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Batasia Loop
বাতাসিয়া লুপ
बतासे लूप
Neighbourhood
Batasia Loop is located in West Bengal
Batasia Loop
Batasia Loop
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 27°01′00″N 88°14′50″E / 27.0167°N 88.2471°E / 27.0167; 88.2471
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDarjeeling District
AreaDarjeeling
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Batasia Loop War Memorial with Kanchanjunga.

The Batasia Loop is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. At this point, the track spirals around over itself through a tunnel and over a hilltop. It was commissioned in 1919.[1]

Location

It is 5 km (3 mi) 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.[2]

Batasia Loop, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

See also

References

  1. ^ "Batasia Loop Darjeeling". darjeeling-tourism.com. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ^ War memorial Darjeeling Official website

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