Batasia Loop

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Batasia Loop বাতাসিয়া লুপ बतासे लूप
Neighbourhood
Batasia Loop Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 27°01′00″N 88°14′50″E / 27.0167°N 88.2471°E / 27.0167; 88.2471
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling District
Area	Darjeeling
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

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. At this point, the track spirals around over itself through a tunnel and over a hilltop. It was commissioned in 1919.^[1]