Govt
plan to operate Janakpur-Ayodhya railway
service in final stage: Transport
Minister Dahal (rep 26/09/2024)
Railway
service to reconnect Janakpur with
India’s Ayodhya soon : Trains to go
beyond Bijalpura (Mahottari,
Nepal)-Jayanagar (India) route that came
into operation in April 2022 (kp
04/08/2024)
Man
loses both legs after being struck by
train on Janakpur-Jayanagar railway
track (rep 27/07/2024)
Locals
set fire to railway survey team’s
vehicle in Bharatpur (kh 17/07/2024)
Sarlahi
section of east-west electric railway
project witnesses 90 percent progress
(rep 11/05/2024)
Govt
fails to adopt podway technology despite
its potential in Nepal, by Hari
Prasad Sharma (rep 16/04/2024)
Nepal
aims to expand railway network but lacks
essential staff : The country continues
to employ Indian technical workers to
run the Bijalpura-Jayanagar passenger
service, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/04/2024)
Nepal
to raise its concerns about the DPR of
Raxaul-Kathmandu railway : A team from
India’s Konkan Railway Corporation is
scheduled to visit Kathmandu later this
month to give a presentation on the
final location survey of the project,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/01/2024)
Survey
starting this week for extending
Jayanagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas railway :
Passenger railway service is already in
operation in Jayanagar-Bijalpura section
of the railway (kp 18/12/2023)
Train
service from Janakpur to Bhangha
temporarily halted due to Bibah Panchami
passenger overload (rep 18/12/2023)
Feasibility
study of Nepal-China railway on track,
department says : Aerial survey and
mapping are likely to be completed
within this month, according to Rohit
Bisural, director general at the railway
department, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/12/2023)
Secretary-level
meeting held in China to expedite works
on Kathmandu-Kerung railway (rep
28/11/2023)
Has
Nepal lost interest in the cross-border
railway network with China? (rep
01/10/2023)
When
will Kathmandu travel on monorail?, by Dilip
Poudel (rep 25/08/2023)
Janakpur-Jayanagar
train to operate upto Mahottari’s Bhangaha from
today (kh 16/07/2023), Rail
service starts on Kurtha-Bijalapura section :
The 17-km section is part of the 69-km
Jayanagar-Janakpur railroad being reconstructed
at the cost of Rs10 billion, by Sunita Baral
(kp 17/07/2023), Restoration
of railway service after 21 years elates
Bhangaha folks (kh 17/07/2023)
Bathnaha-Biratnagar
freight train cheers traders : The train
operations would decrease the cost of production
and boost manufacturing in the region, traders
say, by Binod Bhandari (kp 07/06/2023)
PM
Dahal and Indian PM Modi inaugurate Biratnagar
train (kh 01/06/2023), Bathnaha-Biratnagar
freight train service comes into operation :
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Indian
counterpart Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated
the operations of the freight train service,
by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 02/06/2023)
Maula
Kali cable car comes into operation in Gaindakot
: The 1.2-km line connects Gaindakot with Maula
Kalika, a famous Hindu temple situated at an
elevation of 561 metres, by Narayan Sharma
(kp 02/05/2023)
Chinese
team in the field for detailed study of
Kathmandu-Kerung railway (rep 25/04/2023)
Maulakali
cable car comes into operation from today
(kh 14/04/2023)
Extension
of Janakpur-Jayanagar train service (rep
14/04/2023)
DPR
of Raxaul-KTM Railway to be ready in a month
(ae 28/03/2023)
Protest
launched to exert pressure to build Nepal-India
train service to Koshi barrage (rep
07/02/2023)
Delay
in land acquisition for East-West Railways
affects dozens of families in Morang (rn
03/02/2023)
Putting
Nepal on the right track : A train network will
generate jobs in construction and operation,
bring efficiency and connectivity, by Arnico
Panday (nt 27/01/2023)
India
stealing a march on China on rail connectivity
with Nepal? India is in final location survey of
Raxaul-Kathmandu rail as China starts
Kerung-Kathmandu line’s feasibility study,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/01/2023)
India
and China compete to develop railway lines
connecting Nepal (ae 16/01/2023)
Indian
Railways to launch tourist train on
Ayodhya–Janakpur cross-border route : The Indian
Ministry of Railways says the initiative is
aimed at promoting the cultural relation between
India and Nepal (kp 15/01/2023)
Nepal
Railway seeks to hire Indian staff for Janakpur
trains : India’s Konkan Railways Corporation
staff have been manning rail service so far, but
their contract is expiring soon, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 13/01/2023) [There was plenty of time to train Nepali
staff. Why has this not happened?]
Jayanagar-Kurtha
trains will keep rolling for now : Officials say
the contract with the Indian operator KRCL has
been extended for a month (kp 03/01/2023)
Cash-short
Jayanagar rail faces uncertain future : Contract
with India’s Konkan Railways Corporation, which
has been operating the rail, is expiring next
week, by Anil Giri (kp 20/12/2022)
Kerung-Kathmandu
rail: China offers feasibility deal, Nepal
stalls : The matter will be taken up by the
incoming federal government, say Nepali
officials, by Anil Giri (kp 18/12/2022) [The incoming government will
probably be one of the most unstable governments
Nepal has ever had!], Slow
train to China : The longer the cross-border
rail project lingers, the more problems it will
create in bilateral relations [The USA will be happy!]
