Engineers had to overcome challenging terrain and devised a narrow-gauge railway that could navigate the steep hills and ...

A Himalayan train ride at more than 100 kilometers per hour at the foot of the world's highest snow-capped mountains and oldest glaciers is no longer just a dream, Chinese railway experts say. With ...

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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 ...

When Chinese social media posted photographs last month of engineers surveying the extension of the Tibet Railway, one of the images showed Mt Everest to the south looming over the plateau from the ...

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), successfully organised a vibrant and culturally enriching three-day Station Mahotsav as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...