Mountain Railways of India

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Mountain Railways of India1
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Darjeeling Toy Train.
State Party Template:IND
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv
Identification no. 944
Region2 Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Formal Inscription: 1999
23rd WH Committee Session
Extension/s 2005
WH link: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944

1 Name as officially inscribed on the World Heritage List
2 As classified officially by UNESCO

The term Mountain Railways of India consists of:

The collective designation refers to the current project by the Indian government to nominate a representative example of its historic railways to UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was recognized in 1999, while the Nilgiri Mountain Railway was added as an extension to the site in 2005. They were recognized for being outstanding examples of bold, ingenious engineering solutions for the problem of establishing an effective rail link through a rugged, mountainous terrain.

Both the Kalka-Shimla Railway and the Matheran Hill Railway are on the tentative nomination list for that site.

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