Classic route
Janakpur Railway
Jaynagar → Bijalpura · India · Nepal
- Distance
- 52 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h
- Average speed
- 26 km/h
- Top speed
- 80 km/h
- Operator
- Nepal Railways
- Train
- Nepal Railways DEMU
- Countries
- India, Nepal
- In service since
- 2022
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Nepal’s only passenger railway, reborn in 2022: a crimson DEMU ferrying pilgrims across the border plain from Jaynagar to Sita’s temple city of Janakpur.
How this line was checked
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Nepal Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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