List of railway stations in Nepal

Stop on Nepal Railways in Khajuri

Railway stations in Nepal lists the various railway stations in Nepal.

Nepal is sparsely served by railways although new railways are planned. A number of branch lines of Indian Railways come close to the border with Nepal, but only the line from Jaynagar goes into Nepal proper, extending to Janakpur. See Nepal Railways.

Stations served

Existing

Jaynagar, Jaynagar (India) gauge conversion IS GOING ON EXPECTED TO OPERATION IN 2017- break-of-gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)/762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Khajuri, Khajuri Chanha
Mahinathpur, Thadi Jhijha
Shaheed Sarojnagar, Duhabi
Baidehee, Itaharwa
Perbaha, Deuri Parwaha
Janakpur, Janakpur

Closed

Bijalpura, Bijalpura, closed due to a washed away bridge.

Former

Raxaul (India) to Birganj (Nepal) and Amlekhganj, Nepal 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) ^[1]

Proposed

The plan to link Nepal includes building:

16 km track from Naxalbari to Kankarvitta

15 km track from Jogbani to Biratnagar^[2]

Nepalganj Road

Jogbani to Biratnagar - extension under survey in 2008.
Bijalpura with extension to Bardibas (Nepal).

Madhubani
Jaynagar
- convert to broad gauge
Janakpur ^[3]
- extend
Bardibasxsws¶

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 Inland Port.
2007 : The Pipavav Rail Corporation submitted a proposal for constructing the entire 174 km 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 (46.3 km); Nepalganj Road (India) to Nepalganj (Nepal) (12.1 km); and Nautanwa (India) to Bhairahawa (Nepal) (15.3 km)
2010 :* Line proposed to Nepal from India.^[4]
2011 : Metro trains proposed in Kathmandu valley, feasibility studies to be carried out as declared in the Budget session.

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