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 ...

The tracks of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway have seen many milestones, but a special one has just been added. Sarita Yolmo has become the first woman Traveling Ticket Examiner to be given Tour Duty ...

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is witnessing a historic milestone as Sarita Yolmo becomes the first woman Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) to be assigned ...

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, ...

Planning a Darjeeling trip? Enjoy safer, smoother rides on the upgraded World Heritage toy train even during monsoon season.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a line so close to the people that it flows like a river through their lives. The relationship between the train and the people is changing, however, as a new ...

Mohali: A massive expansion of the country's mountain railway network is gathering pace across Himachal Pradesh, with authorities moving to unlock the strategic and industrial potential of the rugged ...

India has one of the largest and most varied railway networks in the world, but beyond that, there is something far more fascinating—the potential to turn a means of transport into a destination in ...

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