Railway stations in Nepal
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Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
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Nepal is sparsely served by railways although new railways are planned. A number of branch lines of Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
come close to the border with Nepal, but only the line from Jaynagar goes into Nepal proper, extending to Janakpur. See Nepal Railways.
Existing
- Jaynagar, Jaynagar (India) gauge conversion - break-of-gaugeBreak-of-gaugeWith railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
/ - Khajuri, Khajuri ChanhaKhajuri ChanhaKhajuri Chanha is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,215 persons living in 965 individual households.-Transport:...
- Mahinathpur, Thadi JhijhaThadi JhijhaThadi Jhijha is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,870 persons living in 1021 individual households.-External links:*...
- Shaheed Sarajnagar, DuhabiDuhabi, JanakpurDuhabi is a Village Development Committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,762 persons residing in 990 individual households.Duhabi is an archeological, historical, religious and cultural village situated...
- Baidehee, ItaharwaItaharwaItaharwa is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,362 persons living in 562 individual households.-External links:*...
- Perbaha, Deuri ParbahaDeuri ParbahaDeuri Parbaha is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,633 persons living in 652 individual households.-Transport:...
- Janakpur, Janakpur
Closed
- Bijalpura, BijalpuraBijalpura, Nepal- Transport :The town was served by a branchline of Nepal Railways, which because of the terrain, only reaches the outskirts of the town. It is not served at them moment as a bridge is damaged. This line is to be converted from 2008 from narrow gauge to broad gauge under Project Unigauge. The...
, closed due to a washed away bridge.
Former
- RaxaulRaxaulRaxaul or Raxaul is a sub-divisional town in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated on the India-Nepal border with Birganj on the other side of the border.-Demographics:...
(India) to
BirganjBirganjBirganj is a sub-metropolitan municipality and border town in Parsa District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. It lies 283 km south of the capital Kathmandu, 3 km north of the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry point to Nepal from Patna and Calcutta it is also known...
(Nepal) and AmlekhganjAmlekhganjAmlekhganj is a town and Village Development Committee in Bara District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,006 persons living in 742 individual households.-External links:*...
, NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
Proposed
In October 2009, the following were approved:- 51.15km track from PathshalaPathshalaPathshala, the South Asian Institute Media Academy was originally set up in 1998 by the Bangladesh photographer, writer and activist Shahidul Alam , as "Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography". The school was phenomenally successful despite its limited infrastructure...
to
Nanglam - 57.7km track from KokrajharKokrajharKokrajhar is a city in Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam, one of the North East States and territories of India.Kokrajhar city is located along the bank of Gourang River. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two sides, north and the south...
to GelephuGelephuGelephu is a town in Sarpang District in Bhutan. It is located on the Indian border, about 30 km to the east of Sarpang, the Dzongkhag headquarters , and has a population of 9,199 as per 2005 census.Gelephu was selected as a site for Bhutan's second international airport project, but it was... - 17.4km track from HasimaraHasimaraHasimara is a small but significant town in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal state, India. It is located at 26° 45' 0N latitude and 89° 20' 60E longitude at an altitude of 245 metres above sea level and has a population of about 40,000 ....
to Phuentsholing
The plan to link Nepal includes building:
- 16km track from NaxalbariNaxalbariNaxalbari is the name of a village and a community development block in northern part of the state of West Bengal, India. Naxalbari block comes under the jurisdiction of Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district. Naxalbari became famous for the left wing revolt that took place in the late...
to Kankarvitta
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- 15km track from JogbaniJogbaniJogbani is a town and a notified area in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.The town is located between 26.42° North latitude and 87.25° East longitude at a height of 67 above mean sea level.- Transport :...
to Biratnagar
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- Nepalganj Road
- Nepalganj
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- NautanwaNautanwaNautanwa is a city and a municipal board in Maharajganj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Nautanwa is located at . It has an average elevation of 89 metres ....
- Bhairahawa
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- JalpaiguriJalpaiguriJalpaiguri is a city in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Jalpaiguri district, and the divisional headquarters of the North Bengal region.-History:...
- Kankarbhitta
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- JogbaniJogbaniJogbani is a town and a notified area in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.The town is located between 26.42° North latitude and 87.25° East longitude at a height of 67 above mean sea level.- Transport :...
to Biratnagar - extension under survey in 2008.
- BijalpuraBijalpura, Nepal- Transport :The town was served by a branchline of Nepal Railways, which because of the terrain, only reaches the outskirts of the town. It is not served at them moment as a bridge is damaged. This line is to be converted from 2008 from narrow gauge to broad gauge under Project Unigauge. The...
with extension to BardibasBardibasBardibas is a village development committee in Mahottari District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6049 people living in 1090 individual households.-Transport:...
(Nepal).
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- Madhubani
- Jaynagar
- - convert to broad gaugeBroad gaugeBroad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
- Janakpur
- - extend
- BardibasBardibasBardibas is a village development committee in Mahottari District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6049 people living in 1090 individual households.-Transport:...
Timeline
- 1924 : Raxaul - Birgunj - Amlekhgunj Metre Gauge Track started being laid down by Martin's of Calcutta.
- 1927 : Raxaul - Birgunj - Amlekhgunj Track started its operations for freight transport.
- 1937 : Jaynagar - Janakpur Narrow Gauge Track started operating for public transport under the name Janakpur Railways, lately renamed to Nepal Railways.
- 1990 : Raxaul - Birgunj - Amlekhgunj Track finally shut down.
- 1994 : 6 8-coach NG rakes and 5 ZDM-5 diesel locomotives from SER's Nagpur division handed over to Nepal Railways for operations in Jaynagar - Janakpur Track.
- 1998 : 2 ZDM-5 diesel locomotives handed over to Nepal Railways.
- 2004 : Kolkata - Raxaul - Sirsiya Broad Gauge started operations as a Dry PortDry portA dry port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations....
. - 2007 : The Pipavav Rail Corporation submitted a proposal for constructing the entire 174km route from Birgunj to Kathmandu, no progress made so far.
- 2008 : Three other proposals for rail connectivity to Nepal were considered and had preliminary engineering surveys done: New Jalpaiguri (India) to Kakrabitta (Nepal) via Panitanki (46.3km); Nepalganj Road (India) to Nepalganj (Nepal) (12.1km); and Nautanwa (India) to Bhairahawa (Nepal) (15.3km)
- 2010 :* Line proposed to Nepal from India.
- 2011 : Metro trains proposed in Kathmandu valley, feasibility studies to be carried out as declared in the Budget session.