Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Nilgiri Mountain Railway Map
	Legend
	Station
	Code
	Coimbatore
	Junction
	1348 ft
	410.9 m
	1069 ft
	325.8 m
	8 km
	5 mi
	1260 ft
	384 m
	13 km
	8 mi
	2390 ft
	728.5 m
	18 km
	11 mi
	3580 ft
	1091.2 m
	21 km
	13 mi
	4612 ft
	1405.7 m
	25 km
	16 mi
	5070 ft
	1545.3 m
	28 km
	17 mi
	5616 ft
	1711.8 m
	29 km
	18 mi
	5804 ft
	1769.1 m
	32 km
	20 mi
	6144 ft
	1872.7 m
	38 km
	24 mi
	6864 ft
	2092.1 m
	42 km
	26 mi
	7000 ft
	2133.6 m
	44 km
	27 mi
	46 km
	29 mi
	7228 ft
	2203.1 m
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
	NMR at Ketti station
Terminus	Udhagamandalam
Preserved operations
Owned by	Southern Railway Zone
Operated by	Salem railway division
Stations	13
Length	46 km
Preserved gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Preserved rack system	Abt
Commercial history
Opened	1908
Preservation history
Headquarters	Mettupalayam
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Mountain Railways of India
Criteria	Cultural: (ii)(iv)
Reference	944ter-002
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)
Extensions	2005, 2008
Area	4.59 ha (11.3 acres)
Buffer zone	500 ha (1,200 acres)
Coordinates	11°30′37″N 76°55′54″E / 11.51028°N 76.93167°E
	Location of Nilgiri Mountain Railway in India
Nilgiri Mountain Railway Map
Nilgiri Mountain Railway Map
	Legend
	Station
	Code
	Coimbatore
	Junction
	1348 ft
	410.9 m
	1069 ft
	325.8 m
	8 km
	5 mi
	1260 ft
	384 m
	13 km
	8 mi
	2390 ft
	728.5 m
	18 km
	11 mi
	3580 ft
	1091.2 m
	21 km
	13 mi
	4612 ft
	1405.7 m
	25 km
	16 mi
	5070 ft
	1545.3 m
	28 km
	17 mi
	5616 ft
	1711.8 m
	29 km
	18 mi
	5804 ft
	1769.1 m
	32 km
	20 mi
	6144 ft
	1872.7 m
	38 km
	24 mi
	6864 ft
	2092.1 m
	42 km
	26 mi
	7000 ft
	2133.6 m
	44 km
	27 mi
	46 km
	29 mi
	7228 ft
	2203.1 m
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR), colloquially called the "Toy Train" by locals, is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908.^[1] The railway is operated by the Southern Railway^[2] and is the only rack railway in India.

The railway relies on its fleet of steam locomotives.^[3] NMR switched to diesel locomotives on the section between Mettupalyam and Udhagamandalam. Local people and visitors led a campaign to return to steam locomotives in this section.^[3]

In July 2005, UNESCO added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the World Heritage Site of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. The site then became known as Mountain Railways of India.^[4]^[5]

^ "Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^ "Nilgirimountain railway". Indian Railway. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Indian Hill Railways: The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (TV). BBC Four. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^ "NMR added as a World Heritage Site". UNESCO News. 15 July 2005.
^ "Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 April 2006.

[1] "Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 March 2010.

[2] "Nilgirimountain railway". Indian Railway. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[BBC-Indian-Hill-railways-3] Indian Hill Railways: The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (TV). BBC Four. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.

[4] "NMR added as a World Heritage Site". UNESCO News. 15 July 2005.

[heritageunesco-5] "Mountain Railways of India". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 April 2006.

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