Darjeeling revenue on rise

INDIA’S British-built Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue generation.

The 141-year-old mountain line connecting New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal is run by the Northeast Frontier Railway, who reported that takings were 54% up on the previous best figure, in May 2018, and which had fallen wake of the pandemic.