Monkey Hill railway station

Monkey Hill is a railway station on the Bhor Ghat. It serves as technical halt for train for checking breaks. Almost all train traveling from Khandala to Palasdari stop at Monkey Hill. During the old times a reversing station used to be located between Monkey Hill and Khandala. The remains of reversing station can be seen near Amrutanjan Bridge on old Mumbai Pune road (Mumbai Chennai National Highway NH4).

Some of the trains halting at Monkey Hill are:

1. 11008 Deccan Express
2. 11010 Sinhagad Express
3. 11020 Konark Express
4. 11024 Sahyadri Express (Formal Poona Mail)
5. 11030 Koyna Express
6. 11302 Udyan Express
7. 17412 Mahalaxmi Express
8. 12124 Deccan Queen Express
9. 12126 Pragati Express
10. 12128 Pune-Mumbai Intercity Express (Formal Pune-Mumbai Shatabdi Expres)
11. 12702 Hussainsagar Express
12. 17032 Hyderabad Mumbai Express
13. 16382 Kanniyakumari-Mumbai Jayanti Janata Express
14. 22106 Indrayani Express

Catch Sliding

The station also has an inclined tracks in case of train brake failure. This is called catch sliding. This was used if a train had problem with breaks or was out of control as the inclined track provide break to the train. Today this is very rarely used.

References

• Monkey Hill (India Rail Info)

External links

• ifca.org Bhore Ghat galary photos of Monkey Hill
• Catch Sliding at Monkey Hill Wikimapia