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Shimla, a city founded as a hill station. The city's urban planning and architecture, as seen here on the south side of the Ridge, were designed to foster a European experience for homesick colonial officials and executives. A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation
The city has a total of three railway stations with Shimla the main station and two others located at Summer Hill and Totu (Jutogh) respectively. It was built to connect Shimla, the summer capital of India during the British Raj, with the Indian rail system. In 2007, the government of Himachal Pradesh declared the railway a heritage property. [86]
Shimla railway station is located at an altitude of 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) above mean sea level. [2] It was allotted the railway code of SML under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The 762 mm ( 2 ft 6 in )-wide narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903.
The latter is a major summer hill station and the centre of a flourishing tea-growing district located in West Bengal. The route is operated by Indian Railways., and its elevation starts at 100 m (330 ft) in Siliguri and rises to about 2,200 m (7,200 ft) at Darjeeling. The highest elevation is at Ghoom station, 2,300 m (7,500 ft). [5] [6]
The British developed hill stations during their reign one of them being Shimla which they called The Summer Capital of India. After the British rule, tourism in Himachal Pradesh was on the rise with the highest number of tourists in the mid 1980s and 1990s. [2] Shimla, the state capital, is popular among
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This suburb station of Shimla, once served as the transit point for Jutogh Military Cantonment. [17] Summer Hill: 92.93 km (57.74 mi) 2,042 m (6,699 ft) This suburb station of Shimla originally serviced the Viceregal Lodge. The Himachal Pradesh University is situated near the station. [17] Shimla: 95.60 km (59.40 mi) 2,075 m (6,808 ft)
Barog is a hill station, near City of Solan in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalka–Shimla Railway. Set in the mountains Barog is just 60 km (37 mi) from Chandigarh on the Kalka-Shimla highway.