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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, affectionately nicknamed the "Toy Train," is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling run by the Indian Railways. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km long. Since 1999 the train has been a World Heritage Site as listed by UNESCO.