Bhor Ghat, Railway mountain passage in Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India.
Bhor Ghat is a railway passage through the Western Ghats in Maharashtra that spans over 20 kilometers with multiple mountain tunnels carved through the rock. The route connects lower plains to higher regions using advanced engineering techniques to navigate the steep terrain.
The railway was built in the mid-1800s to create a connection between the coastal city and the highlands. This rail project was one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings of its era in India and enabled faster movement of goods between regions.
The passage was once a key trade route where merchants and travelers moved goods between coastal areas and the highlands. Today, the historic path still shows traces of this important connection that shaped regional commerce.
Visitors experience the route best by taking a train journey, as the track is not accessible on foot for safety reasons. The best time to travel is during the dry months when mountain passes are easier to navigate and visibility is clearer.
Workers dug through rock masses without modern explosives or drilling machines, making the project an enormous feat of manual labor. Some tunnel sections were carved entirely by hand using hammer and chisel into the stone.
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