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Department of Railways under Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport is the authority to develop, maintain and plan railways in Nepal. It has its headquarter at Bishalnagar, Kathmandu. Currently it maintains three in-operation railway lines in the country: Raxaul – Sirsiya, Jainagar – Bhangaha and Bathnaha-Budhnagar.
The Nepal Railway Company Ltd. (in short Nepal Railway ), reporting mark: NRW / ने. रे) is a state-owned company under Department of Railways (DORW) which operates passenger train services in Nepal. It is the only train service provider in the country. [1] Currently it operates passenger transport service on the 52 kilometres (32 mi ...
The East-West Railway Line ( Nepali: पुर्व-पश्चिम रेल्वे) or the Mechi-Mahakali Railway is an upcoming Trans–Asian railway project in Nepal. [3] The railway will be the longest in Nepal, stretching 945.244 km (587 mi) expanding from the Eastern Indo-Nepal border of Kakarbhitta to the Western Indo-Nepal border ...
The Nepal Government Railway ( NGR) ( Nepali: नेपाल गभर्मेन्ट रेलवे) was Nepal 's first railway. Established in 1927 and closed in 1965, it linked Amlekhganj with Raxaul across the border in India in the south. The 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm) narrow gauge railway was 47 km long. [1] [2]
A Nepal Railway train on its inaugural run after the rail line's conversion to broad gauge. The job of rebuilding the tracks and stations was awarded to Ircon International, and was funded by a grant of NPR 8.77 billion from the Indian Government. The project was split into three sections, with the first running from Jaynagar to Janakpur and ...
A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917
Electrified. Operating speed. up to 120 km/h. The Raxaul–Kathmandu railway line is a proposed cross-border railway between India and Nepal. The governments of India and Nepal had issued a joint statement on expanding rail linkages with India's financial support, connecting the border city of Raxaul in India to Kathmandu in Nepal. [1]
Nepal is a landlocked mountainous country where transportation is difficult due to the difficult terrain. The modern transportation in Nepal just started in 20th century. Railway was the first transport introduced in Nepal by Nepal Railway Company Limited. The first railway was begun in 1927 with the length of 48 kilometres (30 mi) between ...