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).