Matheran Hill Railway

Matheran Railway No.740 Preserved in UK

The Matheran Hill Railway is a heritage railway in Maharashtra, India. It was built between 1901 and 1907 by Abdul Hussein Adamjee Peerbhoy, financed by his father Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy at the cost of Rs.16,00,000. The railway covers a distance of 20 kilometres (12.67 miles), over large swathes of forest territory connecting Neral to Matheran in the Western Ghats hills near Mumbai.

The railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway. Neral also has a broad gauge station which is on the busy Mumbai-Pune route.

The railways comes under the Central Railways and is being promoted as a future World Heritage Site.

The railway was closed by flood damage during 2005 and is not expected to re-open before April 2007.

Locomotives

Steam Locomotives

MHR No.	ISR No.	Builder	Builders No.	Date	Current Location
1	738	O & K	1766	1905	Bombay
2	739	O & K	2342	1907	Delhi
3	740	O & K	2343	1907	U.K. (LBR)
4	741	O & K	1767	1905	Matheran

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway No. 794 was transferred here in 2001

Diesel Locomotives

ISR No.	Class	Builder	Builders No.	Date	Current Status	Notes
500	NDM1	Jung	12108	1956	Not Known	From Kalka Shimla Railway
501	NDM1	Jung	12109	1956	In Service	Originally No.750
502	NDM1	Jung	12110	1956	Not Known	Originally No.751
503	NDM1	Jung	12111	1956	Dismantled	Originally No.752
504	NDM1	Jung	12105	1956	Not Known	From Kalka Shimla Railway
505	NDM1	Jung	12107	1956	Dismantled	From Kalka Shimla Railway
505	NDM1	Jung	12107	1956	Not Known	From Kalka Shimla Railway
600	NDM6	?	?	?	In Service	visible in Railworld photos

Currently Class NDM1 and NDM6 locomotives are in use

See also

• Matheran
• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
• Nilgiri Mountain Railway

External links

• Railworld - Photographs
• Neral Matheran Light Railway - Photographs of 2005 monsoon damage
• Matheran