Nepal,
China seal a deal for utilisation of Rs15
billion in Chinese grant : Beijing will
reportedly start sending experts for feasibility
study of the cross-border railway by the end of
this year, by Anil Giri (kp 16/11/2022)
Jayanagar-Kurtha
railway to provide “untimely” service for three
days (kh 06/11/2022)
Can
Nepal afford an ‘$8 billion’ rail line from
Lhasa to Kathmandu? Questions galore over costs
and benefits of the ambitious project. Nepali
leg alone is expected to cost over $3 billion,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/10/2022)
Nepal
and China to study trans-Himalayan railway :
China is to start a feasibility study for the
trans-Himalayan Tibet-Nepal Railway, but there
environmental and technical questions, by
Ramesh Bhushal (nt 23/09/2022)
Rail
wash costs over Rs 50 million every year (kh
29/08/2022)
HoR
Committee concerns over issues hampering
Jayanagar-Bardibas railway project (kh
24/08/2022)
No
progress on Nepal-China Railway Project despite
feasibility study agreements on every high level
visit (rep 13/08/2022)
China
announces to conduct feasibility study for
Kerung-Kathmandu railway : Foreign Minister Dr
Khadka is on a three-day official visit to China
at the invitation of China’s State Councilor and
Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (nlt
11/08/2022), China
announces to commission Kerung-Kathmandu railway
feasibility study (kh 11/08/2022)
Preparation
to operate Bathnaha-Biratnagar trains (rep
13/07/2022), Biratnagar-Bathnah
freight train to come into operational within
two weeks (rep 25/07/2022)
Indian
railway contractor threatens to quit over delays
: 18.6-km railway linking Katahari, Morang with
Bathnaha, India gets bogged down in land
compensation issues, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp
26/06/2022)
Landowners
on proposed railway path upset as deals remain
frozen : The Inaruwa-Kakarbhitta railway line
will be 106 km long, and it is estimated to cost
Rs90 billion, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
09/06/2022)
Nepali
train catches fire after spilling of acid in
luggage compartment (kp 03/06/2022)
Train
from Janakpur to run up to Bijalpura : The new
section will be handed over to Nepal Railway
Company within a month and a half, according to
officials, by Anil Giri (kp 09/05/2022)
Jayanagar-Kurtha
passenger train service resumes today (kh
03/04/2022), Jayanagar-Kurtha
rail service: All seats occupied on first day of
its operation (rep 04/04/2022)
President
Bhandari issues Railway Ordinance (rep
23/03/2022) [Nepal is a
parliamentary democracy, that is run by
ordinances without active parliament! Isn't this
funny?], Ordinance
paves way for resumption of Janakpur-Jayanagar
railway service (rep 23/03/2022)
Inauguration
of Jayanagar-Janakpur railway falls uncertain as
ordinance related to it is now rendered invalid
(rep 16/03/2022) [The
government, President and KP Oli should be held
personally accountable!], Janakpur-Jayanagar
Train To Run 15 Days In A Month (rn
17/03/2022) [May this
train run and run and run for years without
passengers....]
Nepal-India
railway service becomes uncertain as ordinance
has expired : Nepal Railway Company has been
operating trains on the 35-kilometre
Kurtha-Jayanagar Cross Border Railway without
passengers since February 13, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/03/2022)
[This
really symbolises the whole farce of Nepali
politics and the unconscionable behaviour of the
top politicians who actually believe that their
only task is power struggles and personal
enrichment!]
What
if… Kathmandu valley had a metro service?
Kathmandu valley urgently needs a railway
system. The government had commissioned the
detailed project report (DPR) for it but work
has been on halt for some time , by Cilla
Khatry (ae 03/03/2022)
Impatience
growing as Nepal Railways delays commercial
launch : The 36-km line connects Kurtha in Nepal
with Jayanagar in India, the new avatar of the
legendary Janakpur railway, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 27/02/2022) [Leading
politicians from Nepal and India want to make a
big splash at the official inauguration without
justification, but they don't have time right
now (elections in India, MCC dispute in Nepal).
So the people have to wait. They are not
important anyway!]
