Train services resume on Kalka-Shimla section after seven months

Oct 21, 2020

New Delhi [India], Oct 21 : Train services on Kalka-Shimla heritage rail section resumed again after a gap of nearly seven months.
The train services were stopped as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
Rajiv Chaudhry, General Manager Northern and North Central Railways, said that in view of the forthcoming festive season and resumption of New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi the hilly section definitely would be attracting more tourists.
He said the train services resumed "after a gap of approximately seven months" on the section.