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Shimla's spooky tunnel no. 103

Shimla: The Kalka–Shimla Railway  which connects India's former summer capital to the plains of Punjab and Haryana offers a spectacular feast of the panoramic Shivalik foothills  all along the route. On leaving Kalka,  2,152 ft 

PTI Updated on: March 21, 2013 17:56 IST


In 2006 tunnel number 46 was dismantled so presently only 102 are in use. But tunnel number 103, the last tunnel in Shimla, is still famous as tunnel number 103 as this place has become a spooky landmark of the town.



The longest tunnel no 103 at Barog has a ghost story attached to it. One Colonel Barog, the engineer of this tunnel, had committed suicide here. He started digging the tunnel from both ends and could not align them.

So he was fined 1 rupee. He could not stomach up that stigma sohe  shot himself in the incomplete tunnel, which still exists.

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