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Shimla railway station information


Shimla railway station
Indian Railways station
Shimla Railway station view at dawn
General information
LocationNH 22, Nabha, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
India
Coordinates31°06′09″N 77°09′36″E / 31.1025°N 77.1601°E / 31.1025; 77.1601
Elevation2,075 metres (6,808 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Line(s)Kalka–Shimla Railway
Platforms2
Tracks4 (Narrow Gauge)
ConnectionsAuto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeSML[1]
Zone(s) Northern Railway
Division(s) Ambala
History
Opened1903
ElectrifiedNo
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part ofMountain Railways of India
CriteriaCultural: (ii)(iv)
Reference944ter-002
Inscription1999 (23rd Session)
Extensions2005, 2008
Area4.59 ha (11.3 acres)
Buffer zone500 ha (1,200 acres)
Coordinates31°06′09″N 77°09′35″E / 31.10250°N 77.15972°E / 31.10250; 77.15972
Shimla railway station is located in India
Shimla railway station
Location of Shimla railway station in India
Location
Shimla railway station is located in India
Shimla railway station
Shimla railway station
Location within India
Shimla railway station is located in Himachal Pradesh
Shimla railway station
Shimla railway station
Shimla railway station (Himachal Pradesh)
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Shimla railway station (station code: SML[1]) is a railway station in Shimla 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.[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.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UNESCO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Engineer journal article, circa 1915, reprinted in Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review, no. 75, July 2008

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