Darjeeling Siliguri, July 4: Heavy rainfall since last night triggered landslides and brought down trees along NH55 and NH10, disrupting a toy train and road traffic for hours. Narendra Mohan, the area officer of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, said a tree had been uprooted and fallen on tracks and NH55, which run parallel, at Rongtong. […]
Darjeeling toy train cuts a man into halves near Sonada
Man Mowed Down by Train Near Sonada Reports: Tenzing Sangayla Bhutia 17 June 2016 Darjeeling Sonada: The World famous UNESCO’s World Heritage Darjeeling toy train cuts an unidentified man in half and drags one half of the body all the way to Sonada while the other the half of his body was found near 8th […]
Darjeeling Toy train long distance service put on hold
DARJEELING 13 Jun 2016 The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway toy train service along the 87km route from Darjeeling to New Jalpaiguri station has been temporarily suspended after three of its diesel engines broke down a few days ago and are presently under repairs. The DHR has four diesel engines, but three being non-functional, with the latest […]
Darjeeling toy train get glass walls for engine view
Darjeeling June 8: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has replaced the opaque walls at the rear and front ends of two first class coaches with glasses so that travellers can see the more than century-old steam engine pull the train. Narendra Mohan, the area officer of DHR, said the refit compartments were being used for toy […]
Darjeeling toy train resumes its daily train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling
Siliguri, May 23: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway will resume its daily train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling next week, more than five months after it had been rescheduled to thrice a week because of lack of diesel engines. Narendra Mohan, the area officer of the DHR, said daily services between NJP and Darjeeling halted […]
UNESCO to Survey Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Next Month
Writes: Mrinalini Sharma A six-member Unesco team will visit the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway for five days next month to conduct a survey of the World Heritage Site. The visit is part of formulating# a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan – a blue print on conservation, management and sustainable development of toy train. Officials of the […]
Darjeeling toy rtain to add extra coaches for Christmas-New Year season
Siliguri, Dec. 22: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway will add one extra coach to each of the three diesel-run toy trains for the joy rides to accommodate tourists who flock to the hills during the Christmas-New Year season. The additional compartments on the Darjeeling-Ghoom-Darjeeling route would be introduced from December 25. Narendra Mohan, the area officer […]
Toy train resumes Darjeeling-NJP service after 5 years
Mrinalini Sharma World heritage, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway today resumed its full-fledged toy-train service along the whole length of 80km tracks from New Jalpaiguri (NJP ) to Darjeeling after a gap of five years. The toy train service from NJP to Darjeeling, the most sought-after choice of tourists, has been suspended since June 14, 2010, after a […]
