Jaynagar–Bardibas railway line
The Jaynagar–Bardibas railway line (Hindi/ Nepali: जयनगर–बर्दीबास रेलवे) is an India–Nepal cross border railways. The railway links Kurtha with Jaynagar, crossing the India–Nepal border at Inarwa. An extension to Bardibas is under way. It is the only operational railway line in Nepal. Sections. The railway line is splitting into three sections spanning total 68.7 KM of distance. Jaynagar–Kurtha section. The Jaynagar–Kurtha section built under the government of India's grant assistance of NPR 8.77 billion. The section is 35 KM. long and it has 7 stations from Jaynagar to Kurtha . The Jaynagar railway station is the first station that is inside India. After 3 KM of distance from the Jaynagar railway station, the international border is located. After some distance from the border, the first railway station inside Nepal comes on this railway line. Inarwa railway station is the first railway station on this section. There are 5 stations between Jaynagar to Kurtha: Kurtha–Bijalpura section. Kurtha–Bijalpura section is a 17 km long railway line which has been already completed. Stations between Kurtha to Bijalpura: Bijalpura–Bardibas section. The work on Bijalpura–Bardibas section has not yet started. The  land acquisition for the project is not yet completed. New line will be constructed till Bardibas after Government of Nepal hands over the land for the project. History. Second railway line in Nepal as narrow guage was built in 1937. The line was Named Nepal Janakpur Jaynagar Railway (NJJR). It was built by Britishers to carry timber from the then heavily forested areas of Janakpur in the Kingdom of Nepal to Jainagar (India). The Broad guage railway project was started in 2014 when Nepali Congress senior leader and former Deputy Prime minister Bimalendra Nidhi was Minister for Physical Infrastructure and  Transport in Sushil Koirala cabinet. Re operation, 2022. The test operation has completed, and officially inaugurated by Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 02 April 2022. It is full operational for passengers service on 03 April 2022. As per General Manager of Nepal Railways Niranjan Jha, 1350 passengers can travel by train at one time.