Nepal’s
train comes into operation from today (kh
13/02/2022)
PM
Deuba and India’s PM Modi to jointly inaugurate
rail service from Jayanagar to Dhanusha (kh
04/02/2022), Janakpur-Jayanagar
Railway to come into operation by February third
week (rep 04/02/2022)
Govt
preparing to operate train kept under veil
(rep 05/01/2022), Train
sets tested on Kurtha-Jayanagar track after 16
months : As Nepal Railway is yet to recruit
staff, queries remain over when the service will
begin, by Shyam Sundar Sashi (kp 09/01/2022)
Final
location survey for Kathmandu-Raxaul rail set to
chug along : After Nepal and India signed an MoU
on the proposed project in October, Indian side
wants to start work immediately, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 20/12/2021)
North
has renewed cross-border train pledge, but
progress slow on the ground : Chinese foreign
minister earlier this month said China will help
Nepal with road and rail connectivity. Nepal
officials say feasibility study has failed to
chug along, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/12/2021)
Cross-border
railway operation delayed for lack of funds and
staff : Nepal Railway Company says its board has
not passed the annual budget, hindering staff
recruitment process, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 08/12/2021)
Nepal
won’t allow third country nationals to travel to
India by rail : Preparations underway to bring
ordinance and operate the Kurtha-Jayanagar rail
service by December, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 20/11/2021)
Kurtha-Jayanagar
railroad to have fewer level crossings : The
move is aimed at reducing train-vehicle
collisions, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/10/2021)
Nepal-India
railway service in limbo in lack of law, staff :
India handed over Kurtha-Jayanagar railroad on
Friday, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/10/2021), Railblock
ahead : Delay in operating the Janakpur-Kurtha
rail is a masterclass on how not to run projects
(kp 25/10/2021)
Nepal,
India sign accord on Kathmandu-Raxaul railway :
India will prepare a detailed project report for
the proposed $3.15 billion rail line, officials
say. It will enable train travel to all Indian
cities, by Rajesh Mishra (kp 08/10/2021), Nepal, India hold
Joint Working Group meeting on cross border
railway links (kh 08/10/2021)
Over
1,700 bighas of land of ‘Nepal Government
Railway’ encroached (rep 01/10/2021)
Construction
work resumes on Katahari-Bathnaha railway line :
Work on the 18.1 km broad gauge cross-border
railroad track had stalled over a land
compensation dispute, by Binod Bhandari (kp
28/09/2021)
Geopolitical
Challenges of Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi Railway,
by Gaurav Bhattarai and Manish Jung Pulami (kh
23/09/2021)
A
new train last year was welcomed with much
fanfare. It never ranPolitical, legal and
technical issues have prevented the brand new
locomotives that Nepal bought from India from
coming into operation—on a new track, by
Sangam Prasain, Prithvi Man Shrestha and Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 19/09/2021)
First
private sector cargo train from India arrives in
Birgunj (rep 15/09/2021), First
private container train from India arrives in
Birgunj : Competition will bring down freight
charges, and Nepali traders will also save time
all of which will eventually benefit consumers,
officials say; It arrived with a cargo of
food items in Birgunj 40 hours after leaving
Haldia dock near Kolkata, by Sangam Prasain
and Shankar Acharya (kp 16/09/2021)
Kathmandu-Raxaul
Railway Project In Limbo, by Sanchita
Ghimire (rn 13/09/2021)
Bardibas
residents protest against railway land
compensation rate : The concerned landowners
said the valuation of their land made by the
Land Compensation Fixation Committee was
much lower against their current market value,
by Sunita Baral (kp 22/08/2021)
Railway
compensation dispute resolved (rep
19/08/2021)
Signing
of Kathmandu-Raxaul Railway MoU postponed
(rep 04/08/2021)
Railway
Service Could Be Operated Through Nepal-India
Understanding (rn 21/07/2021)
No
light at end of trans-Himalayan train tunnel :
Engineering, financial and geopolitical
challenges remain for Kerung-Kathmandu railway
line (nt 16/07/2021)
Speed
test of Janakur-Jayanagar railway track being
conducted Sunday (kh 17/07/2021), Janakpur-Jayanagar
Railway to be inaugurated today (rep
18/07/2021)
Revised
railway service deal with India to facilitate
Nepal’s trade, officials sayThe agreement ends
CONCOR’s monopoly over freight services and
allows transport from more Indian seaports,
by Anil Giri (kp 04/07/2021),
Nepal,
India sign LoE to Nepal-India Rail Service
Agreement, Nepali rail will now have access to
Haldiya and Calcutta (rep 09/07/2021), Nepal
can now trade with third countries using Indian
Railways (rep 10/07/2021)
Railway
ordinance stipulates provision for dedicated
security unit (ht 20/05/2021) Railway
ordinance stipulates provision for dedicated
security unit (ht) [Why by ordinance at all, when Nepal has a
popularly elected parliament, which the prime
minister has so far been unable to abolish
despite all his efforts?]
