Соотнесите заголовки с текстами, один из заголовком лишний. 1. Why are towns at higher elevations popular tourist destinations? 2. Why is the Nilgiri Mountain Railway train technologically unique? 3. How much does a second-class ticket cost? 4. When did a British official add the Nilgiri Mountain Railway to Ooty's heritage? 5. Why is the Nilgiri Mountain Railway train so slow? 6. What is the design of the buildings along the train's way? 7. How are the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the Bollywood movie connected? The Slowest Train Journey in India A. The Bollywood movie "Dil Se" may have opened to a Iukewarm response at the Indian box office, but one of the song sequences from the movie remains a favourite melody 25 years on. "Chaiyya Chaiyya" isn't just memorable just for its catchy tune, but also because it was shot entirely on top of a moving train. Indian heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan pranced around with a group of backup dancers as the train chugged slowly across lush hilly terrain, past tea plantations and over tall viaducts, steam billowing from the old-fashioned engine. unning though Tamil Nadu State, the train is the slowest in India B. due to an extremely steep gradient on the route. It takes nearly five hours to cover a distance of 46 km, climbing from the town of Mettupalayam at the foothills of the Nilgiris up to the hill town of Udhagamandalam - amended by British tongues to Ootacamund and then shortened by Indians to Ooty. The downhill ride back cuts an hour, but the journey by road takes just a fraction of that time C. Clearly, nobody uses the Nilgiri Mountain Railway to get from A to B, but for the sheer joy of riding in a train that passes through 16 tunnels, 250 bridges and 208 steep curves on the richly biodiverse this than board Armed Western the halfthe with quintessential blue Ghats a price, train first-class at but mountain Nilgiris Ooty train, ticket without on range, a that experience. the like chilly a cost light you Rs Unesco morning. enter 600 cushioning second-class World (about eager another on to the £6), Heritage ticket seats you experience is Sit les can train When ofthe plains stations Passengers goes you - British and Bet are these through Raj in into remains 9 towns when the dark holiday at they popular higher tunnels. mood, is needed among Ooty elevations to cheering is escape Indian one were and the of the tourists stifling India's clapping summer looking heat oldest when dimension retreats ofthe for the hill D. cool holiday or honeymoon Today it's a crowded little town, a with vestiges of colonialism hidden within the chaos of urban India. E. Whatever the intentions, creating this route on this treacherous hill terain was highly challenging. According_to Unesco, "This railway, scaling an elevation of 326 m to 2,203 m, represented the latest technology of the time." The gradient in some parts such as the stretch between Kallar and Coonoor, is so steep that a unique rack and pinion system has to be used. This means an extra rail with sharp teeth in the middle of the tracks (rack) grips the toothed wheel (pinion) on the coach to prevent slipping and sliding. It was devised by the original Swiss engineering team. F. Work on the rail line began in 1891 and took 17 years to complete, making this the 115" year since the train started. Ooty itself is gearing up to celebrate a milestone anniversary in 2023, as it is exactly 200 years since British oficial John Sullivan came across this salubrious hamlet in the hills and added it to the increasing list of has Raj summer retreats That means the Nilgiri Mountain Railway been part of Ooty's heritage for more than half 3annnre Taonnny Br6pahhlie nnprl no