Zindikirani: Sitima ya Matheran Toy inaimitsidwa kuchoka mu May 2016, ikutsata zochitika zambiri. Iyenso inayamba mu November 2017 ndi chitetezo chotetezeka, koma poyamba ikuyendetsa mbali ya njira kuchokera ku Aman Lodge mpaka Matheran.
Matheran Hill Railway ya zaka zana ija imapatsa anthu okwera mumtunda wouma wamtendere wa Matheran komwe kuli mtendere, komwe kuli magalimoto onse, ngakhale mabasiketi.
Sitima yapamatope ndi imodzi mwa misonkhano zisanu zapamwamba zamakono zomwe zimachitika ku India. Sitimayo inakhazikitsidwa ndi mabizinesi a Mumbai, Abdul Hussain Peerbhoy ndipo adayamba ulendo wake mu 1907, atatha zaka zitatu akukonza sitimayi.
Njira Yophunzitsa
Sitima yapamasewera imakwera njira yake, mozemba, makilomita 20 kuchokera pamwamba pa phiri kuchokera ku Neral kupita ku Matheran. Chifukwa cha kutsetsereka kotsetsereka, pamafunika maola awiri kuti ayende patali. Pang'onopang'ono zojambulazo zimasintha kuchokera kumtunda wobiriwira kupita kumapiri, mapiri ataphimbidwa.
Ogulitsa zakudya akugulitsa zakudya zozizira ndi zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi akudumphira ndi kutsika sitimayo panjira - kawirikawiri pamene ikuyenda, zomwe zikusonyeza kuti zimayenda mofulumira bwanji! Sitimayo imayima pa malo angapo, komwe kumagulanso zotsitsimutsa. Amadutsanso njira imodzi yochepa, yosangalatsidwa yotchedwa "One Tunnel Tunnel".
Utumiki wa Maphunziro
Zithunzi zinayi zofanana zazing'ono za sitima zamatchi zimayenda motsatira njirayo.
Sitimayi ndizochepa, ndi mphamvu ya anthu pafupifupi 100. Ngati mumakhala ngati muli ndi ulendo wotsitsimutsa komanso wosangalatsa, khalani mpando m'kalasi yoyamba, kumene mungapeze malo ogulitsira.
Nthawi Yophunzitsa
Pakali pano, sitimayi ya toyimayi imangothamangitsira ntchito yopita ku Aman Lodge, pafupi ndi galimoto, makilomita ochepa kuchokera ku Matheran.
Ulendowu umatenga mphindi 15, ndipo pali maulendo asanu ndi limodzi pa tsiku motere:
- Aman Lodge ku Matheran - 9.20 am, 10:30 am, 11.45 am, 1 pm, 1.40 pm, ndi 2.50 masana Zonsezi zingapezeke apa.
- Matheran ku Aman Lodge - 9 am, 10.10 am, 11.25 am, 12.05 am, 1.20 pm, ndi 2.30 pm Zonsezi zingapezeke apa.
Mwezi wa Monsoon
Pa nyengo ya mvula (kuyambira June mpaka September), ntchito yopititsa sitima yapamtunda ikuyenda pakati pa Matheran ndi Aman Lodge. Komabe, sikuthamangira ku Neral.
Zosakaniza
Kuchokera ku Aman Lodge-Matheran, sitima yowonongeka kwa anthu akuluakulu ndi ma rupies 45 m'kalasi yachiwiri ndi ma rupees 300 mu kalasi yoyamba, njira imodzi. Ana amapereka rupies makumi atatu mukalasi yachiwiri ndi rupie 180 mu kalasi yoyamba. Izi za mtengo wofanana ndi pamene sitimayo inayenda ulendo wonse kuchokera ku Neral kupita ku Matheran, zomwe zimatsogolera ku madandaulo kuti ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri.
Momwe Mungapangire Kutsatsa
Mwamwayi, matikiti a utumiki wa Aman Lodge-Matheran sangathe kusindikizidwa pa intaneti ndipo ayenera kugulidwa ku kampani ya tikiti.
Kupanda kutero, pamene sitima ya toyimayi ikuyenda monga yachilendo, kusungirako kayendetsedwe ka ulendo kungapangidwe ku Indian Railways computerized reservation counters, kapena pa webusaiti ya Indian Railways.
Ndikoyenera kuwerengera pasadakhale, mwinamwake konzekerani kukumana ndi mizere yaitali ya matikiti ndikudikirira mpaka mphindi 45.
Apa ndi momwe mungapangire kusungirako pa webusaiti ya Indian Railways . Chipangizo cha station for Neral ndi NRL, ndi Matheran MAE. Kumbukirani kuti palinso malo pafupi ndi Mumbai wotchedwa Nerul, kotero musati mutasokonezedwe awiriwo!
Zowonjezera Zowonjezera
Kuchokera pa sitima zapamwamba zochokera ku Neral zimayenera kugwirizana ndi Indian Railways 11007 Deccan Express (imachoka ku Mumbai CST nthawi ya 7:00 m'mawa ndi kufika ku Neral pa 8.25 am) ndi 11029 Koyna Express (imachoka ku Mumbai CST nthawi ya 8.40 m'mawa ndikufika ku Neral ku 10.03 am) misonkhano.
Popeza sitima ya toyimayi ikugwira ntchito panopa, njira ina ndikutenga tekisi yogawana kuchokera ku Neral kupita ku Aman Lodge.