- India 1982. Centenary of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
Mountain Railways of India
(1999, 2005)
India
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Still operational today, these hill passenger railways crossing regions of
great beauty are outstanding examples of bold, ingenious engineering solutions
for the problem of establishing an effective rail link through a rugged,
mountainous terrain. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway opened in 1881, while the
Nilgiri Mountain Railway, though proposed in 1854, was begun in 1891 and
completed in 1908 due to the difficulty of the mountainous location which scales
an elevation of 326m to 2,203m. It was highly significant in facilitating
population movement and the social-economic development in the British colonial
era.
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The “Darjeeling Himalayan Railway” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the “Mountain Railways of India”.
Sources and links:
Other World Heritage Sites in India (on this website). Inactive links are not described on postage stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, India-section, for further information on the individual properties.
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Revised 21 jul 2006 |
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