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Hill Toy train from Pathankot - Jawalamukhi- Kangra- Palampur -Joginder Nagar
This beautiful meter gauge train service starts from Pathankot and ends at Joginder Nagar. There are several trains' starts at different times. All trains starts from Pathankot and some of them goes till the last point at Joginder Nagar. The distance of Pathankot to Kangra is 94 km and Kangra to Jogindar Nagar is 70 km. This hill train takes more time than normal plain area time as it travels at very low speed and as it is a single line so train stops to give way to other direction trains.
The Kangra Valley train station located little away from the broad gauge station at Pathankot. Tourists need to cover one over bridge to enter into the Kangra Valley train complex. It is very easy to walk up to this complex but little far in comparison with other hill station trains like Kalka – Shimla, Mettupalem – Ooty & NJP – Darjeeling.
This train line of 164 KM long was constructed in the year 1926 and started operation in the year 1929.
During first one hour of journey from Pathankot the train passes through small town and villages. Then it enters into valleys with big rivers and bridges. Most of the time valley and rivers were at the right side of the train. So try to get a seat at right side window while traveling from Pathankote. During the journey the train was stopping to give way to other direction train as this is a single track line. This was giving an opportunity to passengers to get down and take photo of the beautiful valleys and rivers.
As the train moves upward and the journey became more scenic with a distance view of snow capped Dhauladhar hills. Rivers became narrow with deep blue water and the train started taking curves by moving over high bridges and inside tunnels. The first tunnel came after three hours of our journey. There are few tunnels in this track in comparision to other toy train of Himachal running between Kalka and Shimla.
This train passes through many small stations which connect to near by popular tourist destinations. To go to Dharamsala one can get down at Kangra Mandir stop or at Kangra town and take a bus to Dharmasala , located at a distance of 20 KM and will take one hour from Kangra by bus. Kangra Valley train tickets are only available in its own stations. From Pathankot station one can get the tickets. Internet booking or advance booking from other part of Indian railway is not available. Fare varies from express to passenger trains. A second class ticket in a passenger train from Pathankot to Kangra is Rs 15 only. This train is one of the best hill trains of India but this line is not so popular among domestic tourist and mostly the locals use this train. The Kalka – Shimla toy train is the popular one among tourist visiting this beautiful state.
This article is written by go2india.in team.
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| Vivek Sharma | 09-09-2008 |
| I Love himachal | |
| varu sharma | 17-09-2008 |
| it is a wonderfull experience i really like himachal it has great tourism oppertunities i am a student of tourism in IITTM its a interesting for me to know more abt tourism destination and iam from palampur | |
| manish pathak | 30-03-2009 |
| I am an engineer doing job in kota . but I am basicaly from Arki (SOLAN). I love my Himachal and I realy mis himachal, and my school as well as college friends. | |
| salil singh | 02-05-2009 |
| How to book jopurney in the pathankot kangra train can anyone guide me please? Is it possible on the internet | |
| RAKESH SHARMA | 21-05-2009 |
| hi my self rakesh sharma from himanchal palampur ek baar jarur aa na yar | |
| RIAZ | 09-06-2009 |
| I visited manali in May I found new world here very very peace full and icefull cool atmosphere every thing is there this time was diff part of life i will come back to manali once,twice , thrice.... | |
| vishal | 16-06-2009 |
