The Nepal Railway Company Ltd. (in short Nepal Railway),

reporting mark A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks. The code typically reflects the name or identifying number of the owner, lessee, or operator of the equip ...

: 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. Currently it operates passenger transport service on the line from Jainagar, India to Bhangaha, Nepal. It is sort of equivalent to the

Sajha Yatayat Sajha Yatayat () is a public transportation bus system in Nepal serving the capital city of Kathmandu as well as its surrounding valley. Popularly known as Sajha Bus mainly runs bus routes throughout Kathmandu and Lalitpur city. Since 2016 Sajha Y ...

for road transportation.

History

Before consolidating to current stage, train service was started as

Nepal Government Railway The Nepal Government Railway (NGR) () 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 narrow gauge railway was 47 km long. History In 1923, ...

(NGR) then continued as Nepal Janakpur Jaynagar Railway (NJJR). NGR era was entirely coal era with steam engines whereas NJJR got dieselized in 1993. Today's Nepal Railway is the revived form of Nepal Janakpur Jaynagar Railway (NJJR). File:Nepal Railways 1927.jpg, alt=Nepal Railways 1927 during the reign of Rana PM Chandra SJBR, A Nepal Railway locomotive in 1927 during the reign of PM Chandra Shumsher Rana File:Nepal Railways 1960.jpg, Nepal Railway in 1950s.

Services

Currently Nepal Railway operates passenger train service on Jaynagar–Bardibas railway line. It has plan to operate freight service on Bathnaha–

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a List of cities in Nepal, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Koshi Province. With a Metropolitan Urban Agglomeration population of 244,750 as per the 2021 Nepal census, 2021 census, it is the largest c ...

railway line soon. Passengers have two choices of cars, deluxe and general to ride on Nepal Railway's trains. As per General Manager of Nepal Railways Niranjan Jha, 1350 passengers can travel by train at one time.

Bathnaha–Biratnagar railway

Of the total length of Bathnaha–Biratnagar railway line, the of line construction has been completed and remaining 8.6 km is under construction as of April 2022.

Planned & under-construction railways

See 8 different India–Nepal cross-border rail lines, some of which are complete and others are either under planning or being constructed.How poor rail connectivity is acting as a hindrance to India's Act East policy
Economic Times, 20 October 2020.

China–Nepal Railway The China–Nepal Railway ( zh, 中尼铁路; ) is a planned railway between China and Nepal. The railway will link Kathmandu with Shigatse, Tibet, crossing the China–Nepal border at Gyirong– Rasuwa. Background As a landlocked country nes ...

, planned 72 km line which will link

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

with

Shigatse Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê () or Rikaze ( zh, s=日喀则, p=Rìkāzé), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histo ...

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

, crossing the

China–Nepal border The China–Nepal border is the international boundary between the Tibet Autonomous Region of the China, People's Republic of China and Nepal, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. It is in length and runs in a northwest–southeast direction ...

at Gyirong–

Rasuwa Rasuwa District ( is one of 13 districts of Bagmati Province and one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhunche as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 43,300. Its District Post Offic ...

Incidents

In August 2012, a serious incident occurred when a locomotive ran away without bogies while a driver was putting in oil. The locomotive ran from Jainagar to Janakpur at speeds far exceeding the restrictions on the line, resulting in the normally two-and-a-half hours journey of taking only 45 minutes. The staff at Janakpur diverted the locomotive engine onto a damaged track where its wheels became stuck in the ground and it came to a full stop without causing any injuries.

References

External links

Department of Railways in Nepal
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