The 120-year-old Kalka-Simla Railway will get an image makeover for the first time since it was put into service with swanky new indigenously manufactured coaches, each with a mini pantry and bio-toilets.
The narrow-gauge rolling stock, developed by Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Punjab’s Kaputhala, is the first such indigenously produced train coach, which is reminiscent of the red-coloured Swiss narrow-gauge carriages.
Currently, the Kalka-Simla Railway (KSR) — also a UNESCO World Heritage Site — uses coach designs that were made over hundred years back by Moghalpura Workshop, which is now a part of Pakistan Railway.
