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India's best loved World Heritage Mountain Railway gently climbs up to colonial Shimla

Kalka-Shimla Heritage Railway

India’s best loved World Heritage Mountain Railway takes a scenic six-hour, 96km trip up the hills to Shimla, passing through more than 100 tunnels and over just under a 100 bridges.This epic mid-19th century feat of innovative railway engineering remains the most stylish, if not the fastest way to reach the erstwhile summer capital of the Raj.

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