Shimla railway station
Shimla railway station | |||||
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| Indian Railway Station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | NH 22, Nabha, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh India | ||||
| Coordinates | 31°06′09″N 77°09′36″E / 31.1025°N 77.1601°E | ||||
| Elevation | 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Line(s) | Kalka–Shimla Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 (Narrow Gauge) | ||||
| Connections | Auto stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||
| Parking | No | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | SML | ||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Ambala railway division | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1903 | ||||
| Electrified | No | ||||
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Shimla railway station is a small railway station in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station is the terminus of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. Shimla railway station is located at an altitude of 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) above mean sea level.[1] It was allotted the railway code of SML under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The 610 mm (2 ft) wide narrow gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi-Ambala-Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903.[2]
History
The station opened in 1903.[3] Originally, the walls of the station building were made of wood with a sloping galvanised iron roof, but due to the growth in traffic it was rebuilt and extended in 1921 with a new double storey brick masonry (plastered in lime mortar) building housing the offices of the station master, staff and control, accident relief arrangements, waiting rooms, telegraph office and shelters.[1] After the roof over the platform collapsed in 1944 due to a heavy snowfall a new roof over the station building and platform was built.[3]
In 1986-87 the station was redeveloped with end-to-end platform shelters, while the platform was resurfaced and various services refurbished or rebuilt such as the tourist information office, railway telephone exchange, platform ticketing office, reservation office while 10 new retiring rooms (each having large windows providing a valley view) were installed and a waiting hall provided on the ground floor.[1]
Major trains
- Himalayan Queen
- Kalka Shimla NG Passenger
- Shimla Kalka Passenger
- Kalka Shimla Rail Motor
- Shivalik Deluxe Express
- Shimla Kalka Passenger
References
- ^ a b c "Kalka Shimla Railway (India) No 944 ter". UNESCO. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Engineer" journal article, circa 1915, reprinted in Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review, no. 75, July 2008
- ^ a b "About Shimla Town" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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