Lack
Of Laws Pointed Out To Operate Kurtha-Jayanagar
Rail Service (rn 09/04/2021)
Proposed
Kathmandu-Raxaul rail project moves a step
ahead : The broad-gauge line will cost
$3.15 billion and link the capital with the
Indian railway network, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 25/03/2021)
Construction
of railway track worries residents of Chandrapur
: Local residents fear possible inundation
during monsoons after the construction of
a high dam-like structure for the railway track;
A large area of paddy fields in Betauna
was flooded last monsoon, by Shiva Puri (kp
16/03/2021)
Mechi-Mahakali
railway: Distribution of compensation for land
delayed : Local residents say they have
transferred the ownership of their fertile land
to the government, but haven’t received anything
in return from officials who promised them money,
by Shiva Puri (kp 07/02/2021)
Janakpur-Jayanagar
Railway to come into operation by February 2nd
week (rep 18/01/2021)
Lack
of prior planning delays train operation, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/11/2020)
Nepal-India
JWG discusses running train services on
Jaynagar-Kurtha railway link (ht 21/11/2020)
Nepal’s
antique trains rotting away, by Govind
Mahato (ae 16/10/2020)
Construction
of railway tracks delayed due to forest
clearance issue : The Mechi-Mahakali Railway
that passes through Rautahat is yet to
receive clearance from Ministry of Forest
and Environment for tree felling, by Shiva
Puri (kp 25/09/2020)
How
a multi-billion rupee railway trackbed
corruption scam was exposed and ultimately
brought down, by Krishna Gnawali (rep
08/09/2020)
Bardibas-Simara
Electric Railway Continues Amid Lockdown (rn
06/09/2020)
Protesting
landowners in Betauna receive compensation
amount for the land acquired by East-West
Electric Railway: The long-standing dispute over
compensation has been resolved; project work
disrupted for months to resume soon, by
Shiva Puri (kp 14/05/2020)
Locals
prevent railway builders from resuming work over
compensation: Work on the 975-km cross-country
track began in 2019 and is slated to be
completed in 2022, by Shiva Puri (kp
28/04/2020)
Landowners
obstruct construction work on East-West Railway
over compensation row: The compensation amount
for land having irrigation facility has been
fixed at Rs500,000 per kattha, by Shiva Puri
(kp 13/03/2020), Construction
of Mechi-Mahakali Electric Railway likely to
resume after hiatus (ht 14/03/2020)
Committee
to settle land compensation dispute for
Mechi-Mahakali Electric Railway: Survey has been
halted due to the agitation of local residents,
by Shiva Puri (kp 25/02/2020)
India
allocates budget for the proposed
Raxaul-Kathmandu electrical rail blueprint: Once
the detailed project report gets finalised, it
will take five years laying the railway track
from the start date,say Nepali officials, by
Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 17/02/2020)
Mechi-Mahakali
railway project public hearing held (ht
13/02/2020)
NRC
can hire foreign workers for rail service
(ht 24/01/2020)
Janakpur-Jayanagar
rail service to resume operations by March: The
first set of coaches christened Janaki Rail have
been dispatched from Chennai, India, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 17/01/2020)
New
Railway Bill envisages cross-border service
(ht 16/01/2020)
NA
meeting approves proposal on Railway Bill
(ht 13/01/2020)
Railway
passengers without ticket to be fined Rs 25,000
(rep 07/01/2020)
EIA
of proposed electric railway in Province 1 ready
(ht 18/18/12/2019)
Rail
operation uncertain on Janakpur-Jayanagar
broad-gauge line: Infrastructure was built
months ago. Department of Railways says service
will commence by mid-March, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 15/12/2019)
Kathmandu-
Kyirong Railway DPR: Nepal-China likely to sign
implementation agreement (ht 25/11/2019), DPR
to commence in January: Chinese government
agrees to prepare the report free of cost
(ht 27/11/2019)
At
upcoming talks, Nepal and China to discuss
Kathmandu-Pokhara-Lumbini railways: The two
sides will discuss ways to conduct the
feasibility study for the railway lines on
Chinese expenditure, officials say, by Anil
Giri (kp 23/11/2019)
Local
farmers in Betauna demand re-evaluation of
compensation for Bardibas-Simara railway
track: Landowners claim the compensation
amount is lesser than the current value of the
land, by Shiva Puri (p 18/11/2019)
Nepal
to request grant for DPR of Kathmandu-Raxaul
railway: Officials said a request has been made
through unofficial channels in India, and a
formal proposal will follow soon, by Anil
Giri (kp 25/10/2019)
Department
of Railways seeks 200 staffers: Plans to start
Janakpur-Kurtha service from October (ht
25/08/2019)
Nepal,
India to expedite Raxaul-Ktm railway, 3 other
cross-border lines, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
23/08/2019)
Will
they build it? History suggests that Nepal-China
railway project does not have an easy answer,
by Biswo Poudel (rep 12/08/2019)
Integrated
metro rail: Way to ease congestion, by Binod
L. Amatya (ht 25/07/2019)
East-West
Electrified Railway: DoRW plans new DPR of
disputed section (ht 19/07/2019)
Detailed
project report of cross-border railway finalised
(ht 18/07/2019)
Metro
is not the way: Bus rapid transit systems are
more economical, easily constructed, and can run
profitably, by Bidur Timalsina (kp
07/07/2019)
Which
way will the Tibet-Nepal railway go? Feasibility
report suggests drilling a train tunnel under
the Himalaya, not along the river, by Ramesh
Bhushal (nt 05/07/2019), Dream
train, by Ramesh Bhushal (nt 05/07/2019)
China
urges Nepal to wait, as railway project will
take over seven years: There are a lot of
technical, engineering and geological
reasons to consider before preparing a detailed
project report, Chinese officials say,
by Anil Giri (kp 24/06/2019)
Kathmandu-Kyirong
railway: DPR to be finalised in next meet
(ht 21/06/2019), China
seeks clarity on 5 points ahead of DPR, by
Chetnath Acharya (rep 21/06/2019)
Nepali
delegation leaves for Beijing to discuss
railways: Officials expect a deal over the
detailed project report for Kathmandu-Kerung
railway, by Anil Giri (kp 18/06/2019)
Reinventing
Kathmandu with a metro: The proposed line is
about 34 km long, out of which 12 km would be
underground, by Binod L Amatya (kp
16/06/2019) [In view of
the fact that many roads on the outskirts of the
city have not been repaired for more than four
years, it is difficult to dream of a metro.]
