The inauguration of a new railway service between India and Nepal will be held in New Delhi on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba will virtually inaugurate the Jaynagar-Kurtha railway service, it has been announced.
- > The service will criss-cross from Jayanagar in Bihar to Kurtha in Janakpur, Nepal.
- > The railway track of the section is 35 kilometres long and it is the first section of the rail line between the two countries.
- > The section was completed last year at ₹619 crore.
- > The Jaynagar-Kurtha section is part of the 68.7km Jayanagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas rail link.
- > The remaining portion of the railway line will be built in two phases.
- > The train will travel at a speed of 140 kilometres per hour, according to a story published on Saturday by HT’s sister publication Livehindustan. A total of 1,100 persons are permitted to travel.
- > Passengers will have access to washrooms on all bogies of the train.
- > One of the train’s five carriages will be an air-conditioned coach.
- The Nepal Railways would charge 60 Nepalese rupees (INR 37.50) for Jaynagar to Janakpur station, and 300 Nepalese rupees (INR 187.50) for the AC coach, according to the Livehindustan article.