| I love Himachal most probably Mcleodganj , | |
| RANJEET SINGH | 01-08-2009 |
| Mein Himachal ka rahne Waala hain mujhe apne Palampur ke siva kahin bhi jaana pasand nahin. I love kangra I love Himachal | |
| Rohit Sharma | 11-08-2009 |
| Hi myself from Nurpur (Rehan) i lov my himachal | |
| JANIT | 26-08-2009 |
| I Love himachal bahot acha hai himachal aap ek baar jaker toh dekho maza ayega............ | |
| Rahul Pathania | 30-10-2009 |
| My self Thakkur Rahul Pathania From Ladori Village Nurpur. I love my sweet Himachal So much. | |
| Ankit chanyan | 25-12-2009 |
| I love my kangra valley its too beautiful nd firstly i love my india | |
| Arun Supehia | 04-01-2010 |
| Most beautiful & peaceful Place in the world. I love my Himachal | |
| Arun Supehia | 13-02-2010 |
| Hi! I am Arun Supehia from village Bhadrer ( Nagrota Bagwan ) H.P. I am working as accounts officer in Pvt. Company at Chandigarh. I spent most of time of my life out of Himachal. But I always miss beautifull Kangra velley & my native village Bhadrer. | |
| Bhawani Sharma | 16-02-2010 |
| You can see buildings with colonial architecture in Shimla, tibetan architecture and culture in Dharamshala, Rampur and lahaul Spiti. The adventure sports like para gliding, skiing and snow bikes in Manali.Kalka to Shimla in a locomotive train!Helpful and peaceful people !!Where else you will find this combination ?? I just love Himachal !! | |
| Bada. | 16-02-2010 |
| GO To Baijnath Also.....Guysssssss....Jai Baba Baijnath..... | |
| Raveesh Mrigendra | 16-04-2010 |
| HI friends..if you want to visit kangra,baijnath,chamundaji, Gopalpur zoo and other tourist places by train first go to Pathankot railway station and get your ticket. No further booking. so its easy to get a ticket. So come himachal and have fun..[:)] take care.. | |
| ANIL VYAS | 17-04-2010 |
| NO BETTER PLACE THEN HIMACHAL. ISSE SWARG HI KEHTEY HAI............ | |
| Kuldip Chahal | 18-04-2010 |
| Hi! I love Himachal & I like Pathankot Joginder nagar train. Govt should spend some funds to upgrade to old trains & systems at railway stations so more tourist would visit. | |
| anil kumar | 30-04-2010 |
| iam anil kumar from Pathankot i am job from data entery oprety by college . pathankot | |
| RIAZ | 14-05-2010 |
| Hi Riaz from Bikaner Rajastnhan here can any body guide me how to visit Joginder Nagar from Pathan kot is it cheap ? | |
| smo | 23-05-2010 |
| From Pathankote take the toy train to Joginder Nagar. Tickets are not much. I remember it was around Rs 30 upto Jwalamukhi ( Near to Dharmasala ) | |
| Aman Dhiman | 25-05-2010 |
| mera pyara himachal kitna sundar hai i love my himachal | |
| Mohit | 11-06-2010 |
| I love baijnath.Muge baijnath bda acha legta hai . | |
| Ranbir(sunny) | 14-06-2010 |
| hi i m ranbir(sunny) from nandrool kangra now i m in delhi but i m realy missed my lov himachal mostly kangra bcoz it is a beutiful place for me himachal is most beutiful than all world | |
| RIAZ | 29-06-2010 |
| Hi Riaz again here Well I did not get any help for reaching Jogindernagar. I hered it is a good place to visit in summer. Is any body from Jogindernagar guide me for Jogindernagar thanx | |
| Rajsuman | 30-07-2010 |
| I am from rajasthan (Mount Abu).But Himachal is unique. It's really a nice place. I am really proud to be an indian. | |
| vishnu chopra | 10-08-2010 |
| hi,vishnu chopra, 10/8/2010 after having worked throughout the year i alongwith my wife decided to tour manali on 22/6/2010 for fun and relaxation.we boarded volvo bus of hptc from delhi and set for manali at 8.35p.m.it was fantastic journey .we enjoyed every bit of it.first it was stopped at karnal around11.25 p.m. and we took coffee and some light dinner.around 5.15a.m. it was stopped at bilaspur for refuelling.at 6.30 a.m. we stopped at some village near canteen we again freshed up and had tea etc.after this the entire journey was a great experience newer to be wiped out from mind.and we reached manali at 11.30 a.m. next day ,a 14 hour refreshing journey.strongly recoomended for couples. | |