SC
tells govt not to build road, rail line thru CNP
without consultation, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
13/06/2019)
Raxaul-Kathmandu
rail survey report is ready, Indian officials
say: India submitted the report to Nepal
government about a month ago but a top
Nepal railway official in Kathmandu says he has
not seen it, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
09/06/2019) [???]
Nepali
trains to transport cargo to Biratnagar and
Birgunj from Kolkata, by Suresh Raj Neupane
(kp 09/06/2019)
China
pledges Rs 2 billion in grant for railways, but where
will it go? The aid could either go towards funding a
detailed project report for the cross-border
Kerung-Kathmandu railway, or towards a feasibility
study for two domestic lines, by Anil Giri (kp
07/06/2019)
Meeting
to reobserve rail agreement to begins today in
New Delhi, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
06/06/2019)
Sarlahi
folk demand authorities re-evaluate compensation
amount for their land, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp
26/05/2019), Sarlahi
locals stage sit-in demanding re-evaluation of land
compensation: The protesting locals claimed that the
Compensation Fixation Committee fixed the land’s
valuation based on the ‘going rate’ 40 years ago,
by Om Prakash Thakur (kp 31/05/2019)
Chinese
envoy says cross-border railway is not an overnight
projectIn her first press meet, Hou Yanqi tries to
assuage concerns surrounding Belt and Road Initiative
and debt trap, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/05/2019), Nepal-China
railway project will be executed: Envoy Hou, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 24/05/2019)
epartment
of Railways signs deal to procure rail sets from
India: With track-laying and test run over,
service is expected to resume in 5 months,
by Anil Giri (kp 11/05/2019)
Nepal
seeks Chinese grant to prepare detailed report
of rail via Kerung: Officials argues that
securing a Chinese grant will make it easier for
them to request India to fund study for the
railway from south, by Anil Giri (kp
10/05/2019)
Parties
divided over Nepal-China railroad funding:
Congress for funding project only through grants,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 06/05/2019)
CIAA
to investigate railway property encroachment
(ht 28/04/2019)
Government
to revive Nepal Railway Co to operate railway services
(ht 26/04/2019)
Meeting
of Kathmandu-Kyirong railway delayed (ht
16/04/2019)
Construction
of Bardibas-Nijgadh railway track moving at
snail’s pace, by Sunita Baral (kp 15/04/2019)
Kathmandu
monorail: Just a pipe dream or reality in the making?
(ht 07/04/2019)
handrapur
folk protest against construction of rail sub-station,
by Shiba Puri (kp 01/04/2019)
KTM-Kerung
Railway project to get DPR soon (kp 31/03/2019)
Rs
35b
and two years: Cost of detailed project report of
Kathmandu-Kerung rail: Nepal and China are set to
discuss the issue at a meeting later this month
or by the second week of April, officials say, by
Anil Giri (kp 19/03/2019)
Nepal
to use ‘less expensive’ Chinese gauge for railway
(kp 06/03/2019)
Detailed
feasibility study of Trans Himalayan Kathmandu-Kyirong
railway to begin in March, by Umesh Poudel (ht
25/02/2019)
Janakpur
rail project nears completion, by Shahiman Rai (kp
31/12/2018)
Nepal
to purchase own rail from India: Transport minister
(rep 26/12/2018)
Kathmandu-Kerung
railway:
Nepal urges China to fund feasibility study; Nepal
lacks both budget and technology to conduct
feasibility study for the ambitious railway project,
by Anil Giri (kp 22/12/2018)
City
signs monorail MoU with Chinese company, by Anup
Ojha (kp 20/12/2018)
Nepal
gets first modern train tracks, by Binaj
Gurubacharya (rep 15/12/2018)
Nepal,
China to discuss Ktm-Kyirong railway today (ht
09/12/2018), Kathmandu-Kerung
railway
chugs ahead as China tables report: Chinese officials
also keen to start a pre-feasibility study of
Kathmandu-Pokhara railway, by Anil Giri (kp
11/12/2018)
Janakpur-Jayanagar
rail to resume in Dec (ht 01/12/2018)
Getting
around town: An electric light rail system might be
