Scenic route
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Mettupalayam → Ooty · India
- Distance
- 46 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 50 min
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- Indian Railways (Southern Railway)
- Train
- X-class steam rack loco
- Countries
- India
- In service since
- 1899
India’s only rack railway: X-class steam pushes the blue coaches up 1-in-12 grades from palm plains to Ooty’s tea hills; UNESCO-listed in 2005.
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