Shimla News: Kalka Shimla Railway Train Track Ten Stops Closed By Railway

Kumud Sharma, Diary Times Media Network, Shimla

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Shimla – Ten stoppages of the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Railway Track located in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, have been completely closed by the Railway Board. Railway Board officials argued that the main reason for closing ten stoppages on the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Rail Track is to reduce the train timings and ensure better connectivity of the upcoming trains. The most important decision taken by the Ambala Railway Board Division.

On the other hand, due to the closure of major stops of Kanoh, Kaithlighat, Shoghi, Taradevi on the heritage track of the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Railway and the train not stopping, the local people are facing the most problems.

All the local residents are facing the maximum problems due to the closure of the most important ten stoppages of the Kalka Shimla Express train run by the Railway Board on the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Rail Heritage Track located in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, by the Ambala Railway Board without informing them. All the local residents are facing the maximum problems due to the closure of the most important ten stoppages of the Kalka Shimla Express train day and night.

The most important train going from Kalka to Shimla in the morning is no longer stopping at the ten closed stops.

Also, the biggest reason behind the sudden closure of ten stoppages by the Ambala Railway Board management is that the most important decision has been taken to reduce the timing of Kalka Shimla Express train and to ensure better connectivity of all the trains running on Kalka-Shimla route.

On the other hand, due to the wrong decision of Ambala Railway Board management to suddenly close ten major stoppages of Kalka Shimla Express train without informing, the local residents traveling daily in Kalka Shimla Express train are facing the most problems.

All the local residents told Diary Times correspondent Kumud Sharma that due to the wrongful closure of ten major stoppages of the Kalka Shimla Express train by the Ambala Railway Board management, all the local residents now have to travel by paying expensive fares in buses.

Also, the Ambala Railway Board management has suspended Kalka Shimla Express train number 52457, leaving from Kalka for Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla at 3.45 am, indefinitely for the major stops of Kanoh, Kaithlighat, Shoghi and Taradevi. has been discontinued.

Also, Kalka-Shimla Express train is reaching Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, at 8:55 in the morning.

On the other hand, Kalka-Shimla Express train from Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, is being dispatched by the Railway Board at 10.55 am for its return to Kalka.

When the Kalka-Shimla Express train returns from the capital Shimla to Kalka, the Kalka-Shimla Express train will no longer be stopped at six major stops Kaithlighat, Kumarhatti, Sanwara, Koti, Gumman as well as Taksal stoppage.

Also, due to closure of ten major stops of Kalka-Shimla Express train, all the local residents traveling to Queen of Hills capital Shimla are facing maximum problems every day.

Ambala Railway Board Management has said that the Kalka-Shimla Express train returning from Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla towards Kalka is now reaching Kalka Junction at 4.35 pm.

Also, according to Ambala Railway Board management, connectivity of Kalka-Shimla Express train with Ekta Express train has been ensured.

Ambala Railway Board management has informed that Ekta Express train is being run for Bhiwani city of Haryana at 4:55 pm.

According to Ambala Railway Board officials, all tourists are also being provided the facility to travel through Ekta Express train.

Also, according to the Ambala Railway Board management, due to closure of ten stoppages of Kalka-Shimla Express train, the timing of Kalka-Shimla Express train has also been reduced by about fifteen minutes.

Big trouble for local people due to closure of ten stops of Kalka-Shimla Express train –

Due to the wrong decision of closing the train stoppages of Kanoh, Kaithlighat, Shoghi and Taradevi of the Kalka-Shimla Express train running on the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Rail Heritage Track located in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, the local people have to face the most problems.

Morning from kalka junction After closing the stoppage at Kaithlighat, the Kalka-Shimla Express train running at 10:00 hrs is now being stopped only at Jutogh railway station. Besides, Kanoh stoppage, which is located in the middle of Kalka-Shimla Express train, has also been closed by the Railway Board management.

Due to the closure of Kanoh stoppage, local residents are facing problems every day due to the wrong decision of the Railway Board management because most of the local railway passengers at Kanoh stoppage were dependent on the Kalka-Shimla Express train.

Due to lack of good road connectivity at a distance of six kilometers from Kanoh station, the local people are facing the most problems.

Among all the other stations with closed stoppages, a large number of local residents had to go to the capital Shimla in the morning by Kalka-Shimla Express train for hospital, administrative and government works as well as for the supply of maximum milk production.

Due to the wrong decision of Ambala Railway Board management, ten major stoppages of Kalka-Shimla Express train have been closed, local residents are facing maximum problems every day.

Eighteen railway station stoppages of Kalka-Shimla Express train between Kalka Junction and capital Shimla –

There used to be eighteen stoppages for the Kalka Shimla Express train on the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Rail Heritage Track.

Kalka Shimla Express train was run at Kalka, Gumman, Koti, Sanwara, Dharampur, Kumarhatti, Barog, Solan, Salogra, Kandaghat, Kanoh, Kaithlighat, Shoghi, Taradevi, Jutogh, Summerhill and Rajdhani Shimla Junction.

Stops for toy trains were made at all the eighteen railway stations of the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Rail Heritage Track, but the stoppages of all the toy trains have also been closed by the Ambala Railway Board Management and Shimla Railway Department.

In order to reduce the timetable of toy trains on the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla Rail Heritage Track and to ensure better connectivity of all the trains running on the Kalka-Shimla Rail Heritage Track, Kalka-Shimla Express has been introduced by the Ambala Railway Board Management. Ten major stoppages of the train have been closed. According to the report of Ambala Railway Board Management, the number of passengers has generally been found to be less at the ten major stoppages to be closed on the Kalka-Shimla railway track.

If there is a large increase in the number of local people, then the movement of Kalka Shimla Express train will be resumed for the passengers by restarting the ten major railway station stoppages that were closed.

Naveen Kumar, Commercial Manager, Ambala Railway Board Management, Divisional Department

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