Gentle Slopes of Batasia Loop, Darjeeling

Gradient slope May it seem though but gentle are its bends,
view the wonders of the nature when monsoon does not rain. Batasia loop and its airy space bound by engineering feet war memorial that commands the site where tourist pays more heed. 

Majestic location and its landscape from here one can look to get a clear view of the surroundings which is dominated by valleys, crest of Kanchenjunga and eternal meadows. Spiral track with the double loop in fact depicts the brilliant engineering work of British but never in dream colonials would have thought that their manifesto would attribute in global tourism of Darjeeling,

History

If you talk about its history than its origin dates back the time of early 90s, during that time when British initiated the railway line they figure out the descent steep and to cut down the gradient of sharp fall they constructed Batasia Loop.

The drastic fall was about 1000 ft and it was an engineering requirement to make spiral track to cut the incline bends and with that prospect they discover the Batasia loop.

Sprawling Garden

The moment you would walk here you will witness the tremendous call of nature portrayed by the call of magnificent garden where you can sit, relax and view the anonymous species of Himalayan fauna.

Eco garden here would give you appropriate information about organic farming and plantation which can be considered as the sole economic activity of Darjeeling district. Here you will witness the stand of Rhododendron, Silver Fir, tea and many more.

War Memorial

The moment you will enter the site of Loop you will witness an outstanding testimony of soldiers which is renowned as war memorial. It was constructed in 1995 to commemorate the sacrifice of the Soldiers.

Toy Train

Every tourist coming here to reveal the mystery of Darjeeling loves spending the moment when Toy Train bends through the spiral gauge of the tracks. The moment you will enter train would start taking a circular track which in turn would give you a 360 degree view of the entire surroundings.

Importance of Batasia Loop

As mentioned above it was an engineering call to construct the spiral tracks to cut down the drastic bends of the fall and if they would have lined up the track then the journey of Batasia would have never come into picture.

Tourism Importance

From tourism perspective the existence of Batasia loop is like a key to success because most of the traveller walks here with the dream to travel across the Batasia loop by listening to the sound of the Toy train.

Toy Train ride here is just a dream project because it is a sole destination where train takes a loop of 360 degree giving you a perfect view of the surroundings. Beside that it is the main track from where you would reach other station that surrounds the side of Darjeeling.

Darjeeling War Memorial

How to Reach

By train-the nearest railway station is New Jalpaiguri which is located at a distance of around 72 km and it will take approximately 1 and half hour to reach Darjeeling.

By air- the Nearest Airport is Bagdogra which is located at a distance of around of 77 km and it will take 1 hour and 45 minutes to reach Darjeeling.