May 16, 2025 1:52 pm
Officials said the new trains will run on electricity, unlike the old ones that relied on diesel, and will cover the biodiversity-rich Krishnagiri Upvan area in the park.
April 19, 2025 11:16 pm
The restoration work was awarded to Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) and the cost of the project has been pegged at Rs 45 crore
June 24, 2024 1:09 pm
The Chandigarh Police booked the driver of the toy train and the mall management.
November 21, 2023 7:10 am
Under the new schedule, a passenger train departs from Kalka at 3.45 am, reaching Shimla at 8.55 am without stopping at Kanoh, Kathlighat, Shogi, and Tara Devi.
November 05, 2023 4:47 pm
The mini toy train has total six coaches---three second class, one Vistadome coach and two second class-cum-luggage vans.
October 03, 2023 11:18 am
The family has raised questions about the security of the train that moves across the garden at a slow speed.
August 19, 2023 9:50 am
The more than 120-year-old railway, passing through difficult mountainous terrain, has perhaps never been damaged to this extent earlier. How did this thing of great beauty and awesome architectural prowess, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, come to be built?
July 26, 2023 11:28 am
The line then rises to an intermediate plateau at an altitude of around 1500 m, where it serves several stations, and then it climbs to the terminus town of Shimla, capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh, at an altitude of 2,075 m.
July 16, 2023 8:56 am
The service is expected to be resumed this week onward.
March 19, 2023 8:11 am
The second Tourism Working Group meeting will be held from April 1 to 3 during which the delegates will discuss deeper and broader aspects of the five priorities of the group, he said.
June 22, 2020 6:20 pm
A recent rap from UNESCO on the ‘diminishing heritage value’ of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has added to a long list of the 117-year-old train’s problems. We explore what it takes to keep this World Heritage Site running.


