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Kalka–Shimla railway

Index Kalka–Shimla railway

The Kalka–Shimla railway is a narrow-gauge railway in North India which traverses a mostly-mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla. [1]

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Ambala

Ambala, is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh.

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Ambala railway division

Ambala railway division is one of the five railway divisions under Northern Railway zone (NR) of Indian Railways.

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Barog

Barog is a small hill station in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Barog railway station

Barog railway station is a small railway station in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Chail, Himachal Pradesh

Chail is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or Toy Train, is a narrow-gauge railway based on zig zag and loop-line technology which runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Delhi–Kalka line

The Delhi–Kalka line is a railway line connecting Delhi and Kalka.

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Dharampur Himachal railway station

Dharmpur Himachal railway station is a small railway station in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Haryana

Haryana, carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1November 1966 on linguistic basis, is one of the 29 states in India.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

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Indian locomotive class NDM-1

NDM-1 is a class of narrow gauge diesel locomotives built for Indian Railways in 1955.

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Indian Railways

Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways.

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Intermodal freight transport

Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.

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Jawalamukhi Road railway station

Jawalamukhi Road railway station is a small railway station in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Junga

Junga is a tehsil in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Kalka

Kalka is a town in the Panchkula district of Haryana, India.

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Kalka Mail

Kalka Mail is the oldest train in India.The train in India connecting Howrah near Kolkata in the Eastern Indian state of West Bengal to Kalka, Haryana, the railhead for Kalka-Shimla Railway.

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Kalka railway station

Kalka railway station is the northern terminus of the Delhi-Kalka line and the starting point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway.

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List of heritage railways

List of heritage railways is a comprehensive listing of heritage railways sorted by country, state or region.

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List of highest railways

This article lists the highest railways in the world.

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List of Indian rail accidents

Railway accidents may be classified by their effects, e.g.: head-on collisions, rear-end collisions, side collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, etc.

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List of postage stamps of India

India has a long and varied postal history and has produced a large number of postage stamps.

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List of postage stamps of India (2000–04)

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List of rail accidents (2010–present)

This is a list of rail accidents since 2010.

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List of railway companies in India

This is list of railway companies in India.

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List of World Heritage Sites in India

This articles lists '''World Heritage Sites''' located in India, as designated by UNESCO.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 59 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Southern Asia: Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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Manali, Himachal Pradesh

Manali is a resort town nestled in the mountains of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh near the northern end of the Kullu Valley, at an altitude of in the Beas River Valley.

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Minimum railway curve radius

The minimum railway curve radius is the shortest allowable design radius for the centre line of railway tracks under a particular set of conditions.

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Mountain railway

A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region.

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Mountain railways of India

The Mountain railways of India refer to railway lines built in the mountains of India.

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Narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways

The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental narrow-gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century.

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Narrow-gauge railways in Asia

Asia has many narrow-gauge railways.

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Narrow-gauge railways in India

This is list of former and actual narrow-gauge railways in India.

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Nilgiri Mountain Railway

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is a railway in Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908.

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Northern Railway zone

The Northern Railway (abbreviated NR and उरे) is one of the 17 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways.

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Outline of Haryana

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Haryana.

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Pinjore Gardens

Yadavindra Gardens, formerly Pinjore Gardens, is a historic 17th century garden located in Pinjore city of Panchkula district in the Indian state of Haryana.

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Project Unigauge

Project Unigauge, started in early 1990s, is an ongoing effort by Indian Railways to convert all rail gauges in India to broad gauge.

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Rail transport in India

Rail transport is an important mode of transport in India.

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Railway in Haryana

Rail network in the state of Haryana in India, is covered by 5 rail divisions under 3 rail zones, namely, North Western Railway zone (Bikaner railway division and Jaipur railway division), Northern Railway zone (Delhi railway division and Ambala railway division) and North Central Railway zone (Agra railway division).

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Shimla

Shimla, also known as Simla, is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Shimla railway station

Shimla railway station is a small railway station in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Shoghi railway station

Shoghi railway station is a railway station serving Shoghi town near Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in India.

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Solan

Solan is the district headquarters of Solan district (created on 1 September 1972) in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Solan railway station

Solan railway station is a small railway station in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Summer Hill, Shimla

Summer Hill is a distant suburb of Shimla, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh at a height of 2,123 meters.

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Totu, Shimla

Totu is one of the major suburbs of Shimla city, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Tourism in Himachal Pradesh

Tourism in Himachal Pradesh relates to tourism in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Tourism in India by state

Tourism in India is economically important and is growing rapidly.

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Tourism in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state in the south-eastern part of the Indian Peninsula.

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Transport in Himachal Pradesh

The development of tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh is one of the major steps taken by the state government for its economic development.

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Transport in India

Transport system in India consists of transport by land, water, and air.

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Waknaghat

Waknaghat is a small town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh which falls on the way to Shimla, India from Kalka, India.

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1903 in rail transport

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2 ft 6 in gauge railways

gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of.

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2015 in India

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of India.

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2016 Uttarakhand forest fires

In 2016, forest fires have been noted in numerous places across the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalka–Shimla_railway

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