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) |