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Changing City: Iconic Van Rani toy train set to chug along again in Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park

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.

Mumbai: Toy train set to make a comeback at Sanjay Gandhi National Park in June

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

11-year-old boy dies of head injury after toy train 'overturns' at Chandigarh mall

June 24, 2024 1:09 pm

The Chandigarh Police booked the driver of the toy train and the mall management.

Kalka-Shimla toy train route does away with 10 stations to reduce travel time

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.

Neral-Matheran toy train service to resume from November 4

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.

Tragedy strikes family trip to Vgarden: Mother of 4 loses arm in joy train accident at Sayaji Baug

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.

Battered icon: The story of the Kalka-Shimla Railway, which has been devastated by the landslides in Himachal Pradesh

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?

Northern Railways floats tenders of 6.15 crore to fix Kalka-Shimla heritage track

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.

Tracks repaired, toy train between Solan and Shimla to restart this week

July 16, 2023 8:56 am

The service is expected to be resumed this week onward.

G20: Second tourism track meet to focus on adventure sport

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.

TOY TRAIN VIDEOS

What it takes to keep Darjeeling Himalayan Railway running

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.

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