the right solution for Kathmandu Valley, by Shubha
Adhikari (kp 27/11/2018)
Officials
from
Nepal, China to meet in Kathmandu next month: Meeting
will discuss funding modality and detailed project
report work for cross-border railway, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 20/11/2018)
Uttar
Pradesh
CM to open Nepal-India railway next month: Railways
Department to negotiate with two Indian firms to wet
lease rail, by Anil Giri and Sanjeev Giri (kp
15/11/2018)
Survey
begins for Mechi-Mahakali Electric Railway, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 13/11/2018)
Chugging
along: Expanding rail linkages has never been so
important (kp 06/11/2018)
Biratnagar
town connected with Indian railway network, by
Binod Subedi (rep 05/11/2018)
Besides
airport,
Nijgadh may also get rail line: Survey compnay asked
to study the possibilities of incorporating Nijgadh in
the railway line to link Nepal and India, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 01/11/2018)
Chugging
towards development: The trans-Himalayan railway must
be built by mobilising political commitment, by
Dinesh Paudel (kp 29/10/2018)
Freight
train reaches Janakpur from India, by Shyam
Sundar Shashi and Sontosh Singh (kp 11/10/2018)
Fast
lane ahead: The investments made in transport
infrastructure will benefit generations to come,
by Gao Liang (kp 08/10/2018)
‘Bathana-Biratnagar
rail by October end’, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp
06/10/2018)
Janakpur
railway nears completion, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 05/10/2018)
Six
firms in metro rail project shortlist (kp
15/09/2018), Uncertainty
surrounds Kathmandu Monorail (ht
15/09/2018), Why
monorail
is bad for Kathmandu: One of the biggest
downsides of monorails is when something goes
wrong, or if a section of track needs to be
repaired, the entire system needs to be shut
down, by Keshab Sharma (rep 20/09/2018)
China
to extend Tibet rail to India border via Nepal,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/09/2018)
Railroads
and the China card: Tactics such as playing one
neighbour off against the other are not a viable
strategy, by Santosh Sharma Poudel (kp
06/09/2018)
Nepal
and
India agree to survey cross-border rail: India’s
Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd has been tasked
with the engineering cum traffic survey (kp
01/09/2018), MoU
signed for technical study of Raxaul-KTM railway
(rep 01/09/2018)
Nepal,
China agree on rail study: Station in Kathmandu
Valley changed from Manamaiju to Sankhu, by
Anil Giri and Sanjeev Giri (kp 24/08/2018)
Kathmandu-Kerung
railway:
Project to cost Rs257 billion; The construction
of the railway running through complicated
geological terrain will take nine years to build
(kp 20/08/2018)
DPR
of North-South railway project within a year:
Minister Mahaseth (ht 17/08/2018)
Rail
project
‘complicated and arduous’: ‘The onus lies on
leaders in both countries to decide whether they
want to go ahead with the construction of the
railway track’, by Anil Giri (kp 16/08/2018)
Janakpur-Jayanagar-Kurtha
railway: Wet lease train starts this year
(kp 15/08/2018)
Connecting
with China: Railway could become game-changer
for Nepal to get connected with rest of the
world, by Bhim Nath Regmi (rep 15/08/2018)
Kathmandu-Kyirong
railway feasible, by Umesh Poudel (ht
13/08/2018)
Indian
goods train from Jayanagar arrives in Janakpur
(kp 10/08/2018)
Kathmandu-Kerung
railway project: Nepal, China to discuss report
in 3rd week of Aug, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
05/08/2018)
Raxaul-Kathmandu
rail project: DoR says land acquisition a major
hurdle (kp 24/07/2018)
Nepal,
India to make concerted bid to complete two
cross-border rail lines (rep 10/07/2018), Nepal,
India to expedite rail project (kp
11/07/2018)
Bumbling
on
railway: The five-year period that has been
allocated in the proposed railway construction
from Tibet to Kathmandu sounds like a misnomer,
by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep 10/07/2018)
Bring
the rail: Only when we have built one railway,
we will know how beneficial it will be for us.
