Monkey Hill is a railway station on the
Bhor Ghat
Bhor Ghat is a mountain pass located between and for railway and between Khopoli and Khandala on the road route in Maharashtra, India, on the crest of the Western Ghats.
History
In February 1781, Bhorghat was the site of a battle between th ...
in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It serves as technical halt at which trains stop to check brakes. Almost all trains traveling from
Khandala
Khandala is a hill station in the Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra, India, about from Lonavala, 12 kilometres from Khopoli and from Karjat.
Khandala is located at the top end of the Bhor Ghat, a major ''ghat'' (meaning valley in ...
to
Palasdari
Palasdari, also known as Padusdhurree during the British Raj is a popular tourist place and a railway junction on Karjat-Khopoli route of Mumbai Suburban Railway. The name ''Palasdari'' is derived from ''Palas'', meaning “tree” and ''Dari'' m ...
stop at Monkey Hill. Formerly, a
reversing station was located between Monkey Hill and Khandala. The remains of the reversing station can be seen near the Amrutanjan Bridge on the old Mumbai–Pune road (
Mumbai–Chennai National Highway NH48).
Some of the trains halting at Monkey Hill are:
# 11008
Deccan Express
The Deccan Express is an express train that leaves daily at 3:15pm, plying between the cities of Pune and Mumbai in India, a distance of 192 km and at 7:00am from Mumbai to Pune.
Services
The Deccan Express was launched much earlier i ...
# 11010
Sinhagad Express
The Sinhagad Express is an Intercity Express train which plies daily between the cities of Pune and Mumbai in India. It is operated by the Indian Railways and comes under the Central Railway zone and is one of the six point-to-point express tr ...
# 11020
Konark Express
The 11019 / 11020 Konark Express was one of the classless Superfast trains introduced by Shri Madhu Dandavate in 1978 as a daily service between (SC) Secunderabad and Bhubaneshwar (BBS). It used to run with train No 2119/2120 and shared rake wi ...
# 11024
Sahyadri Express
Named after the famous Sahyadri mountain range that forms part of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, 11023 / 11024 Sahyadri Express was one of 3 daily dedicated express trains managed by Indian Railways, that ply between Mumbai and Kolhapur in ...
(Formal
Poona Mail)
# 11030
Koyna Express
The 11029/11030 Koyna Express is one of 3 daily dedicated express trains belonging to Indian Railways that run between Mumbai and Kolhapur in India. It operates as train number 11029 from Mumbai CSMT to Kolhapur SCSMT and as train number 11030 ...
# 11302
Udyan Express
The 11301/11302 Udyan Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Bangalore in India. It operates as train number 11301 from Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termi ...
# 17412
Mahalaxmi Express
The 17411/17412 Mahalaxmi Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai and Kolhapur in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 17411 from Mumbai CSMT to Kolhapur SCSMT and as train number 1 ...
# 12124
Deccan Queen
The 12123 / 12124 Deccan Queen is a daily Indian passenger train service operated by the Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways connecting the cities of Mumbai and Pune. Introduced on June 1, 1930, the Deccan Queen was India's "first sup ...
# 12126
Pragati Express
The Pragati Superfast Express is a daily Intercity Express train plying between Pune and Mumbai via . It is operated by the Central Railways, a zonal railway under the larger Indian Railways. Currently, it plies the distance of 187 km in 3 ...
# 12128
Mumbai–Pune Intercity Express
The 12127/12128 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus - Pune Junction Intercity Superfast Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CSMT and Pune Junction in India. It is a daily service. It operates as tr ...
# 12702
Hussainsagar Express
The 12701 / 12702 Hussainsagar Express (also spelled Hussain Sagar Express) is a very popular train operated by South Central Railway between Hyderabad and Mumbai. This Train then (7001/7002) was started on 17 October 1993 (from Hyderabad end a ...
# 17032
Hyderabad Mumbai Express
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. ...
# 16382
Kanyakumari–Mumbai Express
# 22106
Indrayani Express
The 22105/22106 Indrayani Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CSMT and Pune Junction in India.
It is a daily service and is named after the river Indrayani flowing near Pune.
T ...
Catch siding
The station also has an inclined track () in case of train brake failure. This is called a
catch siding. It was used if a train had problem with its brakes or was out of control, as the inclined track slowed the train. Today this is very rarely used.
References
Monkey Hill (India Rail Info)
External links
Railway stations in Raigad district
Lonavala-Khandala
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