Nilgiri Mountain Railway

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heritage railway mountain railway narrow-gauge railway

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a historic narrow-gauge railway in southern India, famed for its steep rack-and-pinion route through the Nilgiri Hills and its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Nilgiri Mountain Railway canonical 8
Nilgiri Mountain Railway is part of the Mountain Railways of India World Heritage Site 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage railway ⓘ
mountain railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
alsoUses diesel locomotives ⓘ
builtDuring British colonial period ⓘ
climbsFrom Mettupalayam ⓘ
climbsTo Udhagamandalam ⓘ
connects Coonoor ⓘ
Mettupalayam ⓘ
Udhagamandalam ⓘ
constructionStart 1891 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
famousFor heritage steam services ⓘ
scenic views ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
gauge 1,000 mm ⓘ
metre gauge ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
protected monument under Indian Railways ⓘ
intermediateStation Coonoor ⓘ
length approximately 46 km ⓘ
locatedIn Nilgiri Hills ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
maximumGradient about 1 in 12.5 ⓘ
numberOfBridges more than 250 ⓘ
numberOfTunnels more than 10 ⓘ
openingYear 1899 ⓘ
operator Indian Railways ⓘ
Southern Railway zone ⓘ
originalBuilder Madras Railway Company ⓘ
ownedBy Government of India ⓘ
partOf Mountain Railways of India ⓘ
passesThrough Coonoor ⓘ
popularName NMR ⓘ
primaryTraction steam locomotives ⓘ
purpose hill station access ⓘ
rackSystemType Abt rack system ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
surface form: southern India
status operational ⓘ
terminus Mettupalayam ⓘ
Ooty ⓘ
Udhagamandalam ⓘ
tourismImportance major tourist attraction ⓘ
trackType single track ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
uses rack-and-pinion system ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamil Nadu → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Ooty → knownFor → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Ooty → railConnection → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Ooty → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilgiri Mountain Railway is part of the Mountain Railways of India World Heritage Site
Nilgiri Hills → connectedBy → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Coonoor → connectedBy → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Nilgiris district → railwayAttraction → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Nilgiris district → UNESCOWorldHeritageComponent → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ
Wellington, Tamil Nadu → railwayLine → Nilgiri Mountain Railway ⓘ