Matheran’s in style toy practice to roll once more from November 6

The heritage slim gauge practice between the favored Matheran hill station and Neral city in Raigad district close to Mumbai is ready to renew service from Thursday (November 6, 2025), officers mentioned.

As a precautionary measure, the practice providers between Neral and Matheran have been suspended from June to October, although the shuttle providers between Aman Lodge, close to the hill station’s entry put up, and Dasturi level continued to function, they mentioned.

Matheran, a small hill station close to Mumbai that draws a lot of vacationers, receives heavy rainfall in the course of the monsoon season. As the world has skilled landslides, monitor harm, and embankment washouts throughout previous monsoons, the narrow-gauge practice providers are suspended as a precautionary measure.

This 12 months, providers on the 21-km Neral-atheran slim gauge line, which passes by the picturesque ghat part, have been suspended from the primary week of June.

The providers on the Neral-Matheran slim gauge hall will resume from November 6. Four providers — two every from Neral and Matheran — might be operated each day, the Central Railway mentioned in a launch on Tuesday.

Train timings

The first practice for Matheran from Neral will depart at 8.50 a.m. and attain its vacation spot at 11.30 a.m. The second practice will depart at 10.25 a.m. and attain Matheran at 1.05 p.m. From Matheran, the trains will go away at 2.45 p.m. and 4 p.m. and attain Neral at 5.30 p.m. and 6.40 p.m., respectively, it mentioned.

The 4 providers might be run with a complete six coaches, together with three second-class and two second-class cum baggage vans. The first providers from both aspect might be run with one Vistadome coach and the second providers with one first-class coach, the Central Railway mentioned.

According to the discharge, six shuttle providers will function in each instructions between Matheran and Aman Lodge from Monday to Friday, and eight providers on Saturdays and Sundays.

Aman Lodge station is situated close to Dasturi Point, past which motorised autos, besides ambulances, are usually not allowed. Therefore, the shuttle providers are helpful for vacationers and locals, who would in any other case must pay a excessive quantity to rickshaw or horse house owners to fpr transportation from Dasturi Point to different elements of the hill station.

The Neral-Matheran Light Railway, one of many few heritage mountain railways in India, has accomplished 118 years, with the primary toy practice service powered by a steam engine commencing in 1907.

The building of the 21-km Neral-Matheran railway line started in 1904, and the two-foot gauge line was opened to visitors in 1907.