Kalka Shimla Railway, Darjeeling Railway, Kangra Valley Railway, Nilgiri Railway and Matheran Railway operate hill station trains in India. Kalka Shimla Railway covers a distance of 96 kilometers in about 5 hours, Kangra Valley Railway 164kilometers in about 10 hours and Nilgiri Railway 46 kilometers in about 5 hours.
Four trains up and down each run through this section daily as per the following details:
Train no. Train name class Kalka dep. Shimla arrival
1ks Kalka Shimla Exp Fs & II 04.00 09.15
241 Kalka Shimla Shivalik Exp cc 05.15 09.55
251 Kalka Shimla Mail Fs & II 06.00 11.00
255 Kalka Shimla Exp II 12.10 17.20
2ks Shimla Kalka Exp Fs & II 14.25 20.10
242 Shimla Kalka
hivalik Exp cc 17.40 22.20
252 Shimla Kalka Mail Fs & II 18.15 23.15
256 Shimla Kalka
Exp II 10.30 16.05
Darjeeling Railways
New Jalpaigudi – Darjeeling Passenger – No. 1D – FC & 2nd Class – Dep. 09.00 Arr. 16.15.
Darjeeling New Jalpaigudi – Passenger – No. 2D FC & 2nd Class – Dep. 09.15 Arr. 16.50
Himachal Pradesh has four most important tourist destination where you can have your camp to visit some very captivating places the place has to offer. The four important places are:
HILL STATION HIMACHALA PRADESH
Shimla
Manali
Dharmashala
Dalhousie
SHIMLA (Approximate distance)
Chandigarh – 105kms.
Chamba – 260kms.
Dharmashala – 185kms.
Dalhousie – 255kms.
Kullu – 220kms.
Kangra – 200kms.
Mandi – 150kms.
Manali – 260kms.
Palampur – 210kms.
Solan – 45kms.
MANALI (Approximate distance)
Chandigarh – 270kms.
Chamba – 320kms.
Dharmashala – 225kms.
Dalhousie – 315kms.
Kullu – 40kms.
Kangra – 260kms.
Mandi – 110kms.
Palampur – 193kms.
Solan – 253kms.
Shimla – 260kms.
DHARMASHALA (Approximate distance)
Chandigarh – 225kms.
Chamba – 95kms.
Dalhousie – 90kms.
Kullu – 185kms.
Kangra – 260kms.
Mandi – 115kms.
Manali – 225kms.
Palampur – 30kms.
Solan – 230kms.
Shimla – 185kms.
DALHOUSIE (Approximate distance)
Chandigarh – 295kms.
Chamba – 29kms.
Dharmashala – 90kms.
Kullu – 275kms.
Kangra – 85kms.
Mandi – 210kms.
Manali – 315kms.
Palampur – 122kms.
Solan – 300kms.
Shimla – 255kms.
Some tour itineraries:
Delhi – Chandigarh – Shimla – Dharmashala – Palampur – Dalhousie – Chamba – Kangra
NB:- Journeys can be rescheduled and planned to scores of different destinations including the above, staying at the above four centers as nucleus.
