Neral, India


Neral is a town in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is 83 km + developing city of a Raigad district which is well connected to Panvel, Mumbai, Thane and Pune. Neral along with Karjat is also known as Eastern Mumbai District.

Geography

Neral is located at. It has an average elevation of 40 metres. Neral is a place which is the center between Mumbai and Pune, Neral has State Highway which is connecting to Karjat, NH4, Panvel and Badlapur, people who visits Neral from Mumbai-South takes via. Panvel route which is more better, faster and easy to drive.
It is best known as a railroad junction, with trains arriving from Mumbai and from Pune to the nearby and very popular hill station of Matheran. A narrow-gauge rail line, 21 km long, runs from Neral to Matheran. Nearest major towns are Badlapur and Karjat.

2005 rainfall

The heavy rains on 26 July 2005 ruined the rail tracks and it had stopped operating, but the train has successfully started operating from 5 March 2007. The other option available to reach Matheran is to take a taxi to a certain point just before Matheran city boundary, beyond which one may proceed only on foot or on horseback.

Economy

Matheran is the unique place which is just 6 kilometres from Neral Railway Station, Neral is a town in Karjat tehsil Maharashtra. As Neral is a part of The town is gaining so much attraction because of its unique Hill Station and the Real Estate Development in Neral and around.

Matheran Toy Train

The famous Matheran - Neral Toy Train departs from Neral Station. This train goes from Neral to Mathran.

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