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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Shimla railway station<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Kalka shimla railway.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Shimla Railway station view at dawn<br />
| address = [[NH 22]], Nabha, [[Shimla]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1025|77.1601|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India#India Himachal Pradesh<br />
| line = [[Kalka–Shimla Railway]]<br />
| other = Auto stand<br />
| elevation = {{convert|2075|m|ft}}<br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = <br />
| tracks = 4 (Narrow Gauge)<br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1903<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = No<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = SML<br />
| zone = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Ambala}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| mpassengers = <br />
| services = <!-- Only use S-rail/S-line Templates here, without start or end --><br />
| mapframe = <br />
}}<br />
'''Shimla railway station''' is a small 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.<ref name=UNESCO/> It was allotted the railway code of '''SML''' under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The {{track gauge|610mm}}-wide [[narrow-gauge]] Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by [[Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company]] and opened for traffic in 1903.<ref>''Engineer'' journal article, circa 1915, reprinted in ''Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review'', no. 75, July 2008</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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The station opened in 1903.<ref name=IRShimla>{{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}}</ref><br />
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.<ref name=UNESCO>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=IRShimla/><br />
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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.<ref name=UNESCO/><br />
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==Major trains==<br />
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* [[Himalayan Queen]]<br />
* Kalka–Shimla NG Passenger<br />
* Shimla–Kalka Passenger<br />
* Kalka–Shimla Rail Motor<br />
* [[Shivalik Deluxe Express]]<br />
* Shimla–Kalka Passenger<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kalka–Shimla Railway stations}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Shimla district]]<br />
[[Category:Ambala railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway terminus in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Shimla]]<br />
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