These toy trains, operating narrow- gauge tracks – hence the name toy trains – laid during the British days, link stations in the plains to hill stations and offer a laid back experience, where passengers can take in the diverse mountain scenery at leisure. Some of these routes are:

Darjeeling Hill Railway with a two feet gauge is the narrowest of the regular narrow gauges. Linking the town of New Jalpaiguri with the east Indian hill station of Darjeeling, this famous little train is drawn on its 86 – km journey by a 100- year-old engine in 7.5 hours.

With no tunnels on the route, passengers get an uninterrupted view of the Himalayas.

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