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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mountain Railways of India' has mentioned 'Railway' in the following places:
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The Mountain railways of India are the railway lines that were built in the mountains of India. | WIKI |
The fourth railway, the Matheran Hill Railway, is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. | WIKI |
Some mountain railways, such as the Jammuxe2x80x93Baramulla line, are currently under construction, and others are in the planning stage, such as the Srinagarxe2x80x93Leh line, the Bilaspurxe2x80x93Leh line, the Jammuxe2x80x93Poonch line, and the Chota Char Dham Railway. | WIKI |
The fourth railway, the Matheran Hill Railway, is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. | WIKI |
The Matheran Railway, a fourth mountain line, has been nominated and is pending approval by the international body. | WIKI |
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, with the nickname "the Toy Train," is a 610xc2xa0mm (2xc2xa0ft) narrow-gauge railway that links the 88xc2xa0km (55xc2xa0mi) between Siliguri and Darjeeling. | WIKI |
The town of Siliguri, the start of the railway route, was connected with Calcutta (now Kolkata) via railway in 1878, while the additional journey to Darjeeling required the use of tongas (horse-driven carts) along a dust track. | WIKI |
In 1897, a major earthquake damaged the railway, requiring rebuilding of the route, including extensive improvements to the track and stations. | WIKI |
Further modernization occurred as part of the Northeast Frontier Railway Zone. | WIKI |
[4][6][7] The railway is notable for its signage located at key vantage points, marking locations with titles such as Agony Point and Sensation Corner. | WIKI |
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a 46xc2xa0km (29xc2xa0mi) metre gauge single-line railway. | WIKI |
The rack rail portion ends at Coonoor railway station. | WIKI |
The railway is 95.66xc2xa0km (59.44xc2xa0mi) long, and its gauge is narrow 2xc2xa0ftxc2xa06xc2xa0in (762xc2xa0mm). | WIKI |
Until the railway's construction, the only access to Shimla was by village cartway. | WIKI |
The railway line was constructed by the Delhixe2x80x93Ambalaxe2x80x93Kalka Railway Company, beginning in 1898 in the Siwalik Hills, and was completed in 1903. | WIKI |
The Matheran Hill Railway is a 2xc2xa0ft (610xc2xa0mm) narrow-gauge railway and covers a distance of 21xc2xa0km (13xc2xa0mi) between Neral and Matheran, in the Western Ghats. | WIKI |
Until the 1980s, the railway was closed during the monsoon season (because of the increased risk of landslides) but is now open all year. | WIKI |
The Kangra Valley Railway is 2xc2xa0ftxc2xa06xc2xa0in (762xc2xa0mm) narrow-gauge railway and covers a distance of 163xc2xa0km (101xc2xa0mi) between Pathankot and Joginder Nagar, an area known for its nature and ancient Hindu shrines, in the sub-Himalayan region. | WIKI |
The line, which is part of the Northern Railway, was planned in May 1926 and commissioned in 1929. | WIKI |
The Lumdingxe2x80x93Badarpur section in Assam is a 1,676xc2xa0mm (5xc2xa0ftxc2xa06xc2xa0in) railway line from Lumding to Badarpur. | WIKI |
The Jammuxe2x80x93Baramulla line is a 1,676xc2xa0mm (5xc2xa0ftxc2xa06xc2xa0in) railway line being built in India to connect the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country. | WIKI |
The railway starts from Jammu and will travel to Baramulla. | WIKI |
The railway line has been under construction since 2002, when it was declared a national project. | WIKI |
The railway line has been built from Jammu to Katra, and the line from Katra to Banihal may be completed by 2020. | WIKI |
The Srinagarxe2x80x93Leh line is a proposed railway line to run from Srinagar station via the town of Kargil to Leh to be operated by Indian Railways. | WIKI |
The Bilaspurxe2x80x93Leh line is a proposed railway line that is planned to connect Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Ladakh region in India. | WIKI |
The Bilaspurxe2x80x93Leh line is expected to become the highest railway track in the world by its completion, overtaking the current record of China's Qinghaixe2x80x93Tibet railway. | WIKI |
The Jammuxe2x80x93Poonch line is a proposed railway line from Jammu Tawi station, via the historic city of Akhnoor, to Poonch, with stops at Kaleeth, Doori Dager, Chowki Choura, Bhambla, Nowshera and Rajouri. | WIKI |
