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The [[Nepal-Janakpur Railway]], otherwise known as the '''Janakpur Railway''' was reportedly opened in 19281937. The line is was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railwayconstructed 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 21km <refname=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Railways Wikipedia "Nepal Railways"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>The line connects [[Jaynagar]] (India) to [[Janakpur]]( Nepal), a distance of 32km, an important nepalese pilgrimage site, about 100 km south-east of Kathmandu.<ref>[http://www.michael-murr.de/index.php?page=187&languageid=en "Janakpur Railway" by Michael Muir]; Retrieved 13 Dec 20151 Jun 2019</ref>
An alternative account gives the date of opening as 1928 with the following comment<br>The line connects [[Jaynagar]] (India) to Janakpur Nepal), a distance of 32km, an important Nepalese pilgrimage site, about 100 km south-east of Kathmandu. From Janakpur the line continues a further 21km to '''Bijalpura.''' <ref>[http://www.michael-murr.de/index.php?page=187&languageid=en "Janakpur Railway" by Michael Muir]; 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).
==Present Situation==
The operating company "Transport Corporation of Nepal - Janakpur Railway" was renamed to "Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd." in 2004, but is still a state-owned enterprise.
After a washout of the railway embankment and two bridges the track between Janakpur and Bijalpura (22 km railway line) was closed in 2001. The remaining Janakpur–Jaynagar railway track was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2018 and the extension to Bardibas is under construction <ref name=wiki/>.
== References ==
