Travel Darjeeling on Your Own - Darjeeling Steam Train, India

Darjeeling Steam Train, India http://www.hotsia.com > Travel Darjeeling on Your Own > Darjeeling Steam Train, India Information about traveling in Darjeeling, India (INDIA). Mr. Hotsia recommends hotels in Darjeeling. Darjeeling travel, Toy Train steam locomotive, Darjeeling's "toy train" with a narrow gauge of only 2 feet (610 millimeters). The train runs between New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri city).

And Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal was built between 1879 and 1881. The railway is approximately 78 kilometers (48 miles) long, with an elevation change from about 100 meters (328 feet) at New Jalpaiguri to about 2,200 meters (7,218 feet) at Darjeeling. Today, it still serves tourists with steam locomotives, making the classic 'toot-toot' sound like in childhood cartoons. The tourist train runs between Darjeeling and

Ghum (the highest railway station in India) with a round-trip ticket price of about 500 baht. Stops along the way for photo opportunities at tourist spots with Mr. Hotsia. Enjoy your trip! 27 1 13.17 N, 88 15 3.017 E GPS coordinates (POI) 27 0 29.777 N, 88 15 11.657 E

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