Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Darjeeling , West Bengal, India

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    First glimpse of the Himalayas from India

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    I've just arrived in Darjeeling and it's stunning, I got the sleeper train from Kolkata but there was a few dodgy going's on involving was seemed to be the police and prisoner (maybe 2) and some Indian guy being very aggressive with them?? Don't know exactly what was going on but it was right beside me!

    Anyway, I arrived and jumped a …

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    Daytrip to Darjeeling

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    Last day today so thought we'd better go see Darjeeling itself which we can see in the hill above us from Glenburn. Much colder up there as Glenburn is protected in the valley.Sent in a jeep with a driver for the one hour winding trip on mountain roads.Visited a beautiful buddhist temple , the Tibetan refugee centre ( Mark picked up his tibetan hat …

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    Time for Darjeeling

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    ... in the morning! We disembarked at NJP in the rain, excited about the next leg of our journey on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (UNESCO World Heritage Site), only to find out that our plan had been scuppered by a landslide. ...

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    Tea Time in Darjeeling

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    ... , we were due to arrive at 8:20 so at the worst perhaps we'll be there at 11am. We'd been booked on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway from New Jalpaiguri (NJP) up to Darjeeling, a journey of about 80km that takes about 8hrs!!!  It leaves at 9am So ...

  • 3

    'Mam...you like to raindance?'

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    ... park – a place called 'Our Children's Park,’ set up by a local co-operative and funded by the UK Himalayan Railway Institute. The kids rushed to the slide and the first girl went flying down into cracked concrete at the bottom, grazing her ...

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    Ooops, a change of Plan...trouble in Nepal !!

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    ... interesting faces.. Today we took our long awaited trip on the steam 'Toy Train' ...otherwise known as the Darjeeling Himalayan railway.... this is a working narrow gage railway and was constructed in 1879 starting at Siliguri, it now runs from ...

  • 5

    A world apart from the rest of India...

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    ... window…, my hear were completely black, covered with the train’s ashes!!! Once arrived in Ghoom we visited the Himalayan Railway museum, which was useful to know a little more about the history of this Word Heritage listed site. Interesting. ...

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    Out of Calcutta!

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    ... to get some sleep before pulling into New Jalpaiguri station this morning at about 9.30. We had been booked to be on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway to get to Darjeeling, but the train from Calcutta was late so we missed it - not such a bad thing as it ...

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    The Tibetan Self Help Refuge Centre

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    ... and exhausted from the travelling. We had coffees/ lunch and booked ourselves on a joy-ride on the Darjeeling Toy Train which runs on the Himalayan railway tracks. The toy train is a world heritage sight in itself. It started in 1881 and winds itself ...

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    Toot toot

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    ... the landscape, cast or train bear any relation to the actual mountains, local Nepali and Gorkha peoples or steam engine. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (aka the toy train) made its inaugural trip in 1881 and is one of the few hill railways still left ...

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    Darjeeling Limited

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    ... yet refreshingly tantalizing tea to awaken the senses’. Right! The town’s other notable attraction is the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway which is known locally as the Toy Train because of the diminutive size of the locomotive. The train ...

  • 10

    Darjeeling

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    ... to escape the heat of the plains during the summers. Darjeeling is internationally famous for its tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tea plantations date back to the mid 1800s as part of a British ...