Let’s start the work now, by Ashish Gajurel
(rep 09/07/2018)
Govt
moots
train wet lease: The Department of Railways is
considering the modality on the
Janakpur-Jayanagar-Kurtha railway line being
laid, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 01/07/2018)
Nepal
should ask China, India to build railway links
on grants (rep 24/06/2018), Nepal
plans to get set for India, China rail projects
(kp 25/06/2018), Confusions
galore: There has been an agreement on railway
from China to Nepal, but there is lack of
clarity on its execution (ht 25/06/2018)
China
to extend railway link to Kathmandu, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 22/06/2018)
DoR
starts construction of 10 railway tracks (ht
11/06/2018)
SC
issues stay order on monorail project: The
project will cover a length of 113 kilometres
and comprise tunnels and bridges (ht
09/06/2018), SC
stays IBN decision on performance bond for
monorail firm (rep 26/06/2018), Who
will build Kathmandu Monorail Project? (ht
27/06/2018), Off
the
rails: Concerned agencies should stop haggling
and get the monorail project, which upon
completion could revolutionise urban transport,
back on track (ht 28/06/2018)
Pre-feasibility
study of Ktm-Raxaul railway starts (ht
09/06/2018), India-led
prelim study for Valley-Raxaul rail begins
(kp 10/06/2018)
Province
3 government to conduct feasibility study for
Gosainkunda cable car, by Himnath Devkota
(rep 04/06/2018)
KMC
signs MoU with China Railway for monorail
feasibility study (kp 26/05/2018)
Operation
of cable car feasible in Valley (ht
24/05/2018), Urban
cable car: French Embassy submits feasibility
report (kp 25/05/2018)
Kathmandu-Kyirong
railway feasibility study kicks off: The
estimated cost to build the project is about Rs
69 billion (ht 23/05/2018), Kerung-Kathmandu
connectivity: Chinese team begins initial
railway study, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
24/05/2018)
KMC
to sign MoU on monorail with IBN today (ht
16/05/2018), KTM
monorail
plan thrown into doubt: The prospective
developer of the $800 million monorail project
failed to deposit the Rs100m performance
guarantee (kp 17/05/2018)
India
sends
draft MoU for railway feasibility study: Two
prime ministers agree to maintain momentum
generated by Oli’s visit to India in April,
by Anil Giri (kp 13/05/2018)
China
to conduct feasibility study: Recent study says
railway line possible, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
07/05/2018)
Government
plans Lumbini monorail feasibility studies
(kp 01/05/2018)
Nepali
team in China to discuss rail from Kyirong to
Kathmandu (ht 01/05/2018)
Cable
car service likely in Shivapur hills: Shivapuri
Eco-Tourism and Cable Car Ltd is seeking govt
nod to start construction (rep 01/05/2018)
Lack
of railway rakes delays transportation of goods,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 30/04/2018), 1st
cargo
train arrives near Biratnagar: this is part of a
trial to create a second cargo train route
linking nepal with india after Birgunj, by
Madhav Ghimire (kp 30/04/2018)
IBN
asked to prepare DFS of Nagdhunga-Dhulikhel
metro rail (ht 30/04/2018)
Nepal’s
Railway Dream and Rivalry, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn 23/04/2018)
Feasibility
study of Ktm-Birgunj electric railway soon
(ht 21/04/2018)
Locomotive
dreams: In the past, Nepal shunned the idea of
developing a railway network and focused on
roads instead, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
20/04/2018)
Metro
Kathmandu:
Only an underground metro system can alleviate
transport issues without displacing natives or
damaging heritage sites, by Binod L. Amatya
(kp 19/04/2018)
Train
of
thought: Political considerations have lent
their weight to the railway propositions rather
than thorough appraisal and hard facts, by
Ram Sharan Mahat (kp 17/04/2018)
India-Nepal
railway study soon (kp 11/04/2018), India-Nepal
rail diplomacy (nt 13/04/2018)
Fate
of Valley's monorail project in limbo, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 10/04/2018)
Barathwa-Biratnagar
section of cross-border railway hits a snag,
by Binod Subedi (rep 08/04/2018)
Rail
line to Kathmandu among accords inked by Nepal,
India, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 08/04/2018)
Nepal’s
railway
dream: Having rails is what we will have to
strive for ultimately but at the moment it is
important to make provisions to address the
urgent needs of people, by Bandev Paudel
(rep 29/03/2018)
Chinese
rail to arrive in Nepal in five years, says
minister (ht 26/03/2018)
Railway
project stalls on land compensation row, by
Dev Narayan Shah (kp 24/03/2018)
Survey
of Rupaidiya-Kohalpur railway line begins,
by Kamal Khatri (rep 15/03/2018)
KMC
and Cimex to sign MoU for sky rail project
(kp 10/03/2018), Detailed
Project Report on monorail within a few days,
says KMC Spokesperson Karki (ht 11/03/2018)
Delhi
wants rail links with Kathmandu: Koshiyari; Says
ties with India will improve during Oli’s tenure
(kp 27/02/2018)
China
to
train Nepali engineers in rail technology:
Nepal’s Department of Railways has a total of
eight engineers, and not one of them is railway
engineer (kp 17/02/2018)
Nepal-India
passenger railway to resume in Oct, by Shyam
Sundar Shashi (kp 12/02/2018)
Feasibility
study of rail link to Birgunj to begin soon
(ht 13/12/2017)
Banking
on connectivity: Our collective prosperity
depends on first turning our hard borders into
soft ones, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 01/12/2017)
Chinese
team to hold railway studies (kp
07/11/2017), Kathmandu-Kerung
rail possible: Chinese team (kp 11/11/2017),
2
rail routes could be developed in Nepal, say
Chinese experts, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
11/11/2017)
Developing
rail link: Tall promise but little to show off.