| vishnu dutt chopra | 20-08-2010 |
| Hi, Vishnu chopra, On 21st june1997 I planned a trip for my family for shimla. We boarded Himalaya queen train and reached Kalka at 12.30a.m. From Kalka we boarded toy train. This train route was made by English men with the help of Indian engineers and it attracted travelers from all our India and abroad. Natural scenes and tunnels which are 100plus in nos. have different charm. One can see himachal Pradesh culture very closely here. At 6.30p.m. We reached shimla and checked in hotel Dalzell which is at the corner of mall road. During our 4 days stay we saw Institute of advance studies, zakhu temple and lot of walking in and around simla covering villages etc., this tour freshen up my family and give me break from my hectic schedule. Must visit place for family. | |
| Jyotiraaditya | 05-09-2010 |
| I want visit to himachal Kangra but I want to stay in any guest house of Jain / Sikha or Hindu temple, were I could find it in Kangra & Joginder nagar, Plz. tele me on my mail ID. Thanks. | |
| Ajay Gupta | 08-09-2010 |
| I Love my Himachal, There is no place like it. Cool, calm, beautiful, peaceful, polution free, rivers, mountains n much more, you are never going to get all these anywhere, Just Love it..................... | |
| Sudhir Matta | 17-09-2010 |
| I am from Kangra and becouse of living i live in Delhi.However i always miss my home town. it is always a wonderful plcae for me. I visit Kangra oftenly. i love to hear about my plcae | |
| Santanu Biswas | 24-09-2010 |
| Himachal having lot's of tourisam potential. Unfortunately because of lack of basic infrastructure it's not getting popularity among tourist. | |
| vishnu dutt chopra | 24-09-2010 |
| hi,vishnu chopra, i have been to shimla many times and also went there on 25.6.1995.it was very beautiful place and attract you for its' majestic beuty.this time we also took our children first time.we stayed at hotel for two days and after this we moved to our uncle's bunglow at anna dale.it is near military area with helipad and surrounded by thick forest.There was kala pahar a unique place about half K.M. wasy from the bunglow.Every year Simla calls us and we made it to be there but for last ten years we did not go.next time we will make it to shimla. | |
| Raman chowdhary | 04-10-2010 |
| HI ME RAMAN HU MERE PEHLA OR AKHRE PYAR EK THA JO MUJE YAHI HIMACHAL ME MELA OR HIMACHAL ME HI CHOOTA . I NEVER MISS HIMACHAL I LIKE BEJNATH , CHAMUNDA, PRITIKA I LOVE YOU ME TUMKO AB BHI UTNA CHAHTA HU JITNA PEHLE TU BADAL GAYE PER ME NAHI ME AB BHI TERA WAIT KARTA HU MENE PYAR KEYA THA | |
| RAMAN | 04-10-2010 |
| MERE LOVE STORY KANGRA ME HUI WAHI KHATAM HUI I LOVE HIMACHAL PRITI YOU FORGET ME BUT I NEVER | |
| shubham | 26-01-2011 |
| main Ganoh near Raja-ka-Talab(Himachal Pradesh) ka rahna wala hun but study ke karan shimla me reh raha hun. Ilove KANGRA | |
| Anuraj | 01-02-2011 |
| My home district and the most lovable and beautiful place i have ever seen luv you Kangra | |
| rajeev sharma | 12-02-2011 |
| Hi i m rajeev from joginder nagar (himachal pradesh). himachal is a very nice place. i love himachal. i working in gurgaon. i miss my himachal. welcome to you all in himachal | |
| ajay | 01-03-2011 |
| you should come in baijnath shiv ratri mahotsav....u can call 9418944320 | |
| Swaraj Mukerji | 16-03-2011 |
| Hi I am Swaraj 4M Kolkata (at present). My Schooling started 4M Shimla. After joining Indian Air Force my 2nd posting was at Pathankot and as an young Air Warrior- I used to visit D"housie/Jwalamukhi etc. 4 week end Picnic,That"s how I fall in love with H.P.and due my Service/s(Air Force/Air India Intt.)comitments,could not visit himachal but the love was not lost,and after my superannusation few months back visited - DHARAMSHALA/MCLEODGUNGE/JWALAMUKHI/CHAMBA/KANGRA and PALAMPUR etc.along with my wife.It was as if I got my childhood/my late Teens/Twenties back. Thank You- Beautiful Himachal Prades and your Beautiful people.Me nd my Wife will again visit H.P.Dis time Kullu/Manali during comming DIWALI. 0 | |
