Shimla Kalka railway track resumes

• Train service resumed completely after nearly three months on the UNESCO world heritage Shimla-Kalka railway line which was damaged due to torrential rains.
• The railway track was damaged at 20-25 points from Shimla to Kalka due to the rains in July and August.

ABOUT THE TRACK

• The 96-km-long Shimla-Kalka Railway track had been laid in tough hilly terrain with 103 tunnels (now 102 tunnels as tunnel no 46 had collapsed, four decades ago), 800 bridges, and 919 curves along with negotiable gradient.
• The track which gains altitude of about 1590 metre is a marvel of engineering and a tourist attraction.