The Chota Char Dham Railway has two different Y-shaped railways, comprising thefe our individual rail lines: the Doiwalaxe2x80x93Dehradunxe2x80x93Uttarkashixe2x80x93Maneri Gangotri Railway, a 131xc2xa0km (81xc2xa0mi) route; the Uttarkashixe2x80x93Palar Yamunotri Railway, a 22xc2xa0km (14xc2xa0mi) route with "Y" fork connection at Uttarkashi from the Gangotri railway above; the Karnaprayagxe2x80x93Saikotxe2x80x93Sonprayag Kedarnath Railway, a 99xc2xa0km (60xc2xa0mi) route; and Saikotxe2x80x93Joshimath Badrinath Railway, a 75xc2xa0km (45xc2xa0mi) with "Y" fork connection at Saikot from the Kedarnath railway above. | WIKI |
The Rishikeshxe2x80x93Karnaprayag Railway, also an under construction, is a new railway link extension from the exiting Rishikesh railway station to Karnaprayag of the above system. | WIKI |
The Sevokexe2x80x93Rangpo line is a proposed railway line planned to connect the towns of Sevoke in West Bengal and Rangpo in Sikkim and also link Sikkim with the Indian Railway network. | WIKI |
The Mountain Railway of India consists of three railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway located in the foothills of the Himalayas in West Bengal (Northeast India) having an area of 5.34 ha., the Nilgiri Mountain Railways located in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu (South India) having an area of 4.59 ha. | UNESCO |
and the Kalka Shimla Railway located in the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh (Northwest India) having an area of 79.06 ha. | UNESCO |
The innovative design includes six zigzag reverses and three loops with a ruling gradient of 1:31.The construction of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 45.88 kilometer long meter-gauge single-track railway was first proposed in 1854, but due to the difficulty of the mountainous location the work only started in 1891 and was completed in 1908. | UNESCO |
This railway, scaling an elevation of 326 meters to 2,203 meters, representsed the latest technology of the time and uses unique rack and pinion traction arrangement to negotiate steep gradient. | UNESCO |
The Kalka Shimla Railway, a 96.6 kilometer long, single track working rail link built in the mid-19th century to provide a service to the highland town of Shimla is emblematic of the technical and material efforts to disenclave mountain populations through the railway. | UNESCO |
The railway then enabled significant and enduring human settlement, of which it has remained the main vector up to the present day. | UNESCO |
They are emblematic of the technical and material efforts of human societies of this period to disenclave mountain populations through the railway. | UNESCO |
The integrity of use has been maintained and from the outset the lines have been used for large-scale and permanent transport, with all the characteristics associated with railway disenclavement of mountain areas. | UNESCO |
There is however also the risks of unauthorized encroachment close to the Kalka Shimla Railway, particularly in the buffer zone. | UNESCO |
Further railway related structures have been restored and maintained in their original form. | UNESCO |
The owner of the three properties is the Railway Ministry of the Indian Government. | UNESCO |
All the laws of the Indian Union relating to railways apply to the property, in particular: the Railway Act (1989), for technical protection measures and the Public Premises Act (1971) which in particular provides the right to expel unauthorized occupants. | UNESCO |
The traditional arrangements for track maintenance by railway personnel are considered satisfactory to ensure the present and future conservation of the line.. | UNESCO |
Both the Nilgiri and Kalka Shimla Railway Lines have Management Plans which outline the processes and practices that ensure the ongoing conservation of the lines and their conservation values. | UNESCO |
However the first of the lines to be listed i.e the Darjeeling Railway still does not have an endorsed Conservation Management Plan. | UNESCO |
In addition, the architectural management of the Kalka Shimla Railway station buildings and their annexes, to ensure respect for the property's Ooutstanding Uuniversal Vvalue, has not been sufficiently taken into account, and a medium-term project should be drawn up for this purpose. | UNESCO |