Barog

Very beautiful railway station. Got the chance to take train from here. Really very well maintained and nice.

Neat and clean station at a scenic place.

If you are going from Barog towards Kalka , you'll find the longest tunnel, Barog Tunnel, there is on this railway route.nnAlso, you can find tea, coffee and some other snacks at this railway station.

If you want to stay at a Railway Station which is An UNESCO heritage and love peace,nature and beauty you must Barog !nnThree hour journey from Kalka railway station if you want to Travel by Train and little less if you going by Road. I would strongly prefer to visit by train from Kalka to Barog.nnYou can book Shivalik cottage which is little up on hill from Railway station @INR 1000.nIF you want to visit place, away from hustle bustle of life, where not even a single car horn could be heard than ,you will love Barog railway station. (there you can even stay by booking a room(300Rs) or cottage(750 Rs). Rooms are average but location is awesome. Barog is among the best railway station in India. IF you go by road , you will have to trek down around 500-600 metre steep. You need to be fit. Easier way to visit is by toy train from shimla- kalka.nBarog is a small hill station in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, situated in the Choor Chandni hills of Himalayas, at a height of 5,12o ft.Barog Tunnel at 1144 meters is the longest tunnel on the route and appears just before the Barog Station. At a speed of 25 kilometers per hour, trains take about 2.5 minutes to cross the tunnel. It is the straightest tunnel in the world, which is associated with local tales and legends. Colonel Barog was a British railway engineer who was in charge of creating a tunnel through a mountain in the Kalka - Shimla Railway.nnThe Barog Tunnel which passes mostly through fissured sandstone has a tragic tale associated with it during its construction. Colonel Barog, who was in charge of Tunnel No. 33 committed a mistake of boring the tunnel from both (opposite) ends of the mountain, which is quite common as it speeds up construction. The crew was divided in halves, which started the digging and blasting the tunnel from opposite ends. The Colonel instructed the crew members to bore the tunnel according to his calculations with a vision that both the tunnels would meet in the middle to become a single tunnel.

Beautiful railway line.