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The practice constrictive gauge bid betwixt the fashionable Matheran elevation presumption and Neral municipality successful Raigad territory adjacent Mumbai is acceptable to resume work from Thursday (November 6, 2025), officials said.
As a precautionary measure, the bid services betwixt Neral and Matheran were suspended from June to October, though the shuttle services betwixt Aman Lodge, adjacent the elevation station's introduction post, and Dasturi constituent continued to operate, they said.
Matheran, a tiny elevation presumption adjacent Mumbai that attracts a ample fig of tourists, receives dense rainfall during the monsoon season. As the country has experienced landslides, way damage, and embankment washouts during past monsoons, the narrow-gauge bid services are suspended arsenic a precautionary measure.
This year, services connected the 21-km Neral-atheran constrictive gauge line, which passes done the picturesque ghat section, were suspended from the archetypal week of June.
The services connected the Neral-Matheran constrictive gauge corridor volition resume from November 6. Four services — 2 each from Neral and Matheran — volition beryllium operated daily, the Central Railway said successful a merchandise connected Tuesday.
Train timings
The archetypal bid for Matheran from Neral volition depart astatine 8.50 a.m. and scope its destination astatine 11.30 a.m. The 2nd bid volition depart astatine 10.25 a.m. and scope Matheran astatine 1.05 p.m. From Matheran, the trains volition permission astatine 2.45 p.m. and 4 p.m. and scope Neral astatine 5.30 p.m. and 6.40 p.m., respectively, it said.
The 4 services volition beryllium tally with a full six coaches, including 3 second-class and 2 second-class cum luggage vans. The archetypal services from either broadside volition beryllium tally with 1 Vistadome manager and the 2nd services with 1 first-class coach, the Central Railway said.
According to the release, six shuttle services volition run successful some directions betwixt Matheran and Aman Lodge from Monday to Friday, and 8 services connected Saturdays and Sundays.
Aman Lodge presumption is located adjacent Dasturi Point, beyond which motorised vehicles, but ambulances, are not allowed. Therefore, the shuttle services are beneficial for tourists and locals, who would different person to wage a precocious magnitude to rickshaw oregon equine owners to fpr proscription from Dasturi Point to different parts of the elevation station.
The Neral-Matheran Light Railway, 1 of the fewer practice upland railways successful India, has completed 118 years, with the archetypal artifact bid work powered by a steam motor commencing successful 1907.
The operation of the 21-km Neral-Matheran railway enactment began successful 1904, and the two-foot gauge enactment was opened to postulation successful 1907.
