Darjeeling Steam Tramway

Darjeeling Steam Tramway

Originally known as the Darjeeling Steam Tramway this 2ft Narrow Gauge(NG) steam tramway wasa light and largely ran in the road. Hence the appropriate name.

Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. constructed the railway.

The stretch from Siliguri to Kurseong was opened on 23 August 1880, while the official opening of the line up to Darjeeling was on 4 July 1881.

The name changed to the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Company on the company being formed on 15th September 1881.