Department of Railways

Department of Railways is the authority to develop, maintain and plan railways in Nepal. It has its headquarter at Bishalnagar, Kathmandu. Currently it maintains two in-operation railway lines in the country: Raxaul–Sirsiya and the Jainagar–Janakpur. It has several lines been planned.

For other uses, see Department of Railways (disambiguation).
Railway Department
Native name
रेल विभाग
TypeGovernment
IndustryRail transport
Headquarters
Bishalnagar, Kathmandu
,
Nepal
Area served
Nepal
Key people
Pramila Devi Shakya Bajracharya (Director General)
OwnerGovernment of Nepal
Websitewww.dorw.gov.np

Existing Railway

Currently there are two operational railway lines in the country:

Raxaul–Sirsiya line: This is a 6 km (3.7 mi) line from Raxaul, India to Sirsiya Inland Container Depot (or dry port) near Birganj, Nepal, and is primarily used for freight transport.[1] It allows container traffic to be imported to Nepal through the Sirsiya dry port container depot.[2]

Jainagar–Janakpur line: This is a 28 km (17 mi) line from Jainagar, India to Janakpur, Nepal, and is used primarily for passenger transport.[3]

Nepal Janakpur - Jainagar Railway

This is the only passenger transport railway line in Nepal. It connects Janakpur to Siraha at the Nepal-India border and further goes to the Indian town of Jainagar, Bihar. Nepal Railways operates passenger train service on it.

Jaynagar–Janakpur line
km
to Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and
Jainagar lines of Indian Railways
0
 Jaynagar - Freight terminal
0,6
 Jaynagar
3
India
Nepal
border
8,31
 Khajuri
10
11
13
 Mahinathpur (Thadi Jhijha)
15
 Sahib Saroj Nagar (Duhabi)
16
17
 Baidehi (Itaharwa)
19
20
21
 Perbaha
22,5
27,5
28,9
 Janakpur
27,5
 Bighi
50
 Bijayalpura

Planned Railway

Railway Department has following lines under planned railways to be develop in future.

  • East-West Railway or Mechi-Mahakali Railway: The railway feasibility study has been done with total of 945.244 km (587.347 mi) which will expand through 24 districts in the total cost of $3 billion.[4]
  • Anbu Khaireni-Bharatpur - The feasibility study has done and railway will be constructed to link Kathmandu and Pokhara with the Mechi-Mahakali or the East-West Railway.[5]
  • Jainagar-Janakpur–Bijayalpura-Bardibas: The Jainagar–Janakpur line is being extended further to Bardibas from Janakpur.[3]
  • Kerung-Kathmandu: The railway will connect the capital city with China and the estimated cost is $2.75 billion. A 23-member technical and administrative team of National Railway Administration of China, led by its vice minister Zheng Jian contucted a four-day overall study.[5]
  • Lumbini-Pokhara-Kathmandu: This will connect the popular tourist destination and adventureous city with the capital and the estimated cost is $3 billion.[5]
  • Raxaul–Birgunj-Kathmandu: Nepal and India agreed to construct a railway line linking Raxaul with Kathmandu during Prime Minister KP Oli Sharma's visit to India.[6] A team of technical officers visited Kathmandu to study the proposed railway and they have stated that a feasibility study of the project would begin. They have already identified Chobhar as the terminus of the 113 km long railway line.[5][7][8][9]
  • New Jalpaiguri (India) – Kakarbhitta (Nepal)[10]
  • Bathnaha (India)- Jogbani (India) – Biratnagar (Nepal)[11][10]
  • Nautanwa (India) – Bhairahawa (Nepal)[10]
  • Rupaidiha,Nepalganj Road (India) – Nepalganj (Nepal)[10]

References
  1. "Nepal Railway Assessment". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. "Introduction". customs.gov.np. Department of Customs dryport office, Government of Nepal. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. Shashi, Shyamsundar (10 August 2018). "Indian goods train from Jainagar arrives in Janakpur". kathmandupost.com. KMG. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. "EAST-WEST ELECTRIFIED RAILWAY PROJECT" (PDF). Project Bank-EWER.pdf. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. Tiwari, Nandalal. "The Talk Of Kerung-Kathmandu Railway". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. "India And Nepal To Speed Up Raxaul-Kathmandu Rail Project". 11 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. "DoR says land acquisition a major hurdle". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Kantipur Publications. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. "DoR starts construction of 10 railway tracks". thehimalayantimes.com. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  9. Neupane, Suresh Raj (9 June 2019). "Raxaul-Kathmandu rail survey report is ready, Indian officials say". kathmandupost.com. KMG. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. "India-Nepal Statement on Expanding Rail Linkages". MOFA- Point No. 4. April 7, 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. Sah, Deo Narayan (6 October 2018). "Bathana-Biratnagar rail by October end". kathmandupost.com. KMG. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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