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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Kalka]] to [[Simla]]
|gauge1=
|gauge1details=
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3= 2' 6" NG
|gauge3details= 59 miles (1905)
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1903
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic
|timeline2date= 1905
|timeline2details= Converted to 2' 6" gauge
|timeline3date= 1906
|timeline3details= Taken over by GoI
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details=
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Kalka]], [[Simla]]
|system1date= 1903
|system1details= Own agency
|system2date= after 1906
|system2details= [[North Western Railway]]
|system3date=
|system3details=
}}
The '''Kalka-Simla Railway''' (KSR) was a narrow gauge branchline, the final leg in the journey from [[Delhi]] via [[Umballa]] to the hill town of [[Simla]], the summer retreat of the Viceroy and senior Government of India staff.
== History ==
Originally built and worked by a private company, the line was opened in 1903 as a 2' 0" narrow gauge railway. Following the decision of the Imperial General Staffs to standardise, wherever possible, on a 2' 6" gauge, the track was so converted in 1905.
The KSR was taken over by the Government in 1906 and later worked by the [[North Western Railway]].
The KSR remains one of the longest narrow gauge railway lines still operated by [[India Railways]].
== External links ==
[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html "Hill Lines of India"] ''Mike's Railway History''.
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