| Swaraj Mukerji | 16-03-2011 |
| Hi I am Swaraj 4M Kolkata (at present). My Schooling started 4M Shimla. After joining Indian Air Force my 2nd posting was at Pathankot and as an young Air Warrior- I used to visit D"housie/Jwalamukhi etc. 4 week end Picnic,That"s how I fall in love with H.P.and due my Service/s(Air Force/Air India Intt.)comitments,could not visit himachal but the love was not lost,and after my superannusation few months back visited - DHARAMSHALA/MCLEODGUNGE/JWALAMUKHI/CHAMBA/KANGRA and PALAMPUR etc.along with my wife.It was as if I got my childhood/my late Teens/Twenties back. Thank You- Beautiful Himachal Prades and your Beautiful people.Me nd my Wife will again visit H.P.Dis time Kullu/Manali during comming DIWALI. 0 | |
| Pargat Singh | 21-04-2011 |
| Mai Palampur ka rahena bala hu Muje palampur shar bhut achaa lagta hai | |
| Heena | 02-05-2011 |
| How much time does the toy train take to reach kangra from pathankot as compared to the bus? Is it worth? | |
| aggarwal a.n. | 08-06-2011 |
| I would like to travel by kangra valley toy train from pathankot to Chamba. Reaching Pathankot in morning hours by train. Please suggest train timings and total time by toy train up to Chamba. Regards, | |
| G S BHULLAR | 22-06-2011 |
| hi i am gurjot singh . i like himachal very much but police there is not very good they disturb tourist came from other state | |
| ARVIND PATHANIA | 25-06-2011 |
| I love my himachal i am from vill. Talara teh. Nurpur district kangra for more information about me visit Arvind1110.wapka.mobi | |
| Rohit Garg | 22-07-2011 |
| i love my himachal..... | |
| Rohit Garg | 22-07-2011 |
| i love my himachal...mein district kangra ka rahene vala hoon...mujhe himachal bahut acha lagta hai...mujhe himachal ka kullu district bahut he pasand hai..... | |
| PANKAJ THAKUR | 26-07-2011 |
| Himachal roxxxxxxxxxxx...... | |
| Reena Pathania. | 23-08-2011 |
| my self reena pathania from the districk una himachal ke log bahut bhole hai he never cheat | |
| ranbir | 25-08-2011 |
| hi i love himachal so much | |
| AAYUSH AGRAWAL | 26-08-2011 |
| I am traveling to Jammu tawi to manali in last week of nov'11. Kindly suggest me route to follow, in between I would like to stop in Dharmshala. The route should inculde Toy Train. Thanks | |
| Abhishek | 05-09-2011 |
| Kangra Toy train is not running from almost last two months and I was told it will not run atleast in 2011. Portion of rail bridge near to Pathankot has been collapsed on to the river. Really missed the joy of Toy train!!! | |
| vikas | 07-09-2011 |
| Hi i am chinu form himachal and i love my himachal because "HIMACHAL" IS MY LIFE........ | |
| ashwani kumar | 19-09-2011 |
| hello i am ashwani kumar. himachal is very beautiful place. there are many favorite place. brijeshwari,chamunda temples. there people are very honest and hardworking. so i love himachal pradesh. | |
| ASHWANI naria | 19-09-2011 |
| Hi, i am Ashwani naria from Rajhoon ,NAGROTA BAGWAN. i love my himachal.i love that train rout from pathnkot to joginder nagar, because, i have grate experiance about this track when i was study in pathankot.every saturday i was come home by that train rout it was not expansive. So that was easy for manage. And once again say i love himachal,,, | |
| amit | 26-09-2011 |
| I love my himachal.Its a heaven on earth | |
| lakhvinder singh | 28-10-2011 |
| hiii i m lakhvinder singh from nagrota surian ....Kangra is my home district and the most lovable and beautiful place i have ever seen luv you Kangra | |
| D KHANDELWAL | 25-02-2012 |
| Pl let me know (1)how we can reach joginder nagar from manali. (2) Trains from joginder nagar to Pathankot are operational or not. | |
| partho | 11-03-2012 |
