Indian Hill Railways

Three-part series looking at the little trains have climbed through the Indian clouds for a hundred years, from the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south

Indian Hill Railways - The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Entwined with its people, the influence of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is changing as a new generation of Gurkhas populates the hills.

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Indian Hill Railways - The Kalka-Shimla Railway

Sanjay the station master is looking for promotion, his boss Bataljit waits for a transfer and everybody is anticipating the snow on the Kalka-Shimla line.

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Indian Hill Railways - The Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Guard Ivan is concerned about his friend Jenni, the ticket inspector on the romantic Nilgiri Mountain Railway line, because he's still a bachelor.

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