Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is now planning
to invite people to tie the nuptial knot in the recently-introduced
Holiday Special Toy Train.
Though we have seen toy train in several
films and become exited to enjoy its ride. Now this desire
of thousands people is going to fulfill. Mr. Tarak Nath Bhattacharya,
assistant commercial manager, NF Railway, told, `After getting
response from several people who wants to organize their marriage
ceremony in the toy train, we thought about it and we are
now ready to do something like this.` Newly launched Holiday
Special Toy Train has increased the revenue of DHR and DHR
has breathed a sigh of relief. Not only this Holiday Special
Toy Train but also some other version of troy train like passenger,
joyride and chartered trains, are on the profit track. `A
new coach would soon be introduced in the Holiday Special
to make its passenger carrying capacity 70,` the ACM said.
The train can now hold 50 passengers. To make this toy train
more popular among the tourist the Minister of Railways is
planning to hand over the loss-making DHR to RITES Limited,
a public sector undertaking company. A team of RITES had recently
visited the region for a feasibility study of the proposed
plan.