Darjeeling Toy Train

The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to operate four new special joyrides under the toy train service of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway during the ensuing festive season, a senior official said.

The heritage toy train services between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal resumed on Wednesday after a 17-month gap due to COVID-19 pandemic, an official said.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR) for the first time has started evening toy train services for enabling tourists to experience the joy ride during the second half of the day, the officials said.

Services of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), popularly known as 'toy train', is all set to resume in the hills from October 25, after its suspension for 125 days due to the strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has incurred an estimated loss of Rs 2.5 crore due to the ongoing Gorkhaland agitation in West Bengal, an official said on Monday.

The top conservation body UNESCO has cautioned that the damage caused to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or DHR due to the protest to demand a separate Gorkhaland state may put in peril the World Heritage Site tag it earned in 1999

At least 10 persons, including the driver, were injured today when the engine and two coaches of a toy train derailed in Darjeeling district.

Toy train services in the Darjeeling hills were suspended due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall, a railways official said today.

As the solemn canonization ceremony bestowed sainthood on Mother Teresa in faraway Rome, members of the Darjeeling branch of the Lay Missionaries of Charity) today took an 8-km ride on the iconic Darjeeling toy train to retrace the trip Mother Teresa took on September 10, 1946.

Land communication between Sikkim's capital Gangtok and its railhead Siliguri was snapped and the toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling disrupted on Thursday following landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, officials said.

Barely a day after the Toy Train service began from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling after a gap of five years on Friday, the service was suspended yesterday due to debris blocking the tracks at Pagla Jhora.

The heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railways will resume the toy train services from December from Siliguri

The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to operate four new special joyrides under the toy train service of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway during the ensuing festive season, a senior official said.

The heritage toy train services between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal resumed on Wednesday after a 17-month gap due to COVID-19 pandemic, an official said.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR) for the first time has started evening toy train services for enabling tourists to experience the joy ride during the second half of the day, the officials said.

Services of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), popularly known as 'toy train', is all set to resume in the hills from October 25, after its suspension for 125 days due to the strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has incurred an estimated loss of Rs 2.5 crore due to the ongoing Gorkhaland agitation in West Bengal, an official said on Monday.

The top conservation body UNESCO has cautioned that the damage caused to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or DHR due to the protest to demand a separate Gorkhaland state may put in peril the World Heritage Site tag it earned in 1999

At least 10 persons, including the driver, were injured today when the engine and two coaches of a toy train derailed in Darjeeling district.

Toy train services in the Darjeeling hills were suspended due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall, a railways official said today.

As the solemn canonization ceremony bestowed sainthood on Mother Teresa in faraway Rome, members of the Darjeeling branch of the Lay Missionaries of Charity) today took an 8-km ride on the iconic Darjeeling toy train to retrace the trip Mother Teresa took on September 10, 1946.

Land communication between Sikkim's capital Gangtok and its railhead Siliguri was snapped and the toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling disrupted on Thursday following landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, officials said.

Barely a day after the Toy Train service began from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling after a gap of five years on Friday, the service was suspended yesterday due to debris blocking the tracks at Pagla Jhora.

The heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railways will resume the toy train services from December from Siliguri