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Tickets are available at Dhaka Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh and at New Jalpaiguri railway station in Siliguri, India. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Though the train was inaugurated on 26 March 2021, but in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic , its commercial run was postponed since its inauguration. [ 5 ]
Starting Point (India) Ending Point (Nepal) Status Details Ref Jaynagar: Bardibas: Active Currently active till Kurtha, Janakpur, planned extension till Bardibas in Nepal [5] [6] Raxaul: Kathmandu: Under Survey Crossing point Birgunj in Nepal [7] New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal: Kakarbhitta: Planned [8] [9] Jogbani: Biratnagar: Under Construction ...
The Nepal Railway Company Ltd. (in short Nepal Railway), reporting mark: NRW / ने. रे) is a state-owned company under Department of Railways (DORW) which operates passenger train services in Nepal [1]. It is the only train service provider in the country.
It operates as train number 13021 from Howrah Junction to Raxaul railway station and as train number 13022 in the reverse direction serving the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. As Raxaul - Birgunj border is the main entry point to Nepal , Mithila express serves as one of the main rail links to Nepal as well.
On 28 October 2017, Bangladesh Railway Minister Mujibal Haque said that India and Bangladesh are working on reconnecting railway lines in 12 places, which were cut off after partition of the country in 1947. India sponsored rail bridges on Titas and the Bhoirab rivers in Brahmanbaria district of his country were completed. [17]
A valid visa and passport is required before purchasing a ticket for the Bandhan Express train. Tickets are available at Khulna railway station in Bangladesh and at Chitpur Station in Kolkata, India. The train service is currently paused indefinitely due to political upheaval in Bangladesh since July-August 2024.
The second railway in the country was the Nepal Janakpur–Jainagar Railway (NJJR), a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway, built by the British in 1937, during the Rana period. This 28-mile-long (45 km) track was built to carry timber from the then heavily forested areas of Janakpur in the Kingdom of Nepal to Jainagar in British India. [ 6 ]
Akhaura–Agartala line is a railway line between Bangladesh and India. [1] The railway line is a pivotal achievement for both countries. It has several benefits including, boosting tourism in the North East of India, reducing travel time from Kolkata-Agartala from 38 hours to a mere 10 hours by rail, reducing cost of cargo transport to and from Bangladesh and the North East of India ...