Batasia Loop can be visited while taking Toy Train Joy ride from Darjeeling.
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The Batasia Loop is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in Darjeeling.. At this point, the track spirals around over itself through a tunnel and over a hilltop. It was commissioned in 1919.
It is 5 km from Darjeeling, below Ghum. There is also a memorial to the Gorkha soldiers of the Indian Army who sacrificed their lives after the Indian Independence in 1947.
Source : Wikipedia
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