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Matheran Hill Railway

410101 Neral, India (Maharashtra)
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Railway
  • World Heritage Site

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www.indianrail.gov.in/hill_Trains.html
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Location / Directions
N19.026703° E73.318203°N19°1.60218' E73°19.09218'N19°1'36.1308" E73°19'5.5308"
Neral Junction is well connected by local trains from CST along the CST-Karjat route.

Matheran is well connected to Mumbai (100 km) & Pune (120 km) by rail and road, while Neral is the nearest rail station. The nearest airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai that is located around 100 km away from Matheran. Matheran has a narrow gauge railway station in the town center. The old Matheran Hill Railway offers several daily trains to Neral. The toy train connected to the mainline rail route at Neral Junction
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Matheran Hill Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Maharashtra, India. The railways comes under the administration of the Central Railways. The railway covers a distance of 21 km (13.05 mi), over large swathes of forest territory connecting Neral to Matheran in the Western Ghats. UNESCO is considering giving world heritage status to matheran light railway.
 

Steam locomotives

Consulting engineer Everard Calthrop designed a 0-6-0T with Klein-Linder articulated coupled axles to provide a flexible wheelbase, and four were supplied by Orenstein & Koppel. These special locomotives weighed approximately 7.5 tonnes. They ran from the railway's opening in 1907 till 1982, when they were replaced by diesel engines.
By 1983, all steam locomotives were phased out. A 'B' class loco #794 from the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was transferred to the Neral-Matheran line in 2001 to test the feasibility of steam excursions. The first train was hauled by engine #738.
 

Diesel locomotives

Currently Class NDM1 and NDM6 locomotives are in use.

ISR No. Class . Builder Date
501 . . . NDM1 . Jung . 1956
600 . . . NDM6 . BHEL. 1997
 

Line Data

Locale: Raigad district, Maharashtra
Terminus: Neral - Matheran
Built by: Abdul Hussein Adamjee Peerbhoy
Original gauge: 2 ft (610 mm)
Operated by: Central Railways
Length: 21 km
Preserved gauge: 2 ft (610 mm)
Opened: 1907
1904: Construction started
2005: Closed due to flood damage
5 March 2007: Re-opened after repair from flood damage
15 April 2007: Centenary celebration
 

Neral-Matheran Railway

Neral
Jummapatti
Water Pipe
Aman Lodge railway station
Matheran
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