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Blog Entry# 2097706
Posted: Dec 20 2016 (19:20)

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Dec 20 2016 (19:20)  
Aravind KS~
Aravind KS~   184 blog posts
Entry# 2097706              
If IR were to construct a mountain railway to any of the hill station and ask your opinion , which one would you choose ?
For the answer you choose , also suggest a route to that place .
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Nainital
7%
5
Dharmasala
14%
10
Shillong
26%
19
Kodaikkanal
27%
20
Munnar
14%
10
Coorg
7%
5
Mahabaleshwar
5%
4
Other - Mention in comment with route
1%
1

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Dec 22 2016 (16:07)
TheMadrasMail~
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Munnar would be an interesting option. The route can go as follows.
From Bodinayakanur in Tamilnadu ( branch line from Madurai), via Munthal-Kottagudi ( along the Kottagudi river ) to 'Top station' at the Kerala-TamilNadu border and further on along the Mattupetty dam reservoir to Munnar. The route can be a meter gauge like the NMR route.
This will be a special route too. About a century ago, the Kundala valley railway used to connect Munnar to Top station with a narrow gauge railway.
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This was used for transporting Tea to the rest of the country. The tea would be transported from Munnar to Top station by railway. From there, a ropeway and cable car used to take the tea down the hills and by road to Bodinayakanur. The line was washed out in a flood in 1924 and never reconstructed.
The route can be re-started in pretty much with the same alignment as earlier and it will be really good to see a historic route being restarted.

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