Shimla railway station

Shimla railway station is a small railway station in Shimla district 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.[1] It was allotted the railway code of SML under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The 610 mm (2 ft)-wide narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903.[2]

Shimla railway station
Indian Railways station
LocationNH 22, Nabha, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
India
Coordinates31.1025°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
Zone(s) Northern Railway
Division(s) Ambala
History
Opened1903
ElectrifiedNo
Location
Shimla railway station
Location within India
Shimla railway station
Shimla railway station (Himachal Pradesh)

History

The station opened in 1903.[3] Originally, the walls of the station building were made of wood with a sloping galvanised iron roof, but due to the growth in traffic it was rebuilt and extended in 1921 with a new double storey brick masonry (plastered in lime mortar) building housing the offices of the station master, staff and control, accident relief arrangements, waiting rooms, telegraph office and shelters.[1] After the roof over the platform collapsed in 1944 due to a heavy snowfall a new roof over the station building and platform was built.[3]

In 1986–87 the station was redeveloped with end-to-end platform shelters, while the platform was resurfaced and various services refurbished or rebuilt such as the tourist information office, railway telephone exchange, platform ticketing office, reservation office while 10 new retiring rooms (each having large windows providing a valley view) were installed and a waiting hall provided on the ground floor.[1]

Major trains

References
  1. "Kalka Shimla Railway (India) No 944 ter". UNESCO. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. Engineer journal article, circa 1915, reprinted in Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review, no. 75, July 2008
  3. "About Shimla Town" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 5 December 2018.


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