Nepal Railways

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Jaynagar-Janakpur-Bijalpura
Khajuri stop
Khajuri stop
Route of the Nepal Railways
Nepal map with the railway line
Route length: 48 km
Gauge : 762 mm ( narrow gauge )
Legend
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Indian Railways
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0.0 Jaynagar Freight Terminal
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0.6 Jaynagar 26 ° 35 ′ 22 ″ N, 86 ° 8 ′ 5 ″ E
   
 3.0 India / Nepal 26 ° 36 '22 "N, 86 ° 8' 14" E
   
 8.31 Khajuri 26 ° 38 ′ 32 "N, 86 ° 6 ′ 54" E
   
 10.0 26 ° 38 '59 "N, 86 ° 5' 53" E
   
 11.0 26 ° 39 '13 "N, 86 ° 5' 22" E
   
 13.0 Mahinathpur 26 ° 39 '48 "N, 86 ° 3' 53" E
   
 15.0 Sahid Saroj Nagar 26 ° 40 ′ 8 "N, 86 ° 2 ′ 51" E
   
 16.0 26 ° 40 '25 "N, 86 ° 1' 59" E
   
 17.0 Baidehi 26 ° 40 ′ 45 "N, 86 ° 1 ′ 28" E
   
 19.0 26 ° 41 ′ 31 ″ N, 86 ° 0 ′ 26 ″ E
   
 20.0 26 ° 41 ′ 59 "N, 85 ° 59 ′ 48" E
   
 22.2 Deuri Parbaha 26 ° 42 ′ 7 "N, 85 ° 59 ′ 38" E
   
 22.5 26 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ N, 85 ° 59 ′ 17 ″ E
   
 26 ° 43 ′ 57 "N, 85 ° 56 ′ 24" E
   
 27.0 26 ° 43 ′ 57 "N, 85 ° 56 ′ 23" E
   
 28.9 Janakpur 26 ° 44 ′ 3 ″ N, 85 ° 56 ′ 12 ″ E
   
 Piprahi 26 ° 45 '13 "N, 85 ° 52' 49" E
   
 26 ° 45 ′ 16 "N, 85 ° 52 ′ 41" E
   
 Bighi river 26 ° 45 ′ 35 "N, 85 ° 51 ′ 44" E
   
 Lohar Patti 26 ° 47 '48 "N, 85 ° 50' 47" E
   
 50.0 Bijalpura 26 ° 51 ′ 57 "N, 85 ° 53 ′ 5" E
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 ? 26 ° 52 '5 "N, 85 ° 53' 3" E

The Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd. was a Nepalese state company that operated the country's only railway line. The route was 29 kilometers long and led from Janakpur to Jaynagar, India . Operations ceased in 2014. Another approximately 21 km long section from Janakpur to Bijalpura was no longer in operation in 2001 because a bridge over the Bighi River was destroyed.

history

Janakpur Railway Station

In 1937/1938 rail operations began on the line. The first locomotive was an English one named after the Hindu god Vishnu . In early 2004, the railway company was converted from Transport Corporation of Nepal - Janakpur Railway or Janakpur-Jayanagar Railways to Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd. renamed. The aim was to operate the route profitably, issue shares and attract private investors. Until that time, the company made an annual loss of 175,000 rupees . At the end of 2004 India handed over two ZDM 5 diesel locomotives and six wagons to the Nepalese railway company. These were transported to Nepal by truck and drivers of the South Eastern Railway India trained the Nepalese train drivers. Until then, the line was operated exclusively with steam locomotives . Two more diesel locomotives were donated later.

The line was closed in 2014 for conversion to broad gauge and reopened in 2017 as a branch from Indian Railways to Khajuri. The locomotives of the old Janakpur Railway were still there in June 2017.

The broad gauge line will be extended from Khajuri and will reach Kurtha terminus via Janakpur in 2018 [obsolete] . In two further phases, first Bhangaha in the Mahottari district is to be reached and then Bardibas , where there is to be a connection to the Mechi – Mahakali railway to be built .

business

The track width of the railway was 762 mm. The workshop is located in Khajuri, the last station before the border with India. The old steam locomotives are also located there. Regular stops take place in Janakpur, Perbaha , Baidehee , Shaheed Sarajnagar , Mahinathpur , Khajuri and Jaynagar (India).

There were three trains daily from Janakpur to Jaynagar and back. During celebrations at Janaki Mandir Temple in Janakpur, trains run continuously without a timetable. The travel time is comparatively long, as the train rarely goes over 15 km / h, usually it hardly goes more than walking speed.

Web links

Commons : Nepal Railways  - Album with Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d FarRail Tours, Janakpur Railway - The only remaining railway of Nepal , accessed on April 3, 2009 ( WebCite ( Memento from April 3, 2009 on WebCite ))
  2. ^ Glyn Williams: Railways in Nepal. 2018 .;
  3. ^ The World Bank, Nepal Transport Sector , accessed April 3, 2009
  4. ↑ a b c d The Kathmandu Post, JJR begins operation as Nepal Railways Co , June 13, 2006 ( Memento from April 3, 2009 in the web archive archive.today ) ( WebCite ( Memento from April 3, 2009 on WebCite ))
  5. ↑ The Kathmandu Post, China railways to sprawl across Himalayas , Aug. 11, 2006 ( Memento from April 3, 2009 in the web archive archive.today ) ( WebCite ( Memento from April 3, 2009 on WebCite ))
  6. ↑ a b www.michael-murr.de, The Janakpur Railway - Nepal's longest railway line , accessed on April 3, 2009 ( WebCite ( Memento from April 3, 2009 on WebCite ))
  7. ^ The Times of India, Nepal's train has Orange City link , May 25, 2007
  8. ^ Glyn Williams: Railways in Nepal. 2018 .;
  9. ^ India to resume services on rail link with Nepal after successful trial . In: Hindustan Times . August 12, 2018 ( hindustantimes.com ).
  10. ^ India, Nepal decide to upgrade road and cross-border rail links . In: The Times of India . April 7, 2018 ( indiatimes.com ).
  11. ^ India to resume services on rail link with Nepal after successful trial . In: Hindustan Times . August 12, 2018 ( hindustantimes.com ).
  12. ↑ FarRail, Steam in India & Nepal , accessed on 3 April 2009