大吉嶺喜馬拉雅鐵路（Darjeeling Himalayan Railway），是印度最早的鐵路之一。1999年以環山鐵路系統的經典之作被納入世界遺產清單中。總長約60-80公里，軌距610毫米，行駛一種迷你的爬山火車，暱稱為玩具火車。整個鐵路連接印度西孟加拉省的大吉嶺和西里古里。始建於1879年，1880年，長51.2公里的西里古里至Kurseong段首先完工，1881年全線完工通車。
大吉嶺喜馬拉雅鐵路的高低變化相當大，從海拔124公尺的西里古里（印度平原上的古城）一路爬升到以產茶聞名的大吉嶺（海拔2258公尺），今日仍保留了15噸的蒸氣火車的行駛（大約是四節車箱），此古老的蒸氣火車頭是1889年到1925年間，英國Sharp, Stewart和North British機廠，還有美國Baldwin機廠生產的。從西里古里到大吉嶺約花8小時。從西里古里站出發後26公里，在鐵軌旁設有水櫃給蒸氣火車頭加水。爲了減小坡度，在世界上首先運用了馬蹄型和人字形鐵軌路線，中間會經過著名的馬蹄型鐵軌路線Batasia loop。此外爲了提高阻力，避免車輪在爬坡時打滑，車頭有兩名撒沙工責在鐵軌上撒沙子。
大吉嶺喜馬拉雅鐵路的車站包括了，Tindharia, Kurseong, Mahanadi, Toong, Sonada和Ghoom。


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參考資料 外部連結 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society site （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
List of all trains at Darjeeling Railway Station （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
More pictures of Darjeeling and the railroad at the University of Houston Digital Library
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） BBC video documentary
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Information （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） North Bengal Tourism