Editing Heritage railway (section)

=== India ===
{{main|Mountain railways of India}}
[[File:DHR 780 on Batasia Loop 05-02-21 08.jpeg|thumb|alt=Blue narrow-gauge train at the edge of a drop|The [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]] in [[West Bengal]]]]
The [[Mountain railways of India]] are the railway lines that were built in the mountainous regions of [[India]]. The term mainly includes the [[narrow-gauge]] and [[metre-gauge]] railways in these regions but may also include some [[broad-gauge]] railways.

Of the Mountain railways of India, the [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway|Darjeeling Himalayan]], [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway|Nilgiri Mountain]] and [[Kalka–Shimla Railway]]s have been collectively designated as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="unesco">{{Cite web|title=Mountain Railways of India|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944|access-date=2010-02-19|publisher=World Heritage:UNESCO}}</ref><ref name="Kholi">{{Cite book|last1=Kohli|first1=M.S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIs4zv17HHwC&q=mountain+railways+of+india&pg=PA97|title=Mountains of India: Tourism, Adventure, Pilgrimage|first2=Ashwani |last2=Lohani|quote=mountain railways of india Search|publisher=Indus Publishing|year=2004|isbn=81-7387-135-3|pages=97–106|access-date=2010-02-20 }}</ref><ref name="luxury">{{Cite web|title=Luxury Trains of India|url=http://www.touristplacesinindia.com/luxury-trains/hill-trains.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103095224/http://www.touristplacesinindia.com/luxury-trains/hill-trains.html|archive-date=January 3, 2004|access-date=2010-02-20}}</ref> To meet World Heritage criteria, the sites must retain some of their traditional infrastructure and culture.

The [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] is also the only [[rack and pinion railway]] in India. The [[Matheran Hill Railway]], along with the [[Kangra Valley Railway]] are preserved narrow gauge railways under consideration for UNESCO status. Some scenic routes have been preserved as heritage railways. Here normal services have stopped, only tourist heritage trains are operated. Examples of these are the [[Patalpani–Kalakund Heritage Train]] and the Rajasthan Valley Queen Heritage train<ref name="valleyqueen">{{Cite news|title=Rajasthan Valley Queen Heritage Train|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/rajasthans-only-heritage-train-to-start-from-tomorrow/articleshow/104143766.cms|newspaper=Times of India|date=4 October 2023 }}</ref> which runs from [[Marwar Junction]] to [[Khamlighat]].