Monday, November 18, 2013

Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd (NRC)



Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd.



Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd. (NRC) started on 16 February 1927, is owned by the government
of Nepal. It maintains and operates two railway lines: a 6 km broad gauge line from Raxaul in India to Sirsiya Inland Container Depot or Dry Port near Birganj in Nepal and a 53 km 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge line from Jaynagar in India to Bijalpura in Nepal.

The present day Railway transportation in Nepal is limited to one narrow gauge 29 kilometer long Jayanagar (India) – Janakpur (Nepal) railway operating in the central terai region and 800 meters of the 5 kilometers broad gauge line for freight service connecting Inland Container Depot (ICD ) Birjunj, a border town to Raxaul (India).









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