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 27/09/2017)
DPR
of East-West Electric Rail by Nov 2018 (ht
25/09/2017)
Railway
track almost ready, indecision will likely delay
rails, by Santosh Neupane (rep 13/09/2017)
Nepal,
China to expedite cross-border railway, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 08/09/2017)
Nepal-India
railway project goes off track, by Lila
Ballav Ghimire (kp 09/08/2017)
Operation
of monorail possible in Valley: Study (ht
06/08/2017)
India
starts paperwork for Sitamarhi-Janakpur railway
line, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 06/08/2017)
DPR
of East-West Railway project in 15 months
(ht 29/07/2017)
EoI
sought for feasibility study of rail link to
Birgunj (ht 25/07/2017)
Janakpur-Jayanagar
railway service to resume soon (ht
23/07/2017)
Kathmandu
sky
rail: Primary feasibility study report submitted
to KMC (kp 19/07/2017), Pre-feasibility
report
on sky-rail presented to KMC (rep
19/07/2017)
Chugging
back
to life: Nepal revamps colonial era rail link
(ht 16/06/2017)
“Nepal
in
talks with China to build $8 bln cross-border
rail link” (ht 15/05/2017), China
agrees
to provide financial assistance for cross-border
railway link, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 15/05/2017), Nepal
proposes
China for road, rail links (kp 16/05/2017), Nepal,
China
designate focal persons to expedite cross-border
railway project, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep
16/05/2017), Train
of thought: The train will bring cheap Chinese
goods. But will we then send it back empty on
its return leg?, by Gaurav Bhattarai (rep
16/05/2017)
Kathmandu
needs
metro rail: Its introduction is vital for
environmental sustainability, economic viability
and improved quality of life, by Binod L.
Amatya (kp 04/04/2017)
Nepal
seeks
Chinese support for Rasuwa-Lumbini railway
(ht 25/03/2017)
Plan
afoot
to construct monorail in Kathmandu: The Rs 50
billion project is estimated to cover 28.55
kilometres of Ring Road, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 23/02/2017)
India
proposes
Kathmandu to Delhi, Kolkata rail links (kp
20/02/2017)
MoU
signed
for feasibility study of sky rail in Capital,
by Anup Ojha (kp 09/02/2017), Fast
and
luxurious: An elevated monorail is the best way
to ease commute and relieve traffic congestion
in Kathmandu, by DN Thapa (kp 12/02/2017)
A
metro for the metro: The Valley needs an
integrated transit system that comprises bus and
rail systems, by Ashish Gajurel (kp
11/01/2017)
IBN
to
form body to study valley metro rail (kp
09/01/2017)
Kathmandu-Birgunj
Railway Line: Railway department extends
deadline of global tender (rep 03/01/2017)
House
panel
to govt: Begin work on railway plan: Minister
Lekhak says talks are on with various
govern-ments and private firms interested in the
rail network expansion project (kp
23/12/2016)
Jayanagar-Janakpur-Bardibas
railway
inspected (ht 20/12/2016)
Janakpur-Jayanagar
railway
service unlikely to resume by June, by
Suresh Yadav (rep 08/12/2016)
Barahani-Kathmandu
railway
project: Railway Department yet to decide on
India’s proposal (kp 24/11/2016)
Railway
engines
gathering dust, literally (kp 20/11/2016)
Kathmandu-Kerung
railway:
4 Chinese companies interested in project
(kp 09/10/2016)
India
tables
proposal to conduct survey for 2 cross-border
railways, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/09/2016)
Chinese
firms
show interest in feasibility study of
Rasuwagadhi-Kathmandu railway (ht
12/08/2016)
Nepal-China
railway
‘technologically and economically feasible’,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 06/08/2016)
Two
Chinese
companies keen to build rail network in Nepal,
by Mukul Humagain and Anil Giri (kp 02/07/2016)
Kolkata-Jogbani
railway
of no use, say traders, by Binod Bhandari
(kp 28/06/2016)
Feasibility
study
for railway projects in Nepal under way (ht
10/06/2016)
Feasibility
study
of Kathmandu-Birgunj railway: Surprise inclusion
in budget 2016-17, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/06/2016)
Private
sector
seeks dedicated railway line (ht 05/06/2016)
Extending
rail
link to Nepal no big deal: Chinese experts,
by Ashok Dahal (kp 03/06/2016)
Govt
to
relocate unused rail tracks (kp 25/05/2016)
Trans-Himalayan
Railway,
Fiction or Feasibility?, by Narad Bharadwaj
(rn 20/05/2016)
Nepal-China
Trans-border
Railways, by Lila Nyaichyai (rn 17/05/2016)
Call
to
scrap faulty railway tracks at Birgunj dry port,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 04/04/2016)
Trans-Himalaya
railway
link to be explored, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
22/03/2016)
Broad
gauge
railway construction delayed (ht 20/01/2016)
KMC
unveils
plan to build a sustainable, resilient metro
(kp 03/01/2016)
Kathmandu-Pokhara
railway:
Chinese firm to conduct feasibility study
(kp 18/12/2015)
Government
invites
EoI for Railway DPR (ht 03/09/2015)
Trains
wanted:
An integrated transport system is crucial for
the regeneration of Kathmandu, by Binod L.
Amatya (kp 01/09/2015)
Rail
network
can be extended upto Kathmandu, say Chinese
officials, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 20/07/2015)
Govt
to
conduct another feasibility study of railway
line (ht 29/06/2015)
Report:
China
eyeing Tibet-Nepal railway (kp 10/04/2015)
China
to
extend railway link by 2020 (kp 02/04/2015)
Kathari
to
be linked by railways within a year, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 09/01/2015)
‘Allocate
sufficient
budget for railway development’ (ht
06/01/2015) |