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and Kalka Shimla railway. These all railways not only connect the two cities with reducing the distance and also provides an amazing platform to explore the memorizing view of incredible nature and hills. Get all details about these railways below.

•  Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Darjeeling Himalayan railway is also recognize as toy train which connects Siliguri to Dargling. Darjeeling Himalayan railway is a narrow gauge railway and 88 km long track on hills to reach Darjeeling. The journey starts from Siliguri which is at height of 330 feet and reach the destination Darjeeling which is at height of 7500 feet. Darjeeling is a city of west Bengal and famous as summer hill station and also a center of tea growing district of the state. This incredible railways was started in 1881 and enlisted as UNESCO world heritage site in 1999 with the condition of steam engine will continue to carrying the toy train on this route.      

Besides these natural site you can also be the witness of amazing architecture of “Taj Mahal” via delhi to agra one day tour by car. The most recommended view of taj mahal is sunrise view. To get the wonderful experience you must reach before the time of opening the ticket window. To plan for this you need to consider tajmahal agra timing. 

• Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Nilgiri Mountain railway is a meter gauge single line track of 46 km which connects the city Mettupalayam to the hill station Nilgiri hills which is also recognize as Blue Mountain of south India. It is one of the most adventurous toy trains of india because it starts on the way to sky from 1070 feet of Mettupalayam to 7228 feet of Nilgiri. Nilgiri was established in 1908 in the state of Tamil Nadu and declared as UNESCO world heritage site in 2005. Through this journey you will enjoy the mesmerizing view nature, incredible ravines, thick forest.     

• Kalka Shimla Railway

 Shimla is one of the most popular hill stations in north India and attracts millions of tourists every year. There is various ways to reach Shimla but through this toy trains the experience will be amazing. Kalka to Shimla railway is a 94 km narrow gauge track. Through this 94 km journey you will enjoy the extreme of nature beauty because it passes through deep forest. On this path there are 103 tunnels, 864 bridges. Kalka shimla railway was built in 1903 and enlisted as UNESCO world heritage site in 2008.