Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
Mountain Railways of India (Extension) is part of the Tentative list of India in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List. It is a proposed extension of Mountain Railways of India WHS.
This extension includes the Matheran Light Railway and the Kangra Valley Railway. The narrow-gauge Matheran Light Railway (1907) runs for almost 20km on a mountain table top in Maharashtra. Materan, near Mumbai, used to be a cool summer resort for the Raj. The 164km long Kangra Valley Railway (1928) runs in difficult mountainous terrain in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Both train networks are still in use.
Map of Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
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- Full Name
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- Country
- India
- Added
- 2014
- Extension of
- Mountain Railways of India WHS
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Human activity - Transport and Trade
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Site History
2014 Revision
Renomination of The Matheran Light Railway (extension to the Mountain Railways of India) (2005)
2014 Revision
Includes former TWHS The Kangra Valley Railway - Extension to the Mountain Railways of India (2009)
2014 Added to Tentative List
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