New Delhi, Oct 22 (Inditop.com) A team from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will visit India this month to evaluate the Matheran Light Railway for its possible inclusion in the list of World Heritage Sites.
Matheran, a tiny hill station 800 metres above sea level on the Western Ghats, is about 110 km from Mumbai.
It is connected with Neral station on the plains by a unique two feet narrow gauge railway track.
The UNESCO team, which will visit India Oct 24-Oct 31, will also visit the National Rail Museum in New Delhi for information on the Matheran Light Railway.
Later, it will inspect the steam engine-run Matheran light train, the stations, buildings, sheds and buffer zones.
The 21-km Neral-Matheran railway line has 221 curves with one small tunnel. The construction of the tracks started in 1904 and the line was opened to traffic three years later.
