India, Feb. 13 -- Sarita Yolmo became the first woman Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) of the 146-year-old Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), known for its iconic toy-train.

"I was working in the railway printing press at Kurseong for many years. After the press was shut down, all the employees were transferred to various locations. In 2019, I too got transferred to New Jalpaiguri and started working as an announcer and later in the enquiry counter and then as ticket checker," said 55-year-old Yolmo.

Prior to this, she worked in the railway printing press, she worked at railway hospital briefly at Tindharia.

As ticket examiner, she has travelled extensively in broad gauge trains from New Jalpaiguri.

She was assigned the task of train tick...