| hi i am partho from WB. i want to visit HP during may/jun 2012.my rout will be pathankot, dharamshala, dalhousi, chamba,khajihar,and i want to avail toy train from pthankot to joginder nagar plz guide where i will find budget hotel and the best tour planning. love to all | |
| k.k.maheshwari | 10-04-2012 |
| I love himachal please some photu wether condition send my friend thanks | |
| Sudhendra Daber | 02-05-2012 |
| I visited Manali with family last month. I enjoyed the trip because of pleasent weather, beauty of snow covered mountain, various sports like paragilding, river crossing. I would love to go back to Manali once again. I would like to explore the rail route from Pathankote to Jogindernagar, as I did not travel on this route. | |
| manendra | 05-05-2012 |
| i love this train & its lookility | |
| Krishna Chaks | 08-05-2012 |
| I love himachal .. been to Kullu Manali Rohtang Keylong went to Leh Ladakh .... this year i want to see Chamba district PANGI valley ... any details abt Pangi in chamba i heard it snows there always | |
| Abhinay singh | 21-05-2012 |
| i love my KANGRA valley......coz its very b'ful n peaceful place.. | |
| lovepreet bhagat | 25-05-2012 |
| it was a wonderfull experiance.i love it very much.it is heaven for me. | |
| Digvijay Prakash | 13-06-2012 |
| Himachal pardesh is really land of god.i visited here so many times.HAR BAR BUS EK HI BAAT NIKLTI HAI "dil kahe ruk ja re ruk ja yahin pe kahi jo baat is jagah hai kahi pe nahi."AGLE JANAM MEIN MAIN IS DEV BHOOMI PAR HI JANAM LENA CHAHUGA | |
| ER ARVIND THAKUR | 08-07-2012 |
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| deepak rana | 11-08-2012 |
| A Highway to Heaven, ..... | |
| RAMESH MAURYA | 01-09-2012 |
| WHAT IS TIME TABLE OF KANGRA VELLEY TRAIN PLS SEND ME | |
| RAMESH MAURYA | 01-09-2012 |
| PLS SEND ME TIME TABLE OF THIS TRAIN | |
| sarvesh sharma | 13-10-2012 |
| luv my himachal........ | |
| alax sarvarriya | 19-05-2013 |
| I want to go manali by train but the nearest station is joginder nagar so , my kindly request to send a starting station to joginder nagar with time table plese fullfill my request . | |
| tinkuduggal | 22-02-2014 |
| Himachal is to beautiful rivers valleys mountains invites you to directly talk enjoy&become a part of nature | |
| sumit Sharma | 26-02-2014 |
| see the beauty of nature HIMACHAL PARDESH JEE LE ZARA | |
| satnam Singh | 18-03-2014 |
| This rout must be convert into BG otherwise Train journey is time waste and GOVT.do not know the value of time of public.80km Means 8Hrs.Waste. HP Govt.Can Spent Thousand Of Crores For Puchase Buse every year But cant For Rail Devlopment.it Must be for tourism. | |
| Praveen Singh | 17-05-2014 |
| I love my Lovable village Ladori .My village one of the historical village in Himachal Pradesh | |
| Rajesh Kumar | 30-10-2014 |
| I love kangra.it's moor beautiful others place in world | |
| sanjeev kr sharma | 29-12-2014 |
| My sweet home Vill KRONTHI PO SAKOH Teh Jaisinghpur Distt KANGRA I love Himachal. | |
| sourav choudhary | 05-11-2016 |
| my beautiful village TAKOLI GHIRTHAN teh. Ftehpur Distt. kangra. its more beautiful in word. i love Himachal Pradesh. | |
| Santanu Sanyal | 06-02-2017 |
| I'm from Kolkata. I first visited Himachal in August last year. It was rainy season but rains in the hills have special attraction. I stayed near Dharamsala for 10 days and liked the place immensely. I again went in December -January, very cold with the state recording highest snowfall in past quarter of a century. But myself and my wife enjoyed it, particularly when the sun was bright. We visited several temples during two visits such as Jwalamukhi, Chamunda, Ma Brajeswari, Chintpurni and Bagalamukhi. So nice. We also went to McLeodganj and Naddi. Simply wonderful. The local people are nice, courteous, helpful and hospitable, We are in love with Himachal and will go there again at the earliest opportunity. | |
| Maniar | 26-04-2018 |
| Does the Kangra railway line still function? I cannot find any information on the IRCTC site | |