Strengthening Rail Transport Connectivity in South and South West Asia

A country presentation from 15th March 2017 Ananta Acharya 1

TIMELINE 1927: Amlekhgunj Railway construction started and continued in operation till 1970AD

 1937: Feb 16 Jaynagar--Bijalpura (NJJR) 51 km came into operation but in 2000 washout of Bigi Bridge, the service remained limited only to Janakpur (29km)

2 Initiatives  2006: Nepal signed Trans Asian Railways (TAR)Agreement

 2008: East West Electrified Railway Project Office Established.

 2009: Feasibility study of East-West(945km), - (187km), Anbukhaireni-Bharatpur link(72km) completed.  2010 : MoU between GOI and GON signed for cross border railway connectivity at 5 different locations.

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Contd, 2011 : In June 15 Department of Railways Established.  2012 :Feasibility study of KTM Valley MRT completed  2013 : Detailed Project Report of Simara-Bardibas and link completed(136km)  2014 : Construction Began for track bed, RUB and ROB in Bardibas-Lalbandi section

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Nepal became a member of Trans Asian Railways (TAR) GoN signed on 10 November, 2006 Ratification on 6 March, 2012

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5 National Railway Network Plan

6 Railway length as per Feasibility Study Report (2008)

Section Length (km) MechI-Mahakali 945 Kathmandu-Pokhara 187 Anbukhaireni-Tamsaria 72 Simra-Birgunj 33 Butwal –Bhairhwa- 44 Kohalpur - 14 - 22 Total 1317

7 Cross Border Railway Project Progress

1. Jaynagar- Janakpu-Bardibas ( 69km)

. 80% of Earthwork and Culverts completed, 50% of Bridge works complete, Station Building works are underway in Jaynagar-Janakpur Section,

. 65% of Earthwork and Culverts completed, 20% of Bridge works complete, Station Building works are underway in Janakpur-Bijalpura Section . . Construction of Staff’s quarters are in progress

8 Cross border Railway Projects Contd.

2. Bathnaha-Jobbani-Biratnagar (5+13km)

. Track bed, bridge and culvert works in progress.

. Station Building and staff’s quarters in progress.

9 Progress Achieved till date . DPR Preparation : . Bardibas-Butwal – 300 km, Simara-Birgunj 28 km, Butawal –Lumbini 44 km completed.

. Bardibas-Kakarvitta including Itahari Biratnagar Link (262 km) is underway.

. Butwal -Mahakali Section (412km) is at the final stage of consultant selection for DPR Preparation

. Feasibility Study of Nijgadh--Bharatpur completed in sept.2016 and Kathmandu-Birgunj is under evaluation process 10 Progress Achieved, Contd,

. Construction: (East-West Railway)

. Construction of Trackbed, RUB and Bridges in the 30 km section of East West Railway (Bardibas-Lalbandi) has already been started.

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