Shimla railway station

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| name = Shimla railway station

| type = Indian Railways station

| style = Indian Railways

| image = Shimla railway station.JPG

| image_caption = Shimla Railway station view at dawn

| address = NH 22, Nabha, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

| country = India

| coordinates = {{coord|31.1025|77.1601|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}

| map_type = India#India Himachal Pradesh

| line = Kalka–Shimla Railway

| other = Auto stand

| elevation = {{convert|2075|m|ft}}

| structure = Standard (on-ground station)

| platform = 2

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| tracks = 4 (Narrow Gauge)

| parking = No

| bicycle = No

| opened = 1903

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| electrified = No

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| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = SML

| zone = Northern Railway

| division = {{rwd|Ambala}}

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| owned = Indian Railways

| status = Functioning

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| embedded = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

| child = yes

| part_of = Mountain Railways of India

| criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(ii)(iv)}}(ii)(iv)

| ID = 944ter-002

| coordinates = {{coord|31|06|09|N|77|09|35|E|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:IN-TN|display=title, inline}}

| year = 1999

| extension = 2005, 2008

| area = {{convert|4.59|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

| buffer_zone = {{convert|500|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

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Shimla railway station (station code: SML{{cite web |title=Station Code Index |url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/Station_code.pdf |website=Portal of Indian Railways |publisher=Centre For Railway Information Systems |access-date=23 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216225807/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2023-24/Station_Code_Index.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2024 |page=8 |date=2023–24}}) is a railway station in Shimla 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 {{convert|2075|m|ft}} above mean sea level. It was allotted the railway code of SML under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The {{track gauge|762mm}}-wide narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903.Engineer journal article, circa 1915, reprinted in Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review, no. 75, July 2008

History

The station opened in 1903.{{cite web |last= |first= |title= About Shimla Town | publisher= Indian Railways |date= |url= http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/KSR/5.pdf |accessdate= December 5, 2018}}

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.{{cite web |last= |first= |title= Kalka Shimla Railway (India) No 944 ter | publisher= UNESCO |date= |url= https://whc.unesco.org/document/154654 |accessdate= November 29, 2018}} 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.

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.

Originating Trains

The nearest railway station to Shimla is Kalka. You can take the Kalka to Shimla train route to reach Shimla which is one of India's most beautiful train routes.

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!Train No.

!Train Name

!Destination

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01624

|Shimla - Kalka Summer Special

| rowspan="7" |Kalka

|09:20

| rowspan="7" |All Days

52456

|Himalayan Queen

|10:40

|Summer Hill, Jutgoh, Taradevi, Shoghi, Kandaghat, Salogra, Solan, Barog, Dharmpur Himachal

72452

|Rail Motor

|11:40

|N.A.

52458

|Shimla - Kalka Express

|14:15

|Summer Hill, Jutogh, Taradevi, Shoghi, Kathleeghat, Kanoh, Kandaghat, Salogra, Solan, Barog, Kumarhatti, Dharmpur Himachal, Sonwara, Koti, Gumman, Taksal

52460

|Him Darshan Express

|15:50

|Barog

52452

|Shivalik Deluxe Express

|17:55

|Barog

52454

|Shimla - Kalka NG Express

|18:35

|Summer Hill, Jutogh, Taradevi, Shoghi, Kathleeghat, Kanoh, Kandaghat, Salogra, Solan, Barog, Kumarhatti, Dharmpur Himachal