Kneeling up on their seats, a troop of school girls clapped as a popular Bollywood song played out from a phone. Plaited into loops, their matching hair swung to the rhythm of the train as it curled ...

Attention to travellers! Indian Railways has cancelled the services of four Joy Ride trains on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). The train services have been regulated in each direction i.e.

The railways are valuable for the growth of the local economy of the Darjeeling hills. The Indian Railway facilitates travellers to experience fascinating and adventurous routes in best and relatively ...

Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], November 17 (ANI): Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) resumed its Toy train regular services from New Jalpaiguri station to Darjeeling on Sunday after a long gap. The ...

Chinese officials say trans-Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India and Nepal is economically and technically feasible as Beijing looks to make Tibet an economic and cultural hub connecting ...

A safety audit was recently conducted on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Senior officials from Eastern Railway inspected stations and lines. They focused on safety-critical infrastructure. The team ...

A queue of trucks in 2017 at Timure, 3km from the Nepal-China border, waiting to get clearance to cross into Tibet. Since an earthquake in Nepal in 2015 this road has been the only functional route, ...

The steam engine-hauled narrow-gauge railway known as the toy train or Darjeeling Himalayan Railway travels from New Jalpaiguri near Siliguri to Darjeeling. Through its journey it climbs nearly 2200 ...

China’s $50 billion Sichuan–Tibet Railway is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever attempted, cutting through extreme terrain, fragile ecosystems, and geopolitical fault lines. This ...

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway will organise the fourth edition of the Ghum Winter Festival from November 28 to December 7. The festival will not only promote the DHR but also mark the centenary ...

The Darjeeling station is the last stop on the route of the narrow gauge railway known informally as the Toy Train that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal. Arko Datto Lights ...

October 19, 2005 One of the world’s greatest railway journeys is set to open in 2007 with the news this week that the Pan-Himalayan Railway has been completed, taking the title of the World’s highest ...