点评:Initially I was cribbing about the high price of the ticket but at the end of the day, I must admit it was an amazing experience and payment of Rs 1500/- per passenger didn't go waste. Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR) consists of a small ( Narrow Gauge) single line from Darjeeling all the way to New Jalpaiguri but tourists usually
undertake the joy ride (round trip from Darjeeling to Ghum and back). This joy ride is a must do thing while you are in Darjeeling particularly if you have kids in your group. Even for adults it is real fun traversing through the town - at times almost as if piercing THROUGH the buildings on the road - very much reminiscent of Kolkata trams. The round trip of Darjeeling - Ghum - Darjeeling takes around 100 mts. The train stops at Batasia Loop for 20 mts and for 15 mts at Ghum, which happens to be the highest Rail station in India. Batasia Loop is an excellent place for photography offering panoramic views of the Darjeeling city from a height. At Ghum, you can visit the small Rail Museum built at the station itself, have snacks and tea and click photographs. There are some heritage wagons and coaches, selfie points and a heritage Steam Loco where you can get clicked posing as a train driver ! Alternatively, you can visit the Ghum Monastery which is a little way up from the station and you have to walk brisk to cover it within the 15 mts stoppage time. Normally they attach only 2 coaches and the first coach in the UP direction becomes the rear coach in DN after loco reversal at Ghum. Production of Steam engines has been stopped by Indian Railways but at this UNESCO heritage site, you can witness first hand how they actually coal the fire and operate a Steam loco - a unique experience.
翻译:起初我还抱怨票价太高,但最终,我必须承认这是一次令人惊叹的体验,每位乘客 1500 卢比的费用并没有浪费。大吉岭喜马拉雅铁路 (DHR) 由一条小型(窄轨)单线组成,从大吉岭一直到新贾尔派古里,但游客通常
享受欢乐之旅(从大吉岭到古姆的往返旅程)。当您在大吉岭时,这种欢乐的骑行是必须要做的事情,特别是如果您的团队中有孩子的话。即使对于成年人来说,穿过城镇也是非常有趣的 - 有时几乎就像穿过路上的建筑物 - 非常让人想起加尔各答有轨电车。大吉岭-古姆-大吉岭的往返路程大约需要100米。火车在巴塔西亚环路 (Batasia Loop) 停靠 20 米,在古姆 (Ghum) 停靠 15 米,而古姆恰好是印度海拔最高的火车站。巴塔西亚环路 (Batasia Loop) 是一个绝佳的摄影地点,从高处可以欣赏到大吉岭市的全景。在古姆,您可以参观车站内建的小型铁路博物馆,享用小吃和茶并点击照片。这里有一些传统的货车和客车、自拍点和传统的蒸汽火车头,您可以在那里扮演火车司机!或者,您也可以参观距离车站稍远的古姆修道院 (Ghum Monastery),您必须在 15 米的补时时间内快步步行才能到达。通常他们只配备 2 个教练,并且在 Ghum 位置反转后,UP 方向的第一个教练成为 DN 的后教练。印度铁路已停止蒸汽机的生产,但在这个联合国教科文组织遗产地,您可以亲眼目睹他们如何实际加煤和操作蒸汽机车 - 一种独特的体验。