Indian Railways Launches Jungle Tea-Toy Train Safari from Siliguri to Rongtong in West Bengal
The Indian Railways has introduced a toy-train safari for tourists. The three hour journey starting from
Siliguri junction will take tourists through beautiful views of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. The train
will go till its ending destination Rongtong station. For boosting the tourism sector, the Indian
Railways has decided to launch Jungle Tea-Toy Train Safari.
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) operated by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone has announced the safari. Earlier, the toy train was suspended due to Covid -19 pandemic. After a gap of one and a half year, the officials are trying to restart it to boost the tourism sector hit due to Covid.
Golden Rock workshop in Southern Railway created history by manufacturing the first-ever Coal-fired X Class Steam Locomotive in the country for the prestigious UNESCO accorded World Heritage Site viz., Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
While talking to ANI ,Sanjay Chilwarwar, ADRM, Katihar division of Northeast frontier railway said, “We have started a regular basis up-down jungle tea toy-train safari from today with the heritage steam engine and Vistadome dining car facilities."
