UNESCO World Heritage Shimla Railway Station | The most beautiful Railway Station on Queen of Hills
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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 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) above mean sea level. It was allotted the railway code of SML under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The 610 mm (2 ft)-wide narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903.

The station opened in 1903. 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. 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.

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.

Major Trains

Himalayan Queen
Kalka–Shimla NG Passenger
Shimla–Kalka Passenger
Kalka–Shimla Rail Motor
Shivalik Deluxe Express
Shimla–Kalka Passenger


The small railway station in Shimla is just 1 kilometre away from the centre of the town and is connected to Kalka by a narrow gauge rail track. The famous toy train of Shimla goes between Kalka and Shimla, covering a distance of 96 kilometres in about 7 hours.

Simla Railway station is situated in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Station code of Simla is SML. Here are some trains that are passing through Simla railway station like Shivalk Dlx Exp, Shivalk Dlx Exp, Kalka Simla Exp, Sml Klk Express, Himalyan Queen, Himalyan Queen, Klk Sml Pass, and many more.

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