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[[File:Nepal-Janakpur_Railway.png|thumb| Nepal-Janakpur Railway ]]The ‘[[Nepal-Janakpur Railway]]’, otherwise known as the '''Janakpur Railway''' and the '''Jaynagar-Janakpur Railway''' was reportedly opened 1937. The line was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway constructed by the British in 1937. The 28-mile-long (45 km) track was built to carry timber from the then heavily forested areas of Janakpur in Kingdom of Nepal to [[Jaynagar]] in British India. The railway was later extended from Janakpur to Bijalpura, a further 13 miles(21km ) and became known as the '''Jayanagar-Janakpur-Bijalpura Railway'''<ref name=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Railways Wikipedia "Nepal Railways"]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2019</ref>

At [[Jaynagar]] there was an interchange with the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) ‘Jaynagar Branch’ of the ‘[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]] ’ (B&NWR). ==Background and Early History==Although the Janakpur to Jaynagar railway primarily transports people, it was not always so. The rail line was constructed in the 1930s during Rana period by Juddha Shamsher Rana “to facilitate the logging operations on his extensive forest holdings north of Janakpur”. Ranas lived in Kathmandu but claimed vast tracts of land in Tarai. “During the period when the Rana prime ministers held sway in Kathmandu, tarai lands were liberally distributed to family members and loyal retainers. The income from these lands accumulated into fortunes for these land-grant holders.”<ref name=Hist>[https://www.madhesiyouth.com/history/history-janakpur-jaynagar-railway/ ‘History of Janakpur to Jaynagar Railway’, posted May 31, 2017]; Retrieved 3 Jul 2020</ref>.