Way to travel
Toy train
Two-foot gauge, a UNESCO line since 1999
The line opened to Darjeeling in 1881 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. It climbs from about 100 m at the plains to 2,258 m at Ghoom, one of the highest railway stations in India, then drops slightly into Darjeeling.
Full-line services, steam joyrides and diesel joyrides change with the season, landslides and track work. Book on the IRCTC site and check current status before you travel.
In brief
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway climbs from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling on track 610 mm wide, with loops and zig-zag reverses instead of tunnels. Ride the full line, the steam joyride to Batasia and Ghoom, or just the Kurseong stretch.
By hill
Trips
Toy train on a ticket
Comfort
Darjeeling4 nights · Reserved car
Darjeeling with children
Darjeeling
₹25,000per personabout ₹5,000 a day
Comfort
Darjeeling9 nights · Reserved car
The grand Darjeeling hill loop
Chatakpur · Darjeeling · Lepchajagat · Lamahatta
₹55,000per personabout ₹5,500 a day
Shoestring
Darjeeling2 nights · Shared jeeps
Darjeeling long weekend on a budget
Darjeeling
₹6,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Shoestring
Darjeeling3 nights · Mixed
Darjeeling ridge and Ghoom on a shoestring
Darjeeling · Ghoom
₹8,000per personabout ₹2,000 a day
Comfort
Darjeeling8 nights · Reserved car
A slow week: Darjeeling, Lepchajagat, Mungpoo
Darjeeling · Lepchajagat · Mungpoo
₹45,000per personabout ₹5,000 a day
Shoestring
Darjeeling6 nights · Shared jeeps
A student week in Darjeeling, Bijanbari and Ghoom
Darjeeling · Bijanbari · Ghoom
₹13,500per personabout ₹1,950 a day
Value
Darjeeling4 nights · Mixed
Darjeeling tea and Tagore's Mungpoo
Darjeeling · Mungpoo
₹16,000per personabout ₹3,200 a day
Value
Darjeeling3 nights · Mixed
Toy train and Tiger Hill
Darjeeling
₹13,000per personabout ₹3,250 a day
Value
Kurseong & Mirik4 nights · Mixed
Kurseong and Mirik tea valleys
Kurseong · Mirik
₹13,000per personabout ₹2,600 a day
Comfort
Kurseong & Mirik3 nights · Reserved car
Kurseong heritage stay with tea tastings
Kurseong
₹21,000per personabout ₹5,250 a day
Shoestring
Kurseong & Mirik2 nights · Shared jeeps
Kurseong: toy train, Netaji and tea
Kurseong
₹5,500per personabout ₹1,850 a day
Comfort
Kurseong & Mirik7 nights · Reserved car
Kurseong, Makaibari, Sittong and Mirik
Kurseong · Makaibari · Sittong · Mirik
₹38,000per personabout ₹4,750 a day
Places
