Shimla is a beautiful hill station but while you are busy admiring the natural beauty of this gorgeous city, there is something else that will immediately catch your attention. There is a tunnel in Shimla, called tunnel number 33, from where the train passes and with a length of 1143.61 m, it is the longest tunnel in the Kalka - Shimla Railway. It is also known as "The Barog Tunnel", which was named after a British Railway Engineer during the 19th century. Barog station is immediately after the tunnel. Trains take about 2.5 minutes to cross this tunnel, running at 25 kilometers per hour. This longest tunnel is a popular tourist spot and is known for a very interesting story.
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The Barog tunnel was built more than 100 years ago. The tunnel project was taken by Colonel Barog, who was a British railway engineer, who was a British Railway Engineer. He had signed the contract and the last date was also decided that by this date he would have to complete this project. He was a very talented engineer, but was facing a lot of difficulty in this project and was not able to manage the project properly. Colonel Barog committed a mistake of boring the tunnel from both ends of the mountain, which is quite common as it speeds up construction. The workers kept on boring from both ends but did not meet even after crossing the center of the mountain. But after several attempts by the crew, Colonel realized that due to his miscalculations, the alignments of the tunnel had gone wrong, and both the ends of the tunnel could not meet. But when he could not complete the project on time, the British government fined him a huge amount of money and this incident ended the career of Barog. On top of his already existing money problems, there was another terrible fine and due to this incident he went into depression and that depression was so bad that he gave his life.
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He committed suicide somewhere around this half-built tunnel, and due to his unexpected death, the residents of Shimla say that his soul still lives in this tunnel, a tunnel whose half part he constructed by himself, but he did not get anything in return, but only death. The tunnel work was finally completed in September 1903 and was named to show respect to Colonel Barog. After Barog's death, voices were often heard there, but locals say that he is a friendly ghost. And today, we all know that the Kalka - Shimla railway track was given World Heritage status by UNESCO.
The Barog tunnel was built more than 100 years ago. The tunnel project was taken by Colonel Barog, who was a British railway engineer, who was a British Railway Engineer. He had signed the contract and the last date was also decided that by this date he would have to complete this project. He was a very talented engineer, but was facing a lot of difficulty in this project and was not able to manage the project properly. Colonel Barog committed a mistake of boring the tunnel from both ends of the mountain, which is quite common as it speeds up construction. The workers kept on boring from both ends but did not meet even after crossing the center of the mountain. But after several attempts by the crew, Colonel realized that due to his miscalculations, the alignments of the tunnel had gone wrong, and both the ends of the tunnel could not meet. But when he could not complete the project on time, the British government fined him a huge amount of money and this incident ended the career of Barog. On top of his already existing money problems, there was another terrible fine and due to this incident he went into depression and that depression was so bad that he gave his life.
He committed suicide somewhere around this half-built tunnel, and due to his unexpected death, the residents of Shimla say that his soul still lives in this tunnel, a tunnel whose half part he constructed by himself, but he did not get anything in return, but only death. The tunnel work was finally completed in September 1903 and was named to show respect to Colonel Barog. After Barog's death, voices were often heard there, but locals say that he is a friendly ghost. And today, we all know that the Kalka - Shimla railway track was given World Heritage status by UNESCO.
it is a beautiful station with a sad story. Thanks for sharing it!!!!
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