Sangalalani ndi Zowoneka Zochititsa Kaso pa Sitima Zino Zoseweretsa ku India
Sitima za ku toyuniyana za ku India ndi sitima zazing'ono zomwe zimayendetsa sitima zapamapiri zamapiri, zomangidwa ndi British kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1900 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi makumi awiri kuti apereke malo awo a mapiri. Ngakhale sitimazi zili pang'onopang'ono ndipo zingathe kutenga maola 8 kuti zifike kumalo awo, malo okongola ndi okongola, kupanga maulendo kukhala ofunika kwambiri. Mapiri atatu a sitima zapamapiri - Kalita-Shimla Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, ndi Railway ya Darjeeling Himalayan - adziwika ngati malo a UNESCO World Heritage Sites chifukwa ndi zitsanzo zabwino kwambiri zogwiritsa ntchito njira zamagetsi.
01 ya 05
Galimoto ya Kalka-Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Sitima yapamwamba yotchedwa Kalka-Shimla yojambulira ndiyo njira yotchuka yopita ku Shimla, yomwe kale inali yaikulu ya olamulira a Britain. Sitimayo inamalizidwa mu 1903 ndipo imapereka imodzi mwaulendo wapamwamba kwambiri wopita ku India. Zimayenda pafupifupi makilomita 96 ndi sitima 20 za sitimayo, matauni 103, mabotolo 800, ndi mazira 900! Ulendowu wonse kuchokera ku Kalka, pafupi ndi Chandigarh, amatenga pafupifupi maola asanu. Komabe, anthu ambiri amasankha kuyenda kuchokera ku Barog, chifukwa apa ndipamene msewu wautali kwambiri komanso malo okongola kwambiri amapezeka. Ndikumakwera kokhala ndi malo okongola kwambiri.
02 ya 05
Sitima ya Darjeeling Himalayan, West Bengal
Sitimayi ya Darjeeling, yomwe imadziwika kuti Railway ya Himalayan, ndiyo njira yakale kwambiri ku India. Pomaliza m'chaka cha 1881, amanyamula anthu amtunda kudutsa m'munsi mwa mapiri a Himalayas kum'mwera kupita kumapiri okongola komanso malo obiriwira a Darjeeling. Ulendowu umayenda makilomita 80 kuchokera ku New Jalpaiguri, m'chigawo cha West Bengal , kupita ku Darjeeling kudzera pa Siliguri, Kurseong, ndi Ghoom. Amadutsa pazipinda zisanu zazikulu, ndi madola mazana ang'onoang'ono 500.
Ngati mulibe tsiku lopanda ulendo, maulendo awiri ola limodzi kuchokera ku Darjeeling kupita ku Ghoom ndi otchuka. Pamwamba pamtunda wa mamita 7,400 pamwamba pa nyanja, Ghoom ndi malo apamwamba pa msewu. Sitima yapamtunda imakwera mowonjezereka kudzera m'mitsinje yambiri komanso yosangalatsa. Chimodzi mwa zochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi Batasia Loop, pakati pa Ghoom ndi Darjeeling, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti Darjeeling awonongeke pa phiri ndi phiri la Kanchenjunga kumbuyo.
03 a 05
Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Tamil Nadu
Sitima yapamsewu yomwe imayendera pa Nilgiri Mountain Railway ndiyo yomwe ikupita ku phiri la Ooty, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi British monga likulu la chilimwe la boma lawo ku Madras (Chennai). Ngakhale kuti njanjiyo inakonzedwa mu 1854, siinamalize mpaka chaka cha 1908 monga dera lamapiri ndi mapiri a nkhalango zambirimbiri zomwe zinapangitsa ntchitoyi kukhala yovuta. Ulendo wamakilomita 46,5 umayenda kuchokera ku Metupalaiyam kupita ku Oorty kudzera ku Coonoor, ndipo umadutsa milatho 250 (kuphatikizapo 32 zazikulu) komanso kudzera m'matanthwe 16. Malingaliro abwino kwambiri ali pamtunda wa Metupalaiyam kupita ku Coonoor. Chifukwa chake, anthu ena amangoyendayenda pang'onopang'ono ndikupita kukasangalala ndi minda ya tiyi ku Coonoor.
04 ya 05
Matheran Hill Railway, Maharashtra
Sitimayi yaing'ono yotchuka yotchedwa Matheran yothamanga inali yoyamba kuthamanga mu 1907. Imaika anthu okwera ndege pakati pa mitengo yamtendere ya Matheran yomwe ili mwamtendere komanso yopanda phindu, kumene magalimoto onse amaletsedwa, ngakhalenso njinga. Ulendowu umayambira ku Neral, pafupifupi pakati pa Mumbai ndi Pune. Ngakhale kuti njanjiyo ndi yaitali makilomita 20 okha, sitimayo imatenga maola awiri ndi theka kuti ikafike pamwamba pa phiri pamene ikuyenda mofulumira.
05 ya 05
Sitima ya ku Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh
Sitimayo ya Kangra Valley, yomwe inamalizidwa mu 1929, inali yomaliza njanji yamapiri. Kuchokera kwa Pathankot ku Punjab mpaka ku Joginder Nagar ku Himachal Pradesh kudzera ku Kangra (pafupi ndi Dharamsala) ndi Palampur. Mosiyana ndi mapiri ena ambiri a ku India, ali ndi miyala iwiri yokha yomwe injini zimapewa kugunda pamtunda. Ulendo wonse umatenga maola 10. Komabe, zokongola zambiri zimachitika pambuyo pa Kangra ndipo zimadutsa pa Palampur, pamene sitimayo imadutsa m'midzi ndi m'madera obiriwira, popanda malingaliro osasokoneza za mapiri a Dhauladhar. Ndi chochitika chosakumbukika cha m'deralo! Kutambasula pakati pa Baijnath (komwe kuli kachisi wakale wa Shiva) ndi Joginder Nagar ndilokulu kwambiri, ndi Ahuj pokhala pamwamba pa mamita 1,290 pamwamba pa nyanja. Malo otchuka omwe amapita kumalo ozungulira Biring Billing ali pafupi. Dziwani kuti sitimayi zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito panjirayi sizitengera sitimayi. Misonkhanowu ingapezeke pano.