  the darjeeling himalayan railway, also known as the "toy train", is a  narrow gauge railway that runs between new jalpaiguri and darjeeling in the indian state of west bengal, india. built between 1879 and 1881, the railway is about  long. its elevation level varies from about  at new jalpaiguri to about  at darjeeling. four modern diesel locomotives handle most of the scheduled services; however the daily kurseong-darjeeling return service and the daily tourist trains from darjeeling to ghum (india's highest railway station) are handled by the vintage british-built b&nbsp;class steam locomotives. the railway, along with the nilgiri mountain railway and the kalka-shimla railway, is listed as the mountain railways of india world heritage site. the headquarters of the railway is in the town of kurseong. operations between siliguri and kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a landslide at tindharia. ==history== thumb|left|darjeeling railway, 1895 thumb|left|logo of the original darjeeling himalayan railway thumb|darjeeling himalayan railway 2014  a broad gauge railway connected calcutta (now kolkata) and siliguri in 1878. siliguri, at the base of the himalayas, was connected to darjeeling by a cart road (the present day hill cart road) on which "tonga services" (carriage services) were available.{{cite web | url = http://www.darjee
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