Ghum railway station
Ghum railway station of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is situated at an altitude of 2,258 metres. The place is the home of the Ghum Monastery and the Batasia Loop, a bend of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Ghoom”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ghum Monastery and Batasia Loop.
Ghum Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet -high statue of the Maitreya Buddha. Ghum Monastery is situated 500 metres northwest of Ghum railway station.
Batasia Loop
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Donvikro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Batasia Loop is situated 1¼ km northwest of Ghum railway station.
Peace Pagoda
Buddhist temple
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling or Darjeeling Peace Pagoda is one of the Peace Pagodas designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds to help unite them in their search for world peace. Peace Pagoda is situated 2 km north of Ghum railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonada and Sukhia Pokhri.
Sonada
Town
Sonada is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India. Sonada is situated 6 km south of Ghum railway station.
Sukhia Pokhri
Town
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sukhia Pokhri is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the indian state of West Bengal. It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to Mirik. Sukhia Pokhri is situated 9 km west of Ghum railway station.
Pokhriabong
Town
Pokhriabong is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. Pokhriabong is situated 10 km southwest of Ghum railway station.
Ghum railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.00836° or 27° 0′ 30″ northLongitude
88.25357° or 88° 15′ 13″ eastElevation
2,258 metres (7,408 feet)Operator
NFRAbbreviation
“GHUM”Open location code
7MVC2753+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 2084544446OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Ghum railway station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ঘুম রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
- French: “Ghum”
- Hindi: “घुम रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Hindi: “घूम रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Santali: “ᱜᱷᱩᱢ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Urdu: “گھم ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Western Panjabi: “گھم ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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