Matheran railway station

Matheran Railway Station is the upper terminus of the Matheran Hill Railway (MHR).

Matheran railway station
General information
LocationIndia
Coordinates18.989°N 73.271°E / 18.989; 73.271
Line(s)Matheran Hill Railway
History
Opened1907
Location

Station

The station is at an elevation of approximately 2,625 feet (800 m) in the Western Ghats.[1] As no automobiles are allowed in Matheran it provides the sole mechanised means of transport, the alternative being walking or horseback from the previous station Aman Lodge,[2] some 3 km distant.[3]

Services

During the Monsoon season there operates an Aman Lodge to Matheran shuttle service only with trains to Nepal suspended.[4]

Heritage
No. 741 at Matheran station

The Station buildings, depot and railway infrasrtucture at Matheran are all mentioned in the UNESCO nomination tentative list for the Matheran Light Railway.[5] No. 741, an ML class steam locomotive that originally worked the line is preserved on a plinth at Matheran station.

References
  1. "Welcome to Konkan Division". divcomkonkan.gov.in.
  2. "Aman Lodge-Matheran train starts today, Neral Matheran in pipeline". The Free Press Journal. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. "Aman Lodge-Matheran Station toy trains start today". The Indian Express. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. "NERAL - MATHERAN TOY TRAIN TIMINGS". irctchelp.in. 12 January 2021.
  5. "Mountain Railways of India (Extension)". Matheran Light Railway (MLR). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
Matheran
Hill Railway
 Neral
Jummapatti[1]
 Water Pipe[2]
 Aman Lodge[3]
 Matheran
  1. Fernandes, Felix (1 May 2011). "Matheran toy train service disrupted". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. Verma, Kalpana (9 February 2009). "Toy train rams into tractor on Matheran-Neral route". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. Mehta, Manthan K (30 June 2013). "Central Railway to run shuttle service between Aman Lodge and Matheran in monsoon". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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