Now You Can Take A Jungle Tea Toy-Train Safari On The Darjeeling Himalayan Route
The toy train has always remained an icon of Darjeeling and a trip to the hills is incomplete without taking a ride on it.
Now the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) introduced a regular Jungle Tea Toy-Train Safari from Siliguri junction to Rongtong station, with an aim to attract tourists.
The service that began on Monday will have the heritage steam engine and Vistadome dining car facilities.?
The direct DHR Toy train service was suspended for one and half years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The toy train runs on a regular basis from Siliguri Junction to Rongtong hill station with a heritage steam engine and vista dome dining car facilities. Tourists can enjoy the breathtaking views of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary and the hills from the train.
The railway authority will also open a DHR heritage photo gallery at Sukna station during the journey and offer a complimentary cup of Darjeeling tea at Rongtong station. It is a three-hour journey and after reaching Rongtong station they will come back to Siliguri junction again.
"We have started a regular basis up-down jungle tea toy-train safari from today with the heritage steam engine and Vistadome dining car facilities. Tourism is the only industry in this region. So we decided to run maximum toy trains in this route to attract the tourists and to gear up the tourism industry in this region. He said that they are getting a good response, people are asking questions and in the future, it will be a part of major attraction," Sanjay Chilwarwar, ADRM, Katihar division of Northeast frontier railway said.
Built in 1881, the 88 km long Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1999.
The trains known as toy trains as the loco engines and the coaches are far smaller than normal broad gauge trains.?
