Neral Junction is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
on the
Central line of the
Mumbai Suburban Railway network located in the town of
Neral. It is a junction on the Kalyan - Karjat section of Central railway connecting Mumbai and Pune. It is the starting point of the narrow gauge
Matheran Hill Railway
The Matheran Hill Railway (MHR) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Maharashtra, India, which is administered by the Central Railway zone. It covers a distance of , connecting Neral, India, Neral to Matheran in the Western Ghats. The MHR is o ...
connecting to the hill station of
Matheran
Matheran is a partially automobile free hill station and a municipal council in the Karjat, Karjat taluka of the Raigad district located in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Matheran is part of the Mumbai Metropo ...
.
History
The South-East mainline of the GIPR spanning from Callian (Kalyan) to Palasdhari was opened to traffic on 12 May 1856, along with three stations, viz.
Badlapur
Badlapur (Pronunciation: ədləpʊr is a city located in the Thane district of Maharashtra, India, and forms part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Situated along the banks of the Ulhas River, Badlapur is approximately 40 km from Thane and ...
, Neral,
Khopoli
Khopoli (, ISO: ) is an industrial city in the Khalapur taluka of Raigad district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, at the base of the Sahyadri mountains. Patalganga River, which is the tailrace channel of the Tata Hydroelectric Power Sta ...
. The second line was opened in March 1868.
Gallery
File:Neral Junction Railway Station.JPG, View of Neral Junction Railway Station
File:Neral railway station - Station board.jpg, Neral railway station - Station board
File:Neral Stationː Platform Board.jpg, Platform board at Toy Train Station
File:Neral Toy Train Stationː Inside view 1.jpg, Inside View of Neral Toy Train Station.
File:Neral Toy Train Stationː Inside view 2.jpg, Inside View of Neral Toy Train Station.
File:Neral NG station.JPG, View of MHR Narrow gauge station
File:NeralDeparture.JPG, Train departing from Neral Station
File:TrainArrivesAtNeral.JPG, Train arriving at Neral MHR station
File:Railwaylocomotiv20newy-p383-Matheran-leaving-Neral.jpg, A Train departing Neral station: Sometime between 1904 and 1907
See also
*
Matheran Hill Railway
The Matheran Hill Railway (MHR) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Maharashtra, India, which is administered by the Central Railway zone. It covers a distance of , connecting Neral, India, Neral to Matheran in the Western Ghats. The MHR is o ...
*
Matheran Railway Station
References
Railway stations in Raigad district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division
Kalyan-Lonavala rail line
Railway junction stations in Maharashtra
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