"The trip takes about 8 hours, but the experience on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways is worth the extra time you spend on it. This is also one of the two trains to be honoured with the UNESCO World Heritage status, given its legacy of making journeys for over a century now."
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Mountain Railways of India in: Travel House Guide to Incredible India, Har Anand Publications, 2004, p. 153.
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