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The scenic [[Kalka Shimla Railway]], a [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge track]], is listed in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' for the steepest rise in altitude in a distance of 96 km.<ref>{{cite news |last=Khanna |first=Ruchika M |date=8 November 2003 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031108/windows/main1.htm |title=100 years of pine-scented travel |newspaper=The Tribune |access-date= 8 November 2003}}</ref> [[Kalka]], the [[Indo-Gangetic plain|plains]] rail terminus, has daily departures to major Indian cities. The city has a total of three railway stations with Shimla the main station and two others located at Summer Hill and Totu (Jutogh) respectively. It was built to connect [[Shimla railway station|Shimla]], the summer capital of India during the [[British Raj]], with the Indian rail system. | The scenic [[Kalka Shimla Railway]], a [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge track]], is listed in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' for the steepest rise in altitude in a distance of 96 km.<ref>{{cite news |last=Khanna |first=Ruchika M |date=8 November 2003 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031108/windows/main1.htm |title=100 years of pine-scented travel |newspaper=The Tribune |access-date= 8 November 2003}}</ref> [[Kalka]], the [[Indo-Gangetic plain|plains]] rail terminus, has daily departures to major Indian cities. The city has a total of three railway stations with Shimla the main station and two others located at Summer Hill and Totu (Jutogh) respectively. It was built to connect [[Shimla railway station|Shimla]], the summer capital of India during the [[British Raj]], with the Indian rail system. | ||
In 2007, the government of [[Himachal Pradesh]] declared the railway a heritage property.<ref>{{cite news| url= | In 2007, the government of [[Himachal Pradesh]] declared the railway a heritage property.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bizarexpedition.com/blog-best-24-places-to-spend-time-in-shimla|title=HP declares Kalka–Shimla Railway as 'heritage' property| date=13 August 2007| newspaper=The Hindu| access-date=13 August 2007}}</ref> For about a week starting on 11 September 2007, an expert team from [[UNESCO]] visited the railway to review and inspect it for possible selection as a [[World Heritage Site]]. On 8 July 2008, the Kalka–Shimla Railway was listed as a World Heritage Site,<ref>{{cite news | work=The Hindu Business Line | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/07/09/stories/2008070951530700.htm | title=Kalka–Shimla Railway makes it to Unesco's World Heritage list | date=9 July 2008 | access-date=10 July 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625175612/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/07/09/stories/2008070951530700.htm | archive-date=25 June 2009 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> alongside [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]], [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]], and [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gyanpotli.info/%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%94%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%89%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%95/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162904/https://gyanpotli.info/%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%94%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%89%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%95/|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2018|title=Hill towns of India